ORADA biraz içimde batan bir his. Bugün yazmadan önce bütün hafta işledim. Tanınmış Katoliklerden bile, "muhafazakar" medyaya, sıradan meslekten olmayan kişilere kadar kamuoyuna yapılan yorumları okuduktan sonra… Tavukların tünemek için eve geldiği açık. Batı Katolik kültüründe ilmihal, ahlaki oluşum, eleştirel düşünme ve temel erdemlerin eksikliği, işlevsiz yüzünü yükseltiyor. Philadelphia Başpiskoposu Charles Chaput'un sözleriyle:
… Bunu söylemenin kolay bir yolu yok. Birleşik Devletler'deki Kilise, 40 yıldan fazla bir süredir Katoliklerin inanç ve vicdanını oluşturmak için kötü bir iş çıkardı. Şimdi de sonuçları topluyoruz - kamusal alanda, ailelerimizde ve kişisel hayatımızın karmaşasında. —Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., Sezar'a Rendering: The Catholic Political Vocation, 23 Şubat 2009, Toronto, Kanada
Bugün pek çok Hristiyan artık Emrin temel öğretilerinin farkında bile değil ... —Cardinal Gerhard Müller, 8 Şubat 2019, Katolik Haber Ajansı
The “results” resemble a trainwreck—as, for example, “Catholic” politicians who frequently lead the charge to mandate abortion, assisted-suicide and gender ideology; or clergy grappling with sexual abuse coverups while remaining conspicuously silent 
on moral teaching; or the laity, nearly shepherdless for decades now, either embracing moral relativism as their informal creed, or on the other extreme, publically damning anyone who does not subscribe to their view of what spirituality, the liturgy or the pope should be like.
It’s a mess. Go onto any Catholic news website, blog, forum or Facebook page and read the comments. They are embarrassing. If I was not a Catholic, what I read on a regular basis on the internet would probably ensure that I never would be. The verbal assaults against Pope Francis are almost unprecedented (though on par with Martin Luther’s sometimes rancid remarks). The public condemning and damning of fellow Catholics who do not follow a certain liturgical style, or who embrace a certain private revelation, or who simply disagree with one another on other matters constitutes in itself a skandal. Neden?
Çünkü the unity of the Church is her witness!
Bununla, birbirinizi seviyorsanız, tüm insanlar benim öğrencilerim olduğunuzu bilecek. (Yuhanna 13:35)
This is why my heart is sinking today. While the world closes in on the Catholic Church (in the East, literally beheading Christians and driving them underground, while in the West, legislating the Church out of existence) Catholics themselves are tearing one another apart!
Starting with the Pope…
CATHOLIC ANARCHY
I remember the very day that this pontificate began to be publicly rejected by many “conservative” Catholics for the direction he chose to take the Barque of Peter in:
Kilisenin pastoral bakanlığı, ısrarla empoze edilecek birbirinden kopuk çok sayıda doktrinin aktarılmasına takıntılı olamaz. Misyoner tarzda ilan, esaslara, gerekli şeylere odaklanır: Bu aynı zamanda, Emmaus'taki öğrenciler için olduğu gibi, kalbi yakan, daha çok büyüleyen ve çeken şeydir. Yeni bir denge bulmalıyız; aksi takdirde, Kilise'nin ahlaki yapısı bile, İncil'in tazeliğini ve kokusunu kaybederek, bir iskambil evi gibi düşebilir. Müjde'nin önerisi daha basit, derin ve parlak olmalıdır. Ahlaki sonuçların aktığı bu önermeden kaynaklanmaktadır. —POPE FRANCIS, 30 Eylül 2013; amerika dergisi.org
He elaborated further in his first Apostolic Exhortation, Evangeli Gaudium, that at this time in the world when mankind has become so intoxicated by sin, the Church must return to the kerygma, the “first announcement”:
On the lips of the catechist the first proclamation must ring out over and over: “Jesus Christ loves you; he gave his life to save you; and now he is living at your side every day to enlighten, strengthen and free you.” -Evangeli Gaudium, olumsuzluk. 164
As someone who has evangelized in the Catholic Church for over thirty years, I totally got it, as have many others I know in ministry. The heart of our faith is not our stance against abortion, euthanasia, gender experimentation, etc.. It’s the love and mercy of Aman tanrım, His quest for the lost and brokenhearted and the salvation He offers them.
