Tuesday, April 2, 2024

New Vatican Document: INFINITE Dignity

It is supposed to be released early this month under that title. I commented in a recent post predicting it will allow lay deaconesses. You know from the start it isn’t a good sign when the very first word in the title does not sound right.  If human beings are finite, then that includes our dignity, unless it means since we are immortal, our dignity remains eternal with no limit in terms of our existence. But that explanation would seem dubious since it would be a very awkward point to make in the title, and our immortality is not under dispute.  Only God’s dignity is infinite. I do predict critics will object to this title as a sign those authoring it and promoting it are pantheistic, acting as though the infinite God and His creation, especially mankind, are one and the same. The new religion inside the structures of the Church elevates man as an object of worship, and therefore treated as having unlimited rights. Lord have mercy on us.