Expanding the Horizon of Reason: Archbishop Müller Releases Book On Thought of Pope Benedict XVI

1/17/2013

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his life and in his reflections. He began at age 15; he is now 85. So he has over seventy years of deep reflection and meditation. He has had many experiences in his life: as a young man, he experienced Nazism and fascism, war, various events of human life.

For this reason, he has never been an intellectual who lives in an ivory tower, but is present in the life of all people, deeply embedded in the history of the twentieth century, but also in the current moment. He is one of the few men to have such wide horizons: he knows the development of philosophy in Europe, starting with the Greeks and Romans, and ending with the modern philosophers. He knows, too, the history of the Church, the questions and challenges posed by the natural sciences today. I know few people with this depth of thought, which is so necessary today.

De Carolis: In his years of service as the Pope, Benedict XVI has shown that even a great theologian can speak the language of the common people, finding new expressions for the ancient truths of the faith. What is striking about this?

M�ller: We say: Jesus Christ is the Word of God, but when he came to this world, He spoke in a very simple way, to the hearts of all. He did speak to the Pharisees, to the great intellectuals of the world of his time, but always witnessed to the great respect that God has for all people. For this reason, it is necessary and very important that all theologians should be pastors who reach out to all, because God loves not only intellectuals and geniuses, but all people.

De Carolis: In a paragraph from the book you address the issue of the language of new media. What is particularly relevant in the specific Magisterium of Benedict XVI?

M�ller: Faith and Revelation are means that God uses to communicate with us. Through these media we are able to communicate, not in an ideological fashion - that is, wanting to influence people against their reason - but in an open dialogue with the truth, because only truth can save humanity - not propaganda.

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Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for January 2013
General Intention: The Faith of Christians. That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and witness joyfully to the gift of faith in him.
Missionary Intention: Middle Eastern Christians. That the Christian communities of the Middle East, often discriminated against, may receive from the Holy Spirit the strength of fidelity and perseverance.

Keywords: Faith, Reason, Pope Benedict XVI, Archbishop M�ller, magisterium, CDF Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, orthodoxy, orthopraxy, Regensburg, Deacon Keith Fournier

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Spiritus Gladius
4 months ago
I know this man is doing what he believes is right, and I trust that his conscience and spirit are pure. However, I pray dearly that he never becomes Pope. As another has pointed out, some of his views are quite troublesome. Even if they are not contrary to the Law at heart, they are at the very least presented in such a way that would scatter rather than gather. This would be the last thing the world needs - a Pope who espouses modernist or semi-modernist ideals.
Bill Sr.
4 months ago
Thank you Deacon Keith. This immediately calls attention to the huge dark cloud of deceit on the horizon.
A recent quote from a judge "We must equate resistance to the gay-rights agenda as a form of discrimination akin to racism" This is just the beginning folks.
This is soon to become a Federal crime unless those of us who, along with our pastors, are willing to put our very lives and public reputations on the line to defend marriage, family, and the lives of the unborn. All of these are under attack by the forces of Evil disguised in palatable progressive language and force fed to the public by the media as civil rights, health benefits, and freedom of choice by an administration hell bent on establishing government inspired quasi religious secularism in place of Judeo-Christianity within our society in order to remove the roadblocks which moral law and reason have been able to impede its progress wherever it has raised its ugly head in the past. America and the Catholic Church have been selected as the main targets of today's version of political cultural corruption because they/we are the top prizes and crippling them could result in wiping out the last vestiges of real global resistance. Light your lamps and hold them high the night is coming and the wolves are surrounding the sheep. Where are our Shepherds?
michael
4 months ago
Deacon Keith...you state that you have "no doubts" about the archbishop's complete adherence to the Magisterium. Before you were ordained, you went to seminary and I know that you have a great love for the Holy Faith. With this being said, you must have at least a few questions regarding statements made by Archbishop Muller especially in regards to the perpetual physical virginity of our Lady, transubstantiation, and questions surrounding Church membership. Also, his very close connections with the very founder and promoter of Liberation Theology is certainly troublesome. We were always told that Bl. John Paul II condemned this radical theology and corrected its adherents. I have questions and many, many traditional Catholics are quite concerned that the Faith continues to be up for discussion and even attacked by the very shepherds called to lead us.

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