Good for you! I think every Christian (every *one*) should have the courage to ask questions. Not asking questions is how ignorance develops, and after a while someone will say, "Well, this is the way it's always been, so this is the right way and the only right way, and we can't allow it to be questioned." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 11:55 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Catholic banned books and movies lists
LOL - oh yes, indeed, that's always a "must do." I'm a bit of a thorn in the side regarding these sorts of things with many of our priests and pastors. When someone tells me it's church law but can't back it up I call a friend who is a canon lawyer and get the real scoop and gently present facts, not opinions masquerading as facts! smile.Judy s. A. J. Nolte wrote:You should always make priests/pastors take it back to the catechism. That's awesome *grin*.To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 3:11 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Catholic banned books and movies listsInteresting stuff, E. smile. The Catholic church's "Index of Forbidden Books" (or in Latin, "Index Librorum Prohibitorum") was very political from what I've read, especially in regards to banning works that emphasized Protestant ideals, for example. The Index was abolished in 1967. Currently, Catholics are supposed to (paraphrasing here) "voluntarily avoid books that would weaken their own faith or moral integrity, but that is a decision they make according to conscience, not at the orders of the church."I've heard many times, too, (including from priests I know) about an "official" list of banned movies, but when I've looked for such a creature I haven't ever found anything that came from the Vatican through the Office of the Congregation for the Faith that prohibits Catholics from viewing any specific movies. As I'm a Catholic who drives many priests crazy by asking "can you point me to the official Church documents that back up what you're saying," (grin) I'd love to find out if an official movie banning list ever really existed. I'm suspecting that lists of banned movies really originated from unofficial groups like the Catholic League. smile.Judy s. E. wrote:The Catholic church has had a banned books list for centuries. They certainly had a banned movie list when I was growing up. I remember the priest giving sermons on not going to specific movies.All the James Bond movies of course were included. So was The Sandpipers starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.I am sure there were others.I have no idea if the lists of movies and books forbidden to Catholics still exist.To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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