tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post2625313012533773388..comments2024-03-28T11:36:20.629-04:00Comments on southern orders: SHOULD FUNDAMENTALISM GET A BAD RAP IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-15317990195831616082016-01-04T04:54:42.245-05:002016-01-04T04:54:42.245-05:00'That we won the Revolution was extraordinary&...'That we won the Revolution was extraordinary'. That God favoured one side over the other in what was essentially a civil war is a dubious supposition, although Oliver Cromwell would certainly have subscribed to it. You might as well argue that God favoured Catholic France and Spain, who went to war in support of the American rebels, over Protestant England; and you would then need to explain the Almighty's inconsistency in allowing the Protestant Powers (England and Prussia) to defeat the Catholic Powers (France and Austria) in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763).<br /><br />It is not fanaticism to take up arms in defence of Christendom; we still commemorate, on 7 October, the annihilation of the Turkish fleet at Lepanto in 1571 (I don't think a recent pope has apologized for this one, but I won't hold my breath). No one doubted that the crusades, undertaken with papal sanction, were justified. In the 12th century the failure of the Second Crusade was seen by Bishop Otto of Freising, who took part in it, as punishment for our sins.<br /><br />The success of the 'Patriots' in 1783, whose atrocities against their own countrymen have been airbrushed out of popular history, can be attributed to many causes, none of which involve God. And despite Protestant propaganda, the Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588 because the Protestant Elizabeth had better ships, better guns, better commanders and a more coherent strategy. <br /><br />Someone in 1914 summed it up admirably:<br /><br />God heard the embattled nations sing and shout<br />'Gott strafe England!' 'God save the King!'<br />'God this, God that, and God the other thing!'<br />'My God' (said God) 'I've got my work cut out.' John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-5137760872965288682016-01-03T07:33:58.852-05:002016-01-03T07:33:58.852-05:00God bless Scalia and all who believe as he does.God bless Scalia and all who believe as he does.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.com