The Catholic Church in Mexico
Peter Gogolek
cor...@magician.larc.nasa.gov (Dave Cordner) says:
>
>Can anyone tell me what "type" of Catholic Church is in Mexico? I keep
>hearing
>about pre-Vatican II (Conservative) and Conciliar (Modernist) Churches in
>different parts of the world.
>
There is One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church. The juxtaposition of
Conciliar and Modernist is untrue. Modernism is a heresy condemned by
the Church. Conciliar means holding with all the general councils of
the Church, which is exactly what the Church has done, does now, and
should do. Furthermore, there is nothing conservative or traditional
with those who reject Vatican II. Rejection of a general council is
at odds with Catholicism, with a very real danger of schism. Cardinal
Journet wrote in 1975, " In the face of one drift towards the modernist
heresy, there has been another drift towards an "integriste"
(traditionalist) schism."
To my best understanding, there is no national church which can be
placed in with either the schismatics or the heretics. In the rich,
industrialized countries there are many bishops which might be
most accurately called modernists. In Latin America, there is another
problem going by the name of liberation theology. Cardinal Ratzinger
wrote,
An analysis of the phenomenon of liberation theology
reveals that it constitutes a fundamental threat to the faith of
the Church. At the same time it must be borne in mind that no
error could persist unless it contained a grain of truth. Indeed,
an error is all the more dangerous, the greater that grain of truth
is, for then the temptation it exerts is all the greater.
By no means do I mean to imply that Latin America has fallen away, but
in a different way than the two you listed. It is just beset with
different problems.
Peter Gogolek
Dave Cordner
about pre-Vatican II (Conservative) and Conciliar (Modernist) Churches in
different parts of the world.
Is there one "type" in Mexico? Or are there different ones there too?
Dave