tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091192923206493007.post706283858386891099..comments2024-03-26T12:36:11.211-04:00Comments on An Archdiocese of Washington Catholic: The demise of religion in American Society is a good thing...A WASHINGTONDC CATHOLIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10821102789185139045noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091192923206493007.post-10688580564768983852012-01-27T10:33:25.740-05:002012-01-27T10:33:25.740-05:00No orthodox Catholic can support civil religion. ...No orthodox Catholic can support civil religion. Freemasonary and the Civil Constitution of the Church after the French Revolution are examples of civil religion. As is the watered-down indifferentism that passes for public piety.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13687197922675722032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091192923206493007.post-90245229727510583382012-01-26T14:38:31.312-05:002012-01-26T14:38:31.312-05:00Are you aware of the difference between "reli...Are you aware of the difference between "religon" and "civil religion?" Perhaps if you were you might agree with the professor. "Civil Religion" is a religious system that is distorted to make the values of the government reflected in the religious practices of the Church. Civil Religion is the Orthodoxy of the Czars, the Anglicanism of the Tudors, and, shamefully, the Cathoilicism of Franco. The position of Professor Casey probably reflects Methodist theologian Stanley Hauerwas who would say that Christianity is faithful to the Gospel only when it is independent of prevailing social and governmental norms and in a position to critically evaluate them. I certainly don't have a problem with thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com