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Entry: Banishing Nostalgia Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/banishing_nostalgia#14102 Post contents: Mr. Z. I love your posts. I do think your reliance upon Michael Davies is unwise. He was spot on wrong about Dignatatis Humanae. <I> It is fair to conclude that, notwithstanding the very substantial contribution of John Courtney Murray's thought to the Declaration on Religious Liberty, the document finally promulgated by the Council, understood correctly in the light of its textual history and the official explanations given to the Fathers by the relator, did not adopt Murray's novel opinion - an opinion contrary to all Catholic tradition and to weighty pronouncements of the Church's magisterium - that society's public authorities in principle need not, and indeed may not, recognize the unique truth of Catholicism, and express that recognition appropriately in their official acts. Unfortunately Murray and many other commentators in the twenty-five years since the Declaration was promulgated have presented Dignitatis Humanae to the world as though it had endorsed this unapproved opinion, even though in fact the document ended up by reaffirming (albeit in muted tones) the traditional contrary thesis.</I> http://www.rtforum.org/lt/lt34.html Sent at: 2008 11 21