by Greeley, Andrew M Hilariously bad, Has to be a joke bad,
Greeley, a prolific Catholic priest, appears to take massive delight in being an enormous, ahistorical, smug jerk.
He calls Rahner one of the greatest Thomists, casts doubt on the existence of both angels and demons, calls the old Mass a "museum piece" and suggests we add Hebrew, Latin, and Greek responses to the Novus Ordo, handwaves the scandal of intercommunion, cites a "Holy Office expert" who apparently encouraged homosexual Catholics to have a steady partner, as it was the lesser of two evils.
. . you get the idea.
My personal favorite was the section on the inquisitions and Galileo, which goes exactly how you would expect.
Most surprisingly, though, is his abhorrence that the inquisition's "basic assumption, . . was that faith is something that must be tenaciously defended and protected, " Boggles the mind. He further concludes, "There is no point trying to apologize for the Galileo case, We were just wrong, that's all, " A past reader pencilled notes throughout the book, and added, "Saint Galileo is still waiting for an apology, " What planet am I on Where am I
I guess you could just say whatever you wanted in thes, Catholic teaching be darned.
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For decades, Greeley entertained readers with
such popular characters as the mystery solving priest Blackie Ryan and the fey, amateur sleuth Nuala Anne McGrail.
His books typically center on Irish American Roman Catholics living or working in Chicago, sitelink sitelink.