{"id":6075,"date":"2025-07-25T01:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6075"},"modified":"2025-08-03T21:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:00:50","slug":"uncompromising-on-principles-while-caring-for-the-welfare-of-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6075","title":{"rendered":"UNCOMPROMISING ON PRINCIPLES WHILE CARING FOR THE WELFARE OF PERSONS (C6)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our efforts will be characterized by a genuine desire for unity with all who consider themselves followers of Jesus, so that, according to his prayer, all may believe that the Father has sent him (cf. Jn 17: 21)<\/strong> <\/em><\/h3>\n

(Constitution 6)<\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod was a man who knew only the theological ideas of his time. In the 19th century the concept of ecumenism was unheard of. Yvon Beaudoin writes about \u201cBishop de Mazenod as a theologian. On this point, Father Rey wrote accurately that the bishop of Marseille was \u2018uncompromising on principles, unshakeable in his religious convictions.\u2019 His first deep conviction was that the \u201conly true worship,\u201d \u201cthe only true religion,\u201d \u201ctrue Christianity,\u201d and Truth exist only in the Catholic Church\u2026
\nAfter judging with great severity the heresy and errors in which Protestants live, it is surprising to find here and there in the writings of Bishop de Mazenod much more moderate and positive judgments.<\/h3>\n

Twice he calls Protestants \u2018our erring brothers,\u2019 and twice \u2018our separated brothers.\u2019 Moreover, he notes that in Protestantism there are \u2018souls of the chosen in whom the work of the Holy Spirit and the abundance of grace are manifest\u2019, people who pass into the Catholic Church for \u2018the highest reasons\u2019 and who \u2018seek the truth with extraordinary eagerness.\u2019\u201d (Vie Oblate Life p.520<\/em>)<\/h3>\n

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