I Am Roman Catholic
“There are nearly as many definitions of [b]Liberalism[/b] and [b]Modernism[/b] as there are forms of propaganda in the wide world. As the Church uses these terms, however, they may be roughly defined as follows:
[b]Liberalism: [/b]The belief that the human person is the ultimate source of freedom and goodness, and so must be emancipated not only from restrictive political and social systems but from the Church, religion and even God Himself. Thus liberalism is above all a spiritual rebellion that is almost inevitably combined with Modernism.
[b]
Modernism:[/b] The belief that human culture, as the lens through which reality is generally perceived, is actually determinative of truth, such that all convictions must be adapted to satisfy the values of contemporary culture. In practice, this will always be the dominant culture, that is, the fashionable culture of the elites who have the greatest power to form public opinion.
Perhaps the most obvious thing about the combination of these two terms is the following paradox: Once [b]liberals[/b] begin to regard human emancipation in terms of [b]Modernism[/b], they necessarily embrace regulatory and even totalitarian political mechanisms to ensure that everyone is properly [i]'liberated'[/i]. The State becomes the surrogate for God, but unlike God, the State does not respect human freedom." [b]~ Dr. Jeff Mirus[/b], in [i]“In a nutshell: Liberalism and Modernism”[/i] ( March 8, 2017) [c=#BF0000]http://bit.ly/2mrMGoV[/c]
[b]Liberalism: [/b]The belief that the human person is the ultimate source of freedom and goodness, and so must be emancipated not only from restrictive political and social systems but from the Church, religion and even God Himself. Thus liberalism is above all a spiritual rebellion that is almost inevitably combined with Modernism.
[b]
Modernism:[/b] The belief that human culture, as the lens through which reality is generally perceived, is actually determinative of truth, such that all convictions must be adapted to satisfy the values of contemporary culture. In practice, this will always be the dominant culture, that is, the fashionable culture of the elites who have the greatest power to form public opinion.
Perhaps the most obvious thing about the combination of these two terms is the following paradox: Once [b]liberals[/b] begin to regard human emancipation in terms of [b]Modernism[/b], they necessarily embrace regulatory and even totalitarian political mechanisms to ensure that everyone is properly [i]'liberated'[/i]. The State becomes the surrogate for God, but unlike God, the State does not respect human freedom." [b]~ Dr. Jeff Mirus[/b], in [i]“In a nutshell: Liberalism and Modernism”[/i] ( March 8, 2017) [c=#BF0000]http://bit.ly/2mrMGoV[/c]
