Ask a Question - or - Return to the Faith and Spirituality Forum Index

Question Title	Posted By	Question Date
Is this compatible?	Bjorn	Thursday, January 15, 2009
Question: Is this compatible with Catholicism? http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/frankowski1.html
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Bjorn: No. This fella is straining to fit his views on Individualism into Scripture. We cannot do that with any idea. We must look into Scripture to see what it has to tell us, not try to poke our pet philosophy into the Holy Writ. Radical Individualism, by the way, is a tenet adopted by Satanism because individualism leads to self-indulgence. Catholics, on the other hand, are a community, a family. The worldview of the Catholic Church is communitarianism (that is, the family). We are individuals who are in community, relate to each other in community, are responsible to each other in community, and who are defined by community. The individual in Catholicism is not an individualist as he acknowledges a God and His Church and is obedient to them. The rugged or radical individualism found in the political philosophy of Libertarianism and similar philosophies, and promoted by many fundamentalists, is inconsistent with the Teachings of Jesus and the Apostles and the Church. Historic Christianity is the community of the family in a paterfamilias economy (father head of the home). God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

Question Title

Posted By

Question Date

Is this compatible?

Bjorn

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Question:

Is this compatible with Catholicism?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/frankowski1.html

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Bjorn:

No. This fella is straining to fit his views on Individualism into Scripture. We cannot do that with any idea. We must look into Scripture to see what it has to tell us, not try to poke our pet philosophy into the Holy Writ.

Radical Individualism, by the way, is a tenet adopted by Satanism because individualism leads to self-indulgence. Catholics, on the other hand, are a community, a family. The worldview of the Catholic Church is communitarianism (that is, the family). We are individuals who are in community, relate to each other in community, are responsible to each other in community, and who are defined by community. The individual in Catholicism is not an individualist as he acknowledges a God and His Church and is obedient to them.

The rugged or radical individualism found in the political philosophy of Libertarianism and similar philosophies, and promoted by many fundamentalists, is inconsistent with the Teachings of Jesus and the Apostles and the Church. Historic Christianity is the community of the family in a paterfamilias economy (father head of the home).

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below:
Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum.
Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum
Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum
Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum
Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum