Comments for Heretics and Preachers at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 23:15:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/heretics-in-love.html#comment-6319 To begin with : one must reflect on the objective criteria on the content of heretics and false prophets . We begin with the definition of heresy which can be found in the catechism #2089 and the wounds to unity catechism #817. Exposition of the bible in reference to heresy are the following script passages ( acts 24:14,1 Cor 11:19 , gal 5:20, 2peter 2:1, ) heretics Titus 3:10 . Exposition on the bible in reference to false prophets ( Isaiah 9:15, Jeremiah 14:14,23:14,17-18,21,25-27,27:15,29:9,lamentation 2:14,Ezekiel 13:4-7,22,21:29,22:25 , Micah 2:11, mat 24:11 People are warned about false prophets can be found in scriptural passages ( Jeremiah 23:16,27:14-17,29:8, mat 7:15, 1 John 6:1) please read commentary on these scriptures , recommendation ( a new catholic commentary on holy scripture, William barclay new testament commentary) Lastly St. Chrystostom wrote six homilies on Titus . The # 6 homily is on Titus 3:8-11 in reference to heretics May the peace of the Lord be with you - Guerline Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:45:31 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/heretics-in-love.html#comment-6304 Excellent and balanced article about a very dark and controversial era in history. There is a recent Catholic novel about the Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade (available at Amazon) called THE NIGHT'S DARK SHADE. - elena maria vidal Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:06:02 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/heretics-in-love.html#comment-6296 To Dan Deeny: One of the top writers on the period, Malcolm Barber, has a good, fairly recent study called THE CATHARS. -ABM - Brad Miner Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:20:34 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/heretics-in-love.html#comment-6295 Great article Brad! Very interesting and informative. However I tend to agree with Titus' point. Also, Im rather tired of the 'evil' inquisition/crusade nonsense that too many propagate. Neither were evil, far from it, both having been smeared by those who ment to demonize the Catholic Church. As for myself, I don't think I have 'favorite' heresy, seeing as how there are so many going on all around us, I would not be able to pick just one ;) - Aeneas Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:31:13 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/heretics-in-love.html#comment-6293 Excellent! I'm interested in the Cathars. What are some books that describe them? - Dan Deeny Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:49:57 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/heretics-in-love.html#comment-6292 Mr. Miner: Thank you a well written and informative piece. It brought to mind the tremendous richness and history of this gift we have received from God, namely our Faith and those saints who were sent to us to defend It. I appreciated the way you tied some of the ideas of the Cathars into modern day errors. - Bill Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:44:20 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/heretics-in-love.html#comment-6290 The great Father Koterski of Fordham once said his favorite heresy was the one that said the Father felt the pain of the Son. - Austin Ruse Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:07:06 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/heretics-in-love.html#comment-6289 The attempts of certain Catholic apologists to exonerate the medieval Church and Inquisition of those charges have been futile. Of course, His Eminence Cdl. Spellman was correct: the use of the Holy Office of the Inquisition as a bogeyman by Whig historians was a smear, invented out of whole cloth and English myth. The Inquisition's procedures were a model of fairness and procedural punctiliousness: many of the safeguards it provided defendants would be unheard of at common law until the 20th century. The abuses for which there is historical evidence almost invariably came in places where an alternative "inquisition," instituted under dubious authority by the sovereign and without papal oversight, was set up. Spain, of course, is the most notable example. The Albigensians were a scourge, and St. Thomas's refutation of their errors of course a masterpiece. But there's little reason to go implying that historical slanders about other aspects of ecclesiastical history might be true in order to point that out. - Titus Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:26:27 +0100