To: Polycarp
Strengthened enormously. The dawn of a new era is at hand. The Modernists have met the enemy and he is them. They are in confusion and retreat.
3 posted on
09/16/2002 3:31:32 PM PDT by
narses
To: narses
They are not in confusion and they are not in retreat. But they are taken aback. The new orthodox are going to work like an incessant drip of water. And they shall have their way. V's wife.
4 posted on
09/16/2002 5:17:33 PM PDT by
ventana
To: narses
¡Ojalá! (Spanish for "I wish it were!") Unfortunately, I don't think they're in retreat at all.
I was in Spain last week, and chats with various Spanish friends revealed that things are just as bad there. Well, less so, because the population of Spain is now considerably less religious than it was, so the scandal of clerical misbehavior and heterodox teaching have much less impact than they might have once.
One of my friends (who is in el Opus) suggested that perhaps we'd end up with a smaller church of more convinced members. This may be true, but I'll bet that the folks who are going to get all of the property, the old church buildings, and perhaps even the name of "Catholic" are going to be the heretics, who are much more powerful than the orthodox.
God can make great things out of little, insignificant things, of course, so I don't think we should write off the tiny band of orthodox (which probably includes most of us on this forum). But I don't think it's going to happen automatically and without a struggle.
5 posted on
09/16/2002 5:31:06 PM PDT by
livius
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