tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post3453444539441453818..comments2024-01-17T03:08:25.317-06:00Comments on The Progressive Catholic Voice: When Is Dissent Not Just Dissent?PCV Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519134580470262558noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-88227585459736290072011-11-30T17:29:13.198-06:002011-11-30T17:29:13.198-06:00"call it dissent, if you will, or call it non..."call it dissent, if you will, or call it non-reception. It is what's quietly happening in today's American church." This phenomenon may be a step in the evolution of of the RC Church as one of the axial age religions to being a segment of a post-axial age faith. The age of mythology and less advanced thinking-based dogma is fading. The best of human knowledge such as in the sciences as evidence, such as contemporary philosophy as some of the best of reasoning is advancing and informing people. A complete transformation is necessary and hopefully in the making. But it takes a critical mass of the laity willing to study and create a faith and action infrastructure that is credible and effective for the definitive 21st century. That transformation has a long long way to go.Marie Schickel Rottschaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11911306828067970778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-5830192459724825492011-11-24T22:31:33.174-06:002011-11-24T22:31:33.174-06:00Thanks for posting this, Michael. The recovery of...Thanks for posting this, Michael. The recovery of the traditional doctrine of reception is necessary for us, I think. I do have a quibble with Robert McClory in that civil law in a democracy is different from church law. The people through their representatives are the law maker in civil law in the U.S. If the people don't think a law is good law they have their representatives repeal it. Law makers try to make laws that have good reasons and that most people choose to obey. In the church the law comes down from above to the people. The test to the lawmaker whether the law is good law is if the people receive it. Ladislas Orsy, whom McClory refers to, goes into ecclesiatical law in Chapter 5, specifically differentiating it from civil law on page 59.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00135199120788030871noreply@blogger.com