http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/01/bearing-with-ourselves/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:07:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/01/bearing-with-ourselves/#comment-3529 Clara Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:44:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/01/bearing-with-ourselves/#comment-3529 I see your point, Josquin, but in my experience these are the eras that Traditional Catholics are most inclined to romanticize. And really, you can understand it; it's a question of distance. American Catholic culture of the 1950's isn't too far removed from us. Some readers of this blog probably remember it. European Catholicism of 1150 produced a lot of great people, so we can see that good things must have been happening, but we don't have much imaginative grasp of what ordinary life was like then. Anyway, Traditional Catholics certainly <I>are</I> prone to why-us sort of thinking, no matter which era they would choose for themselves! I see your point, Josquin, but in my experience these are the eras that Traditional Catholics are most inclined to romanticize. And really, you can understand it; it’s a question of distance. American Catholic culture of the 1950’s isn’t too far removed from us. Some readers of this blog probably remember it. European Catholicism of 1150 produced a lot of great people, so we can see that good things must have been happening, but we don’t have much imaginative grasp of what ordinary life was like then. Anyway, Traditional Catholics certainly are prone to why-us sort of thinking, no matter which era they would choose for themselves!

]]> http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/01/bearing-with-ourselves/#comment-3530 Josquin Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:36:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2007/01/bearing-with-ourselves/#comment-3530 Good post, but the Eisenhower era or the 19th century as an imagined Catholic utopia? The post-Enlightenment world with its deep flaws and absurdities? I'd vote for 1150 over 1950 any day. Good post, but the Eisenhower era or the 19th century as an imagined Catholic utopia? The post-Enlightenment world with its deep flaws and absurdities? I’d vote for 1150 over 1950 any day.

]]>