10-31-2019, 03:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-31-2019, 09:13 AM by Bill the Piper.)
I always saw Catholicism as the Civic wing of Christianity and Protestantism as the Prophetic. Orthodoxy has a lot of Civic patriotism, with its allegiance to Rodina (Mother Russia). But it has a strong mystical tradition, which is Prophetic.
See also the discussion of Catholicism and Puritanism by Olaf Stapledon:
https://web.archive.org/web/201302230230...ch2.html#2
Puritans themselves, of course, had a strong sense of community; and churchmen of individuality. Some Puritans were economic communists; some churchmen were emphatic- ally economic individualists. But always, Puritans insisted on the final responsibility of the individual, and churchmen stressed the social aspect of religion.
Latino liberation theology is perhaps the best example of the civic aspect of Catholicism today.
See also the discussion of Catholicism and Puritanism by Olaf Stapledon:
https://web.archive.org/web/201302230230...ch2.html#2
Puritans themselves, of course, had a strong sense of community; and churchmen of individuality. Some Puritans were economic communists; some churchmen were emphatic- ally economic individualists. But always, Puritans insisted on the final responsibility of the individual, and churchmen stressed the social aspect of religion.
Latino liberation theology is perhaps the best example of the civic aspect of Catholicism today.