Comments for "Settled Doctrine" at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 00:55:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/qsettled-doctrineq.html#comment-122 Father Schall, we can't live without your wisdom. This quote from someone whom I don't know is appropriate...."No bargain can be made with truth, because truth is not negotiable." - Kay Crnkovich Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:16:16 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/qsettled-doctrineq.html#comment-112 Great article. Thank you for highlighting the commitment of our faith to Truth, even if it leads to death on the cross. I think that many people who critize our "absolutist" position on life today and being divisive might have considered Jesus to be a divisive figure for speaking the truth and being Truth too. We must remember that our duty to God and our fellow citizens is not to be as live and let live as possible but to pursue and live the Truth, who is Jesus Christ. - Gunnar Gundersen Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/qsettled-doctrineq.html#comment-110 Excellent column, Fr. Schall, but the most telling response, in my view, to the whole "settled question" claim is that, before the Court imposed its will, it was a settled question in most states that abortion was a grave evil. Where was all the high-minded respect for "settled questions" then? Our opponents are indeed liars and deceivers of the first caliber. - James the Least Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:59:10 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/qsettled-doctrineq.html#comment-116 40 years ago it was settled doctrine that abortion was illegal. That did not hold back the liberals from unsettling that doctrine. In the end, it is the call of Christians to be change agents in their society. Just as that led to the change in Roman laws in the fifth and sixth centuries, so it will lead to the change in laws today. We cannot allow the deceptiveness of short-term convenience to distract ourselves from the long-term devestation of vitiating the value of human life. - Daniel Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:22:26 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/qsettled-doctrineq.html#comment-111 Once again, Fr. Schall hits the nail on the head. I encourage everyone to read his books, e.g., Another Sort of Learning, or his On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs, or his Roman Catholic Political Philosophy. - Augustine Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:21:29 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/qsettled-doctrineq.html#comment-109 Thank you very much Fr. Schall for reminiding us of the fundamental principles of our civilization and our duty to resist participating in such evil as the murder of the innocents, even at the cost of livlihood, home, or life itself! Those who argue the issue is settled have shirked their responsibility to defend the unborn and turn bck the culture of death - a fight that can only be rewarded in the Kingdom of little ones. Yes, a civilization is defined by its treatment of its weakest members. - Stephen Matuszak Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:17:11 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/qsettled-doctrineq.html#comment-108 Thank you, Father Schall. Your words and those of Prof. McClay on the First Things web site today provide reassurance that the truth can still set us free. Whether or not we will be allowed to speak it for long remains to be seen. In the meantime, thank you. LWS - Linda W. Smith Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:52:59 +0100