Bill “Papa” Lee Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 One of my favorite Movies is Rudy...in the Movie a priest is teaching Catechism and says the followingâ?¦For us â??Devine inspirationâ? does not mean that God possess a man and simply dictates the inspired text to him. Rather that God implants into a manâ??s mind the general concept, and when God does that he allows the man to write in the historical context in which he lives, what we called the (Insert Latin phrase here, I cannot spell it) ***** ****, for that is the setting in life. So a man may have historical inaccuracies, but God allows the man to write with those misunderstandings, because what is important; what is inerrant, is the theological concept that God is trying to get across to mankind.Sounds like what we believe to a large degree.
Analytics Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 One of my favorite Movies is Rudy...in the Movie a priest is teaching Catechism and says the followingâ?¦Sounds like what we believe to a large degree.My favorite teaching from that movie was when the former president of Notre Dame said, "In 35 years of religious study, I have only come up with two hard incontrovertible facts: there is a God, and I'm not Him."
3DOP Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 Does anybody believe in mechanical dictation? I didn't when I was Protestant. I haven't changed my view since becoming Catholic. It is clear to all that there is a human element to the Word of God. I have heard it compared appropriately to the Incarnation, when the Word became flesh. As Mary conceived of the Holy Ghost, the perfect God-Man appeared in her womb. Writing under the inspiration of God are similar by analogy, and I don't know where Rudy got the idea that the writings because they have a human element, necessarily imply the possibility of error. According to the Catholic faith, Christ was God and man and without sinning. In a similar fashion, the Scriptures are written by God and man without erring. The inspired books teach the truth. "Since therefore all that the inspired authors or sacred writers affirm should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Holy Scriptures."---CCC 107, Quote taken from Dei Verbum 11 (Vatican 2 document on the Word of God) 3DOP
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 My favorite teaching from that movie was when the former president of Notre Dame said, "In 35 years of religious study, I have only come up with two hard incontrovertible facts: there is a God, and I'm not Him."This quote has been in my sig line for two years...I love that.
SteubieU Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 One of my favorite Movies is Rudy...in the Movie a priest is teaching Catechism and says the followingâ?¦Sounds like what we believe to a large degree.Yeah, sorry... that's not what Catholics believe. Just another Holywood misrepresentation. I wish they would hire someone to be the "Holywood Catholic consultant" who actually knows what they are talking about.
Flyonthewall Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Yeah, sorry... that's not what Catholics believe. Just another Holywood misrepresentation. I wish they would hire someone to be the "Holywood Catholic consultant" who actually knows what they are talking about.It appears "holywood <religious> consultants" aren't very accurate...
3DOP Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 It appears "holywood <religious> consultants" aren't very accurate...I was watching an old X-Files with my wife the other night. She had been telling me how the producer of the show seemed to enjoy trying religious symbolism, but often botches it. In the episode we just saw, he has these killers write the verse John 52:44 on a mirror.
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