But what a firestorm the Pope’s initial statement created! And the Pope, perceiving too legalistic a mindset in the Church, has chosen not to bend, not to answer most questions asking him to clarify some of his confusing statements or actions since then. I’m not saying the Pope’s silence is necessarily right. Confirming the brethren in the faith is not only his duty, but I think would only güçlendirmek his evangelistic exhortation. But it’s up to him how he feels best to do that. So perhaps others meli be much more sessiz, especially when publically charging the Holy Father with “heresy” while seemingly not understanding what canonically constitutes a heresy or a heretic. [1]cf. Jimmy Akins’ response Ambiguity is not the same as heresy.
Hayır. Bu Papa Ortodokstur, yani Katolik anlamda doktrinsel olarak sağlamdır. Ama Kilise'yi hakikaten bir araya getirmek onun görevidir ve ilericiliğiyle övünen kampı Kilise'nin geri kalanına karşı çukurlaştırmanın cazibesine kapılırsa tehlikeli olur ... —Cardinal Gerhard Müller, "Als hätte Gott selbst gesprochen", Der Spiegel16 Şubat 2019, s. 50
Another area of division is over the liturgy. In a kind of blowback against modernism and Pope Francis (whom some deem its proponent), there is a growing trend of Catholics seeking out the Tridentine Liturgy, the old Latin rite. There is 
no problem with those who want to worship in that, or any of the other authorized rites. Moreover, the present Roman liturgy, the Ordo Missae, and the rubrics, sacred music, and reverence surrounding it, have indeed been greatly watered-down and wounded, if not omitted altogether. It’s a real tragedy, to be sure. But what is even more grievous is how some Catholics who prefer the Tridentine rite are turning against the clergy and laity, who remain in the ordinary form of the Mass, with the most rancid public comments, images, and posts. They openly mock Francis, ridicule priests and condescend others who aren’t apparently as “pious” as them (see Weaponizing the Mass). It’s an embarrassment on top of all the other embarrassments we are enduring in the Church today. I can’t be mad, tempted as I am. We have to be merciful toward one another, especially when people are obviously blinded by hubris.
Perhaps as a last example is the ugly division over the mystical aspects of Church life. Here I am speaking of “private revelation” or the charisms of the Holy Spirit. I have read recent comments, for example, calling the priests, bishops, cardinals and millions of laity who go to Medjugorje yearly as being “fanatical Mary-idolaters”, “apparition chasers” and “zealots”, even though the Vatican continues to discern the phenomenon there and even recently encouraged pilgrimages. These comments did not come from atheists or fundamentalists, but “faithful” Katolikler.
Panzehir
In 2 Thessalonians 2:3, St. Paul said that a time would come when there would be a great isyan against Christ and the Church. This is mostly understood as a revolt against the true teachings of the Faith. However, at the beginning of the Book of Revelation, Jesus issues Beş Düzeltme of the Church toward both “conservatives” and “progressives.” Does this rebellion also involve an element of revolt against the Vicar of Christ, not only by those who reject Catholic teaching, but those who reject papal authority in the name of “orthodoxy” (ie. who enter into schism)?[2]"bölünme is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.” —Katolik Kilisesi'ndeki Catechism, N. 2089
The common thread in everything I’ve outlined above is essentially a repudiation of the authority of the Vicar of Christ and the Magisterium that, in fact, is itself scandalous as it undermines a credible united Catholic witness:
Bu nedenle onlar, yeryüzündeki Vekiline sadakatle bağlı kalmadan Mesih'i Kilise Başkanı olarak kabul edebileceklerine inanan tehlikeli bir hata yolunda yürürler. Görünür başı aldılar, birliğin görünür bağlarını kırdılar ve Kurtarıcının Mistik Bedenini öylesine belirsiz ve sakat bıraktılar ki, ebedi kurtuluş cennetini arayanlar onu ne görebilir ne de bulabilir. -PAPA PIUS XII, Mistik Corporis Christi (Mesih'in Mistik Bedeni Üzerine), 29 Haziran 1943; n. 41; vatikan.va
At the end of his discourse on the coming of the Antichrist or “lawless one,” St. Paul gives the antidote:
Bu nedenle kardeşler, size öğretilen geleneklere ya sözlü bir beyanla ya da bizim mektubumuzla bağlı kalın ve sımsıkı sarılın. (2. Selanikliler 2: 13-15)
But one cannot hold fast to the traditions we have been taught without at the same time remaining in communion with the 
Pope and bishops in communion him—warts and all. Indeed, one can readily see in those who have entered into schism with Rome the deviations in their beliefs from the one true faith. Christ established His Church on one rock only, and that is Peter.
