Friday, September 14, 2007
HERESY ON THE RIGHT
Someone has asked in a comments box what I mean by that.
I would place on the right:
Eucharistic Adoration
Solemn, reverent Masses
Gregorian chant
The Rosary
Apparitions
Piety
Conservative dress/chapel veils
Latin
Novenas
Statues
Scapulars
Medals
Veneration of the saints
Litanies
Formal prayer
Kneeling
There's more, but you get the idea.
On the Left I would place:
Guitar Masses
Contemporary hymns
Bongo drums
The social gospel
Wreckovated churches
Liberation theology
Extemporaneous prayer
Gay Masses
Charismatic Renewal (though this has elements of the right as well, so it's a tough call)
New Ecclesial Communities
Standing for communion
Iconoclasm
Priests in non-clerical clothing
Nuns in street dress
Vaished tabernacles
I'm sure you can add to the list.
Conservative/Traditional Catholics take it for granted that, while there are authentically Catholic elements in my Left list, there are blatant departures from the faith as well. When I speak of heresy on the right, I am talking about a distortion of those Traditional elements of Catholicism, listed above, that at first glance appear to be traditional, but upon further digging turn out to be heretical.
