tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post4966515447407648881..comments2024-01-10T06:40:26.416-05:00Comments on Chesterton and Friends: Belloc in "Commonweal"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-69159657954020407692007-11-09T20:08:00.000-05:002007-11-09T20:08:00.000-05:00"Like with most on the left, Steinfels thinks Cath..."Like with most on the left, Steinfels thinks Catholics should just stick to their prayers and be quiet."<BR/><BR/>Well not quite "just." <BR/><BR/>I would add that Steinfels, el al, assume that Catholics should follow the lead of the Democratic Party as well as contribute to such soviet models of charity as the Campaign for Human Development.John Hetmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301569907153503102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-28479267863830542732007-11-05T15:30:00.000-05:002007-11-05T15:30:00.000-05:00It seems that Peter Steinfels is trying to convict...It seems that Peter Steinfels is trying to convict Belloc on two levels. One, for things He did not talk about: if Belloc did not mention it he must be against it. And the other is that Belloc does not fit Steinfels idea of how a Catholic should behave. What does “more Roman than Catholic” mean? Like with most on the left, Steinfels thinks Catholics should just stick to their prayers and be quiet.Alan Capassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05907570549456483727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-20670951594766231312007-11-04T15:58:00.000-05:002007-11-04T15:58:00.000-05:00Lee,You're right. Chesterton probably did read lib...Lee,<BR/><BR/>You're right. Chesterton probably did read liberal publications, but I'll wager he didn't have publications which make it a practice of questioning the Catholic Faith sent regularly to his house.<BR/><BR/>As for my gratuitous dig at Bishop Clark, since he's been gratuitously chipping away at the Church in his diocese for the last twenty-nine years, I figured he wouldn't mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-38694829413266127222007-11-04T08:14:00.000-05:002007-11-04T08:14:00.000-05:00Moreover, why use this post as an opportunity to g...Moreover, why use this post as an opportunity to get in a gratuitous dig at Bishop Clark?A Secular Franciscanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184259228282290040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-75870879516780268472007-11-04T08:13:00.000-05:002007-11-04T08:13:00.000-05:00I'll bet Chesterton read liberal publications.I'll bet Chesterton read liberal publications.A Secular Franciscanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184259228282290040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-83111613292454249682007-11-04T07:59:00.000-05:002007-11-04T07:59:00.000-05:00Lee,What in the world are you doing with a copy of...Lee,<BR/><BR/>What in the world are you doing with a copy of that notorious liberal rag? It's chockablock with heresy and revolution. <BR/><BR/>I wouldn't be surprised if H.E. Clark has bought every Catholic in his diocese a subscription!<BR/><BR/>Belloc of BataviaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com