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EDITOR'S ROUND-UP Saturday, 06 October 2007 |
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A highly provocative commentary… Dear friends, Today we have a particularly thought-provoking commentary from Ian Elmer. It directly challenges some of the notions that were very popular understandings not too long ago and which would still be held to dearly by some. But even if what he is outlining might be generally accepted by the sort of readership that is attracted to Catholica there is still much that many here might argue with. This commentary should lead to excellent further discussion in the weeks ahead. To start the ball rolling I'm not entirely convinced by Ian's argument that the body-soul dualism comes alone from Greek influences. The very "otherness" of God, which Ian himself refers to and which Jesus refers to surely also points us towards a very powerful notion of dualism between natural and supernatural, between this life and the next, between what we know in the now and what we aspire to if we perceive the earthly spiritual journey as one of seeking to "become like God" (to use the words of St Gregory of Nyssa I've grown so fond of recently), or even if we're attracted to the sort of notion that the late JPII was on about — the universal call to holiness. Sure this isn't "holiness" in the sense of becoming a "goody-two-shoes, let's please mummy vision of social conformism" but "holiness" in the sense of learning to "think and act" as Christ would do if he were facing the choices we face. This is a fabulous commentary by Ian and I suspect it is going to lead to a long and very productive conversation for many in our community. <Read Ian's commentary>  Petition Update... Today the total stands at 6315. <Click HERE to access the information page> and <Click HERE to sign the petition online>.    |
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AND FOR OUR WEEKLY READERS HERE ARE OUR COMMENTARIES FROM THE PAST WEEK... |
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