Comments for Warmth in Winter at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 12 out of 12 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sun, 19 May 2013 06:52:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15372 HA! God bless the droll at heart! My favorite part of enjoying something really witty is seeing how many people bite on the head fake. It would be fun to release this into the wild, untamed media and see the lamenting and gnashing of teeth that would ensue. Why, our dear Mr. Warren would be pilloried as the second coming of Il Duce (with whom, BTW, if they actually knew their history, they have great kinship of ideology) for even mentioning book burning in a savory light. The idea that he actually DID it...hoo hoooo! Now THAT would be a fun party to see. I'll bet Mr. Warren would be amused too. There's a second-hand book store right near my house. Think I'll head over there this week and support the local economy. When I close my eyes, I can see a nice cigar, a glass of single malt and basking in the warm glow coming from the chiminea as I slowly wipe out whole chapters of evil and/or stupid thoughts, all in the least possible politically correct manner. And here I've been, all dejected since November; when I could have been fighting the battle on my little piece of the front all along. Thanks David! - Layman Tom Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:03:27 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15365 I once put a John Cornwell book in the recycle bin. And I had a fireplace. Drat, what was I thinking? - Randall Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:58:29 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15363 We don't need to burn books -- the school house has made reading itself obsolete. One doesn't have to be a former Episcopalian to know that Bishop Spong preaches to an empty room and Karen Armstrong's feminist theology is as welcome as a course syllabus with too many reading assignments. The episcopal apostate and the feminist irrelevancy absolutely depend on the death of curiousity for what readers they do have. Which brings us back to unionized classrooms. Bad books are just as unread as good ones. Is there a more illiterate class in the English-speaking world than the ubiquitous "trend leaders?" Those first-responders to silly and bad ideas... - Graham Combs Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:59:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15352 @manfred My comments were made in spirit of bonhomme, as a good natured rib. They were written in the same jocular manner that David's column was. Perhaps that did not come through as you read them. Alas ... - ib Sun, 13 Jan 2013 07:15:37 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15350 Mr. Warren: Well and bravely said. Thank you. - Mack Hall Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:30:21 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15348 @ib: Sede Vacantist? Why do you suggest that I am a sedevacantist? "Or reading this site for that matter?" Have the editors appointed you the policeman for TCT? When you consider the state of the Church today do you consider this normal? It is quite obvious to me that the Church is a damned mess. Why do you begrudge me the investment of my time to attempt to discover the causes of this horror? An Abp. gave this book a "scathing review"? Do you mean an Abp. like Weakland, Mahoney, Bernardin, Gerety, Fr. Marcial? The hierarchy made itself irrelevant years ago. What is Abp. Marchetto's position on Medjugorje? Buona notte, signore! - Manfred Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:03:09 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15345 @manfred De Mattei's book won many awards in Italy when it was published in 2010, but got a scathing review in l'Osservatore Romano from Archbishop Agostino Marchetto (formerly head of the Pontificio consiglio della pastorale per i migranti e gli itineranti, and prior to that at the Vatican Secretary of State and Apostolic Nuncio in many countries). It's online at a couple of sites if you would like to read it (hope you can read Italian since I don't think it's online in English). Of course, if you're a committed sede vacantist, why bother with Vatican II? Or reading this site for that matter ... Anyway let us know if the book measures up to its press ... Good and bad! - Ib Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:35:32 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15344 Harry Heine? Ich mag Hölderlin besser ... Was ist die Weisheit eines Buchs gegen die Weisheit eines Engels? ("What is the wisdom of a book compared with the wisdom of an angel?" Hyperion, Kap23) Of course, neither of these poets were really Christians, but Hölderlin at least was honest about it. - Ib Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:05:46 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15343 Excellent choices for conversion into BTUs. - Charles E Flynn Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:59:39 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15339 A treat piece, Mr. Warren! There was a time, of course, when the Church would burn the authors as a civic service. Every cretin today receives a reading or a hearing. On a positive note, I just purchased a book which I don't believe will ever be burned. It is: The Second Vatican Council (an unwritten story) by Roberto de Mattei. The Table of Contents alone is six pages. Now that we have the perspective of fifty years to look back at Vat. II, this author and some seventy other scholars have a list of very serious questions which they would like the Vatican to answer in order to clearly define what the Church teaches. This exercise will benefit the Church into the future. - Manfred Sat, 12 Jan 2013 03:41:05 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15338 Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen. ("Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too." — Almansor, Heinrich Heine, 1821) - Michael Paterson-Seymour Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:17:25 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/warmth-in-winter.html#comment-15335 In older times, there would have been occasions for palimpsest making rather than just burning. Remember St. Dominic burned the Cathars' books, so you have a holy exemplar as guide. Alas, ebooks can only be deleted. - ib Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:00:21 +0100