It is on [Peter] that He builds the Church, and to him that He entrusts the sheep to feed. And although he assigns power to all the apostles, yet he founded a single chair, thus establishing by His own authority the source and hallmark of the Churches’ oneness… a primacy is given to Peter and it is thus made clear that there is but one Church and one chair… If a man does not hold fast to this oneness of Peter, does he imagine that he still holds the faith? If he deserts the Chair of Peter upon whom the Church was built, has he still confidence that he is in the Church? - St. Cyprian, Kartaca piskoposu, "Katolik Kilisesi'nin Birliği Üzerine", n. 4; İlk Babaların İnancı, Cilt 1, s. 220-221
But what happens when the Pope is confusing or when he seems to teach something contrary? Oh, you mean like the ilk pope did?
But when [Peter] came to Antioch I [Paul] opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned… I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel (Galatians 2:11-14)
Two things to take from this. It was a fellow piskopos who issued a “filial correction” of the first pope. Second, he did it “to his face.”
Asked what he would advise Pope Francis to reply to the “Dubia” cardinals who were still waiting for an answer from him, [Cardinal] Müller said the whole affair should never have been made public but should have been settled internally. “We believe in the one Church of Christ united in faith and love,” he said. -Tablet, Mayıs 17th, 2019
Jesus did not establish a willy-nilly Church on earth, but a body, organized with a hierarchy upon whom He bestowed His own authority. To honor that authority is to honor Christ. For to His disciples, He said:
Seni kim dinlerse beni dinler. Seni reddeden kimse beni reddediyor. Ve kim beni reddederse, beni göndereni de reddeder. (Luka 10:16)
... bu Magisterium Tanrı Sözünden üstün değildir, ancak onun hizmetkarıdır. Yalnızca kendisine verilmiş olanı öğretir. İlâhi emirle ve Kutsal Ruh'un yardımıyla bunu özveriyle dinler, onu adanarak korur ve sadakatle açıklar. İnanç için ilahi olarak vahyedildiği için önerdiği her şey, bu tek inanç birikiminden alınmıştır.. -Katolik Kilisesi'ndeki Catechism, 86
You can see what’s coming brothers and sisters—and why I feel a rock in my gut. We appear to be moving toward, and are already in a time when there will be those who will promote a false church, an anti-gospel. On the other hand, there are and will be those who will reject the papacy of Pope Francis, thinking they are remaining in the “true church.” Caught in the middle will be the rest who, while holding fast to the traditions of the Church, will still remain in communion with the Vicar of Christ. I believe it will constitute a great part of the “trial” coming which the Catechism says will “shake the faith of many believers.”[3]CCC, n. 675
If you do not wish to be deceived by the spirit of antichrist prevalent in society today, a spirit of isyan sonra “stand 
firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught.” And you were taught, brothers and sisters, by Peter and the Apostles and their ardılları throughout the centuries.
[Göstermiş olduğum gibi, elçilerin mirasına sahip olanlar - Kilise'de bulunan din adamlarına itaat etmekle yükümlüdür; piskoposluğun ardıllığıyla birlikte, Baba'nın iyi zevkine göre gerçeğin şaşmaz karizmini almış olanlar. - St. Lyons'lu Irenaeus (MS 189), Heresies Karşı, 4: 33: 8
If you want to walk safely with Christ, you şart walk with His Church, which is Onun Mystical Body. There was a time when I struggled with the Church’s teaching on birth control. But rather than become a “cafeteria Catholic” who picks and chooses when he will agree with the Magisterium, my wife and I embraced the Church’s teaching (see Samimi Bir Tanıklık). Twenty-seven years later, we have eight children and three grandkids (so far!) that we would never want to live a second without.
Bu söz konusu olduğunda papal controversiese özel vahiyiçin Charismatic Renewal (“baptism in the Spirit”)e doctrinal questions, do not become your own magisterium, a little vatican, an armchair pope. Be humble. Submit to the authentic Magisterium. And recognize that the Church is at once holy but also consists of sinners, from the top down. Discern ile the Mother, taking her hand, not casting it aside because of a hangnail or callouses.
Trust Jesus, who has not built His Church on sand, but rock—that in the end, the gates of hell will never prevail, even if things do get a little hot from time to time…
This is my commandment:
love one another as I love you.
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| ↑1 | cf. Jimmy Akins’ response |
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| ↑2 | "bölünme is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.” —Katolik Kilisesi'ndeki Catechism, N. 2089 |
| ↑3 | CCC, n. 675 |