tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post7198185089212867453..comments2024-02-28T04:48:59.561+08:00Comments on The Pinoy Catholic: Who will be the next Doctor of the Church?Pedro Lorenzo Ruizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06817125203522413704noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-55711609708512287252011-09-03T01:20:43.299+08:002011-09-03T01:20:43.299+08:00How about another Discalced Carmelite daughter (nu...How about another Discalced Carmelite daughter (nun) of St. Teresa of Avila, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross known by secularist as Edith Stein. She has written books like The Science of the Cross, Knowledge and Faith, Philosophy of Psychology and the Humanities,Spirituality of the Christian Woman, On the problem of Empathy, etc.Fr. Gary V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05301155340062218670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-47371878896049499152011-09-03T00:42:58.074+08:002011-09-03T00:42:58.074+08:00The list -- now publicized by Sandro Magister -- d...The list -- now publicized by Sandro Magister -- dates back to 1997. Since then SS. Faustina Kowalska and Josemaria Escriva plus BB. John Henry Newman and John Paul II himself have been proposed for the honor. <br /><br />Magister's list leaves out another saint who was already being proposed as a Doctor even prior to 1997: St. John Eudes, Doctor of the Liturgical Cult of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. <br /><br />Gregory of Narek was a great poet and writer, but he lived and died as a member of the Armenian Apostolic Church, which for all his life (and just like today) was not in communion with Rome. <br /><br />I'm not a fan of declaring recipients of visions and private revelations (SS. Bridget of Sweden, Hildegard, Margaret Mary Aacoque, Gertrude the Great, Faustina Kowalska and Bl. Julian of Norwich) as Doctors of the Church. Doctors of the Church are supposed to be men and women of outstanding learning as reflected in their works; crediting them for the brilliance of the messages they received from heaven is, well... unfair, and implicitly casts doubt on the supernatural character of their visions and revelations.<br /><br />Practically no writings of SS. Cyril and Methodius survive. <br /><br />I read some of St. John Bosco's writings in my teens, as well a formal study of his spirituality. He was a good and practical spiritual writer, but hardly a creative or profound one. His works were basically derivative from those of St. Alphonsus Liguori, whose asceticism and severity he greatly mitigated. In short: he was a busy priest whose biggest concern was to write easily understood and practical guides to the spiritual life -- laudable, but hardly the work of a Doctor of the Church. (Same with St. Vincent de Paul).APhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11395966255346711744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-37844904590239128322011-09-02T22:20:20.295+08:002011-09-02T22:20:20.295+08:00So agree Doc Ben!
And if I may say, if GK Cheste...So agree Doc Ben! <br /><br />And if I may say, if GK Chesterton gets beatified, he is a great one as well!AAAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15156566877512852332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-53587218053507544272011-09-02T22:13:01.774+08:002011-09-02T22:13:01.774+08:00Don't forget Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newma...Don't forget Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. He is the Morning Star of the Second Vatican Council. Cardinal Newman foresaw what the "updating" of the Council really means. Unfortunately we are so far from Newman's vision.<br /><br />Blessed John Henry Newman, witness for Catholicity and the fullness of the Faith. Pray for us to God!Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.com