Restoring the Sacred

Monday, April 30, 2018

Fr. Nix: Two Modern Myths of Ancient Church History


http://padreperegrino.org/2018/04/30/myths-church-history/


Myth 1: Catholic means that which is believed in all places, even during an isolated time of Church history.  

Truth:  Catholic is that which is believed everywhere, always and by all.

Myth 2: Church History is like a pendulum that swings back and forth between conservative and liberal.

Truth:  Church history is politically unstable, but dogmatically quite stable, except for two unique doctrinal crises in Church history.  Even in these periods, the Magisterium remains untouched.