Re: The Independent digs up another Popish Plot.

On Jul 5, 8:21 am, Gareth McCaughan <Gareth.McCaug...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Yeah, it's almost as if they were followers of some religion
centred around a savage bit of human sacrifice to appease God,
or one that promotes the deeply broken idea that suffering is
intrinsically redemptive. How silly of them. :-)

I don't think any Catholic theologian would argue that all suffering
is intrinsically redemptive. Traditionally they would argue that
suffering can be voluntarily accepted with a view to self-
mortification, a greater humility and union with the sufferings of
Christ, yes. (There used to be a booklet by two American priests
called "Why Waste Illness?")

AC
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