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Entry: The Silence of Father Neuhaus Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_silence_of_father_neuhaus#7962 Post contents: Mr. Ramus I was trad before being trad was cool. As for your attempt to cleave me from me the Church, forget it. Far from me thinking I have been screwed by the Catholic Church, I am a trad who cleaves to the Church because she is the sole institution ever worthy of my trust. The Church is in the business of salvation and mediating the Grace of our Triune God through the Sacramental System instituted by Jesus Christ. If you think it's business is arguing for this or that political economy then you have a mistaken idea about the purpose of her being. She is the Ark of Salvation not the plank of politics. (Just as an aside, <I>Rerum Novarum</I>, the first social enclclical, trashed socialism by name - 3 times as I recall off the top of my head). I think you are not making the necessary distinctions twixt legitimate decisions taken by the Magisterium and the sad observable decline in Christianity resulting, in part, from a craven refusal to implement those decision on the part of Bishops who freely undertook the Duties to Teach, Rule, and Sanctify. (One can think of the Bishops refusing to fulfill their duties as akin to politicians who do not discharge their oaths vis a vis the Constitution). With all due respect, I think you too readily conflate Church and politics. Sent at: 2008 09 06