Tag Archive for ‘Morality’

Marriage in America—March 2009

PERSPECTIVE

Self-Evident Lies
by Thomas Fleming

VIEWS

Mainline Marital Mélange
by William Murchison
When the culture preaches to the church.

Immigration and Marriage in America
by R. Cort Kirkwood
Beyond definitions.

Moonstruck Morality Versus the Cosmos
by Hugh Barbour, O.Praem.
Romancing the self.

Unce Sam’s Harem III

I began this discussion with a promise to elucidate the question of Ms. Palin’s candidacy.  In general, I have been pointing out that by nature, tradition, and revelation, the sexes have been assigned quite different functions.  It has been alleged, without much foundation, that the Catholic Church has abandoned this tradition to champion the “right” of a woman to a career, but whatever “rights” women may hold in this respect are fulfilled, in Catholic thought, by a religious vocation.   I do want to make it clear that I am writing about the natural family and the Christian tradition, not about everyday reality today that may well make it inconvenient or undesirable for women not to pursue a profession or go to work.  God help a poor woman who has to depend on the fidelity, diligence, and maturity of an American male under the age of 75!   In some cases, a woman who has no profession has made herself helpless and deprived herself of the second-best social life that is often the only one available.  As I explained earlier, I do not like automobiles, computers, telephones, television, and air travel, but to live without these things I could not be a writer or editor and could never escape from Rockford, either in thought or in deed.

Editors’ Round Table on Sarah Palin: The Palin Moment

Thomas Fleming, Scott Richert, and Aaron Wolf have all offered typically thoughtful pieces raising important points to consider in evaluating Sarah Palin.  But I would like to offer a different perspective, focusing on the speech Palin delivered at the Republican Convention and the reason the speech succeeded, to the point that Palin now enjoys a higher approval rating in the polls than either Barack Obama or John McCain, not to mention the hapless Joe Biden.

The Teaching of the Apostles

The Didache (teaching or instruction) or, to give the full title, The Lord’s Instruction to the Gentiles Through the Twelve Apostles, is one of the most precious documents of the Church in the period following the preaching of the Apostles. While most other early texts are primarily concerned with reaffirming Christian teachings or rebutting heresies, the Didache tells us a great deal about how Christians lived their lives and practiced their faith in the early IInd century.