Comments on: Pope to name St Irenaeus of Lyon a Doctor of the Church https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2021/10/08/pope-to-name-st-irenaeus-of-lyon-a-doctor-of-the-church/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:03:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 By: Dr.Cajetan Coelho https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2021/10/08/pope-to-name-st-irenaeus-of-lyon-a-doctor-of-the-church/#comment-75159 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:03:04 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=24222#comment-75159 St Irenaeus of Lyon – Pray for us.

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By: Bruce Jones https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2021/10/08/pope-to-name-st-irenaeus-of-lyon-a-doctor-of-the-church/#comment-74059 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 01:03:21 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=24222#comment-74059 Fortuitously the Catholic church promotes sanctity
and wisdom through the focus on saints and martyrs,
and gives to some titles, including Doctors of the church
to dignify and also to guide, particularly with heresy as
this can become a problem as it spreads through less
interested persons and various forms of outright
villainy. Athanasius was exiled five times, while
attempting to correct the spread of the Arian heresy

However there is a downside in every naming of some-
one as indicated in Pope St John Paul II’s commentary
to the first question put to him in “Crossing the Threshold
of Hope”. when he points out that “Vicar of Christ” is not
just for the Pope and cannot be considered apart “from the
the dignity of the entire college of Bishops”.

It is all too easy to name someone, and compartmentalize them
and thus transfer the responsibility of the living,
while allotting a place even in the Canon for saints.
“Be not afraid” is not just a simple phrase; it is a directive
also, and each Catholic can with the help of the Holy Spirit
act within the church, and also in a mode of evangelism when
there is an opportunity.
Too often there is a temptation in educational institutions to
sideline the religious, and go “secular’ fulfilling the secular
ideals which are in their own way a denial of Christ, which
is clear in the approach of the U.S. to make Secular Humanism
the state religion, which has resulted in a promotion of legalising
of abortion around the globe.
Further, the question might be put to those in “Catholic” colleges
and schools if the aforesaid Doctor of the church will be
found in their RE programmes, and other doctors of the church.
-Again it may be asked if this said Doctor of the church has
found a place in the Catechetical work carried out by volunteer
workers in state schools.
Once again, the question may be put as to whether in general
are doctors of the church a significant part of the culture in
Catholicism itself as in the homilies that arrive on a Sunday.

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