Comments for Catholicism: Not Ideology at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Fri, 24 May 2013 09:35:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholicism-not-ideology.html#comment-6723 George Marlin reminds me once again why law school was a hell of moral numbness and intellectual vacuity. Ideology is the enemy of the Church, but also of rule of law, the education of children, art, music, literature. It politicizes everything including the simple pleasure of riding a bike. Yes, too many in the Church have been seduced by it. I was heartened to read this week that the Holy Father has so publically acknowledged the growing destruction of religious freedom throughout the world. Ideology and yet another version of the New Man/New Woman are the reasons why. Again, thanks for another enlightening essay from Catholic Thing... - Graham Combs Sun, 08 May 2011 14:11:43 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholicism-not-ideology.html#comment-6722 "I'm sorry but I think there is a danger here of Catholics either on the right or the left in conflating faith with ideology" "Right" "left" are political descriptions and apply only to political issues. They are often applied incorrectly to religious points of view, and only the person who applies them thus has conflated religion and ideology. A Catholic who lives his life as Christ would have him live it, who follows all the rules laid down for his salvation, and believes all that the Church teaches because the Church, as the Body of Christ, can neither deceive nor be deceived, is a faithful Catholic. Labels such as right or left, conservative or liberal play any part in the matter. - Louise Sun, 08 May 2011 13:14:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholicism-not-ideology.html#comment-6697 I'm sorry but I think there is a danger here of Catholics either on the right or the left in conflating faith with ideology--that this piece is ignoring. Many ideologies have sprung up within the Catholic Church as a response to some of the Enlightenment trends discussed in the article. Notice how for left-wing Catholics the faith is largely a call to social and governmental action on behalf of the poor whereas for right-wing Catholics faith becomes mainly a mandate to quash dissent and reduce theology to apologetics on behalf of the Church. The faith ends up becoming a surrogate for the person's ideological ends. - jsmitty Thu, 05 May 2011 12:28:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholicism-not-ideology.html#comment-6693 Excellent! The public schools and universities are propagators of ideology, especially the universities. Complete a course of public education and it is likely that a grasp of ideology is permanently jeopardized. Go Gauchos! - Achilles Thu, 05 May 2011 09:27:50 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholicism-not-ideology.html#comment-6690 Wonderful article! I've never had someone properly explain the difference to me! - Jacob R Thu, 05 May 2011 05:43:24 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/catholicism-not-ideology.html#comment-6688 Thank you for the clarity on the word ideology. I cringe when I hear it used uncritically. I first learned its meaning when I studied under Dr. Gerhart Niemeyer at Notre Dame in the early '90s. It helped me to discern various schools of thought that were often erroneously called "philosophy". - Christopher Wendt Thu, 05 May 2011 02:36:00 +0100