Is Anybody There?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says Yahweh Sabaoth" Zach 4:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dio di Signore, nella Sua volontà è nostra pace!" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin 1759

Monday, December 08, 2008

The Times They Are a Changing! (& Not For the Better!)

(With apologies to Bob Dylan.)

390 AD - Ambrose, Bishop of Milan & Emperor Theodosius
In April of 390 Emperor Theodosius I has 7000 citizens of Thessalonica killed in revenge for a tumult where seditious Thessalonians had killed the Emperor's officials. In response Ambrose refuses to let him enter the Church at Milan & imposes an 8 month public penance on him. The emperor does the penance.
2008 - W. Francis Malooly Bishop of Wilmington & Senator Joseph Biden
Bishop Malooly refuses to ban Biden from receiving Communion. The Bishop says he doesn't want to alienate Biden and other pro-abortion Catholic politicians.
Unlike Bishop Malooly, Bishop Ambrose wasn't afraid to alienate an emperor who could have arrested him, exiled him or killed him.
By the way, Ambrose is also a saint, a Doctor of the Church, & has a Western Catholic Rite named after him to boot.
Do I have to say any more?

posted by Al @ 6:49 AM  

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