Commentary posted on the Tradition in Action website here.
It was quite disturbing to read on a recent "People are Commenting" page (here) that
Cardinal Pell stated that the story of Adam and Eve is "sophisticated
mythology," and just a "religious story." In addition, on that same web page
we again read about the denial by Benedict XVI that Heaven is an actual place, by
characterizing the biblical description of the Ascension as merely "theological
language."
If heaven is not a place, then where does the glorified humanity
of Jesus, and of Mary, reside, and what about our glorified bodies at the end of time?
They may be glorified, but they are still bodies and not completely spiritual. Bodies
exist in a place - yes this is Thomism, and we know Benedict rejects Thomistic logic.
When Church leaders defect from the traditional faith and call
Adam and Eve a myth and deny that Heaven is a place, one has to wonder whether the
"Conciliar Church" still professes Roman Catholicism. Perhaps the proper name
for the official Vatican II Church should be the Ecumenical Catholic Church, while the
indefectible Roman Catholic Church still exists in the minds and souls of the remnant who
profess in its integrity the true Apostolic Faith.
Commentary posted on the Tradition in Action website here.
If heaven is not a place, then where does the glorified humanity of Jesus, and of Mary, reside, and what about our glorified bodies at the end of time? They may be glorified, but they are still bodies and not completely spiritual. Bodies exist in a place - yes this is Thomism, and we know Benedict rejects Thomistic logic.
When Church leaders defect from the traditional faith and call Adam and Eve a myth and deny that Heaven is a place, one has to wonder whether the "Conciliar Church" still professes Roman Catholicism. Perhaps the proper name for the official Vatican II Church should be the Ecumenical Catholic Church, while the indefectible Roman Catholic Church still exists in the minds and souls of the remnant who profess in its integrity the true Apostolic Faith.
Peace,
Frank Rega