The Trouble with Tradition
In this episode, the first in a short series on “Culture,” I explain that traditions in the lived Catholic Experience can be beneficial when present, depleting when absent, and dangerous when misused.
Starting the episode with a few words about trusting the direction of the Church, in light of today’s release of Dignitatas Infinita, I get into the episode proper. I offer a message of encouragement to Catholics by telling a story of “The Karate Club” and explaining the lesson we learn from that, supported by Jesus’ words in the Gospel.
Then we move into a discussion on Culture, using, for illustration of the point, problems some Catholics have with the Divine Mercy devotion and how error creeps into the Catholic population and spreads throughout the faithful through the channel of exchange of cultures.
Chapters
| Lessons From a Karate Kid | 04:03 |
| Culture and Traditions | 15:22 |
| Humans Create, Animals Build | 18:13 |
| The Hand of God in Human Culture | 19:15 |
| Types of Culture and Expression of it | 22:37 |
| Issues with 'Divine Mercy' | 27:35 |
| How That Error (and most error) Entered the Church through Culture | 32:36 |
| Radical, Traditionalist, Sede Vacantists. Different and 'Same' | 35:37 |
| How Error Expands | 39:36 |
| When You Don't Know You're Infected, You Spread it to Everybody | 43:23 |
| What Is Meant by 'Traditionalism' | 44:32 |
| Culture is a Teacher | 46:03 |
| Culture and Identity: Lose one, lose the other | 49:28 |
| When We Lose Culture, We Lose Ourselves | 01:00:38 |
| Drop 'Traditional' - Not all 'Trads' are the Same But They Use the Same Label | 01:05:02 |
Blog Post about Dignitas Infinita
Episode Mentioned in this Podcast: Tradition and the Desert
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