BS: Stephen Fry on The Catholic Church

Subject: RE: BS: Stephen Fry on The Catholic Church
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 29 Sep 10 - 04:42 AM

I've noticed that there are two types of 'bad' people in the world:

People who are just bad and people who attempt to justify their badness through religion or political ideology.

To my mind adherents of the particular religion or political system are complicit in the wrong-doing if they fail to expose and curb the activities of the wrong-doers. They are even more complicit if they attempt to cover up those activities or to shield the wrong-doers in any way.

Subject: RE: BS: Stephen Fry on The Catholic Church
From: Ed T
Date: 29 Sep 10 - 07:38 AM

"St. Thomas teaches where there is public scandal that poses a danger to the faith or to the common good of the Church it is an act of charity to rebuke in public, even one's superior, for causing that scandal – including the Pope himself. St. Paul did this with St. Peter when Peter refused to eat with the very Gentiles he was supposed to be converting. (Gal 2:11ff)"

Subject: RE: BS: Stephen Fry on The Catholic Church
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 29 Sep 10 - 08:41 AM

"St. Thomas teaches where there is public scandal that poses a danger to the faith or to the common good of the Church it is an act of charity to rebuke in public ..."

It's a pity that the CC haven't paid much attention to the teachings of St. Thomas, then, isn't it?

Subject: RE: BS: Stephen Fry on The Catholic Church
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 29 Sep 10 - 01:12 PM

And you actually think that doesn't happen?

Subject: RE: BS: Stephen Fry on The Catholic Church
From: Ed T
Date: 29 Sep 10 - 04:00 PM

"And you actually think that doesn't happen?"

Yes, I do think that.