i was hoping you would read (above).Max wrote:
I think it's a mistake to jump on any words of Francis' immediately.
He has trouble expressing himself without someone misinterpreting.
That said, whenever bits like this hit the press, I always, always wait for the other shoe to drop:
the clarification of what he had wanted to say and that has been done in the past week or so.
Benedict did not have this problem so much.
He was very clear, if tedious in his explanations of church doctrine so that there was no doubt from the outset of what he was trying to say.
Benedict understood the sound byte mindset of the press regarding Catholic doctrine.
Very rarely was he misinterpreted re Catholic doctrine.
Francis' off the cuff habits when speaking on church teaching hurt more than help.
Pope Francis can be confusing, and, without doubt, the press, social media, political activists, are at-the-ready to jump on anything/anyone to exploit for their own interests!
(Teen Nick Sandmann continues to receive vindication of accusations.)
i’m seeing Pope Francis as quite a Biblical philosopher, which isn’t the greatest thing to be as pope.
philosophy is not a discipline well served by the “sound byte mindset.”
Jesus, did not communicate like an intellectual, He was purposely was approachable, even by the illiterate, i.e., the majority of people at the time. Jesus is the ultimate intellectual, but is not hamstrung with His own perfection. Even this is part of the miracle He is.
i am curious about the imam’s response.
for me, the various Christian responses are pretty much predictable.
i would guess the imam would be (detached?) from the Pope’s understanding? i do not know.
i have not read a word on the imam’s perspective. possibly, several reactions were stirred. i would be surprised if any of his reactions were “agreement.”
1219 / “St. Francis risks his life in visit to Egypt” (SLO 2013 article)
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