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Entry: A Meditation for Guy Fawkes Day Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/a_meditation_for_guy_fawkes_day#8404 Post contents: I posted a reply to Mr. Ramus on another thread and bemoaned the lack of a solid Catholic reply BEFORE I had read Mr. Zmirak's outstanding reply above. I thank Mr. Zmirak, who has stated the matter with eloquence and insight. Authority does reside in Scripture ("the written", that part of the Tradition which is written down), but it also resides in the unwritten Tradition of the Deposit of Faith, which, following the rules of Saint Vincent and the Venerable Newman, the Magisterium of the Church works out. So Authority also resides in The Church.and also in the Holy Spirit Himself. Just a quibble. Mr Zmirak means "a 30 Years War" just as hyperbole. Those who make it an analogy (and Mr. Zmirak isn't doing so) ignore that war and hijacking are coercive acts. Mr. Ramus is coercing no one. Indeed his welcomed presence has brought forth the fruit of the fine article above. Sent at: 2008 07 23