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Aidan T's avatar

Superb. God bless Cardinal Zen.

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"He added that while participants have been invited to “expect ‘surprises’ from the Spirit,” that language seems to be cover for a predetermined outcome in the synod."

I grew up in an area where there was a lot loose talk of "the spirit" in the same way we see now: liberal modernizers telling us that their innovations were guided by "the spirit." And of course anyone arguing against them was really arguing against "the spirit." (for obvious reasons this can lead to spiritual abuse)

We ought to take people who say they are guided by the spirit - that is, claiming to be a prophet - at their word in the sense that every spirit has to be tested. As we know from both the New and the Old Testaments not everyone claiming that God is talking to them is telling the truth and not every spirit that people hear from is from God. Happily, scripture and tradition give us a wide variety of tools by which we can discern spirits.

(edited to clean up a typo - an edit button, who knew!)

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