tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011391723338869451.post8123500609878154522..comments2024-02-10T13:49:57.576+00:00Comments on The Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma: The Synod on the Family – The Final Documents [3]The Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011391723338869451.post-16164792665402684422016-02-17T15:00:03.028+00:002016-02-17T15:00:03.028+00:00geneticallycatholic: Many thanks for your comment...geneticallycatholic: Many thanks for your comment. I think I have seen Cardinal Burke's comments before but I have reread them using the link you kindly provided. I am 100% with him. The problem is that there are two ways of reading a document. I am a lawyer and in my view the correct way is to read the text no more and no less. A good example, mentioned by Cardinal Burke, is where it fails to give the full teaching on communion for the divorced and remarried as in Familiaris Consortio. However the document does confirm Familiaris Consortio and does not negate any part of it; certainly not the prohibition on communion for the divorced and remarried. That should be the end of it but there always those who will read into it things that are simply not there. <br />The link you give leads to a page where the recent death of Judge Antonin Scalia is mentioned. I used to know him when we were both teenagers and I was moved, this morning, to listen to a lecture of his at:<br /><br />https://soundcloud.com/actoninstitute<br /><br />You have to scroll down one page to get to his talk to the Acton Institute. He is arguing for 'originalism' in interpreting the American Constitution and he says you have to stick to the original text and not add things that are not there. Thus he says you cannot argue for a right to abortion when as a matter of fact there is nothing about abortion in the constitution although that is precisely what the Supreme Court did. He is arguing for it not being a living entity which evolves. Unfortunately he was in a minority and the majority want to read things into documents that are not there claiming the spirit of the document. This is what is happening constantly in the Church with the documents of Vatican II and will happen with the Synod on the Family. It is well worth listening to if you have a spare half hour.Nicolas Bellordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063019108964247676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011391723338869451.post-84461189068282070002016-02-16T03:22:08.028+00:002016-02-16T03:22:08.028+00:00Thank you for the work you have done in assessing ...Thank you for the work you have done in assessing the final documents of the Synod. I honestly believe that the orthodox delegates worked very hard, and against a decidedly stacked deck to ensure most of the IL was revamped. Kudos to them. <br /><br />Cardinal Burke, however,in an interview with The Wanderer was frank about his disappointment with the final document. I don't know if you accept weblinks, - just in case, here is the link to the interview on the final document of the 2015 with Cardinal Burke. <br /><br />http://thewandererpress.com/breaking/interview-with-cardinal-burke-insights-on-the-state-of-the-church-in-the-aftermath-of-the-ordinary-synod-on-the-family/<br /><br />(My apologies for the duplication if you have already posted this link elsewhere)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com