[Alex Murphy]

" THE Pope will cast aside centuries of Catholic belief later this week by abolishing formally the concept of limbo, in a gesture calculated to help to win the souls of millions of babies in the developing world for Christ."

Doctrine as Silly Putty. You can squeeze it and stretch it into any shape you please! So long as it promotes ongoing papal submission, the ends justify the means. Does the Pope really control a baby's access into/out of Limbo? Believe what you want, but don't forget to kiss the ring.

The multiplicity of theological positions present within the Catholic Church:
These positions vary according to which premises or postulates are used in reflecting on the sources of revelation, according to the methodology employed, and according to the cultural tradition within which theology does its speculation. On the first bases, the two principal philosophical premises are the Platonic, stressed in Augustinianaism; and the Aristotelian, emphasized in Thomism. On the second level, theologies differ in terms of their mainly biblical, or doctrinal, or historical, or pastoral methodology. And on the third basis, the culture of a people helps to shape the theology they develop, as between the more mystical East and the more practical West, or the more reflective Mediterranean and the more scientific Anglo-Saxon. The Church not only permits these diversities but encourages them, always assuming that theologians who are Catholic are also respectful of the rule of faith and obedient to the magisterium of the hierarchy under the Bishop of Rome.
-- from the thread Catholic Word of the Day: THEOLOGICAL PLURALISM, 11-10-09

[Quix]

WELL PUT.

THX FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

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BTW AM [actually, ditto the rest of you, too],

Given the way your mind works . . . post #173

here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2590064/posts?page=173#173

is a long one . . . nevertheless,

I’d be fascinated with your response(s) to any part(s) of it.

It is mostly a bunch of somewhat carefully chosen excerpts—highlights from 6 articles/reports at LMH’s website.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Doctrine as Silly Putty. You can squeeze it and stretch it into any shape you please! So long as it promotes ongoing papal submission, the ends justify the means. Does the Pope really control a baby's access into/out of Limbo? Believe what you want, but don't forget to kiss the ring.

Exactly!

"...according to the cultural tradition within which theology does its speculation..."

One of the worse examples of papist appeasement via "cultural tradition" is the fact that Rome believes Muslims are saved (because deluded Rome believes Muslims pray to the same God as Christians) but Protestants are anathematized (damned to hell) for believing men are saved by grace through faith without the works of the law.

Rome lies.

[RnMomof7]

The multiplicity of theological positions present within the Catholic Church:
These positions vary according to which premises or postulates are used in reflecting on the sources of revelation, according to the methodology employed, and according to the cultural tradition within which theology does its speculation. On the first bases, the two principal philosophical premises are the Platonic, stressed in Augustinianaism; and the Aristotelian, emphasized in Thomism. On the second level, theologies differ in terms of their mainly biblical, or doctrinal, or historical, or pastoral methodology. And on the third basis, the culture of a people helps to shape the theology they develop, as between the more mystical East and the more practical West, or the more reflective Mediterranean and the more scientific Anglo-Saxon. The Church not only permits these diversities but encourages them, always assuming that theologians who are Catholic are also respectful of the rule of faith and obedient to the magisterium of the hierarchy under the Bishop of Rome. -- from the thread Catholic Word of the Day: THEOLOGICAL PLURALISM, 11-10-09

LOL ....that says it all