FROM CONSEQUENCE TO DEFINITION: THE QUIET ECLIPSE EXAMINED
PROLOGUE: THE SENTENCE THEY FIND EASY TO SAY Think on this: “ THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.” BUT IS “ THE LOVE OF GOD THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOUR”? There is a revealing contrast in the language among the agents of the modernist new order institution occupying Catholic buildings. Formed in the spirit of the modernist robber council, when speaking of the Church, they cannot dare to say plainly, “ The Church of Christ is the Catholic Church.” Yet when speaking of love, they can readily proclaim, “ The love of God is the love of neighbour.” Why such hesitation in defining the Church, but such confidence in identifying love of God with love of neighbour? The issue is not whether Catholics must love their neighbour. Of course they must. Our Lord Himself commands it. The issue is whether the love of neighbour is the necessary fruit of the love of God, or whether it is quietly made the definition, measure, and practical substitute for it. These are not the same proposit...