Word: traditionalist
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...sure, traditionalist Catholics and Evangelical Protestants still talk of individual evil, original sin, even of the devil and demons-and did so in the wake of what happened in the jungles of Guyana. But these concepts have not exactly been popular among more liberal theologians. Brown University's John Giles Milhaven, for example, refuses to attach the label "evil" even to Jonestown. "I think what really happens with people like Hitler and Jones," says he, "is simple psychological sickness. The only response [to Guyana], it seems to me, is pity for everybody involved, not moral horror. Psychological illnesses that...
...inaugural speech to the Cardinals last week, the new Pope touched a number of traditionalist chords, mentioning the First Vatican Council, with its dogmas on papal authority, the "discipline" of the clergy and the "obedience" of the laity. But he also stressed the church's obligation to promote the reforms of the Second Vatican Council "with prudent, but encouraging action...
...informed reconstruction of the 1958 conclave, just such a gentlemen's agreement was worked out. Key Cardinals approached Angelo Roncalli, the man who became Pope John XXIII, and implied that they would vote for him in return for indirect assurances that Domenico Tardini, an experienced administrator and a Curial traditionalist, would be appointed Secretary of State. Replied Roncalli: "Eminences, one could not fail to take into consideration a man of such abilities." Soon thereafter, Roncalli was Pope and Tardini the Secretary of State...
...only other prelate certain not to make the conclave is Bombay's ailing Valerian Gracias, a traditionalist...
...should be familiar with recent developments in theology and should provide representation in the Roman Curia not only for traditionalist theology but also for other important streams in contemporary Catholic theology...