{"id":13809,"date":"2013-02-14T18:05:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T23:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=13809"},"modified":"2013-02-14T18:05:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T23:05:31","slug":"the-spirit-of-catholicism-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2013\/02\/the-spirit-of-catholicism-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The “s”pirit of Catholicism"},"content":{"rendered":"

About to be fired as assistant principal at Purcell Marian High School, Mike Moroski says he doesn\u2019t regret voicing his support of gay marriage on his blog.<\/p>\n

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati placed Moroski on administrative leave Feb. 4 and plans to fire him, Moroski said. He says he has hired a lawyer.<\/p>\n

Moroski refused to take down his statements on the blog.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in Catholicism,\u201d Moroski said in an interview. \u201cBut my conscience will not permit me to recant my statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put it up there because I really truly honestly believe it,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m absolutely willing to lose my job over this. The only difficult thing for me now is the students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moroski, 34 who is married and lives Downtown, acknowledges that he violated the Archdiocese\u2019s social media policy.<\/p>\n

The contract he signs every year also requires him to \u201ccomply with and act consistently in accordance with the stated philosophy and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moroski said he \u201cknew the statement I was making was not in accordance with Roman Catholic beliefs,\u201d but he does not think he violated the contract because he was following his conscience. (source)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He has since been dismissed and has lawyered-up.<\/p>\n

Of course it will be a situation where he will demand that that Archdiocese allows him to follow his conscience, but the Archdiocese is not allowed to follow theirs.<\/p>\n

I always have mixed-feelings about such stories as this in that while I will hopefully never support error, somebody acting on their conscience, even a badly formed one, is at least somewhat positive. When it comes to Catholic schools I think we will find more and more cases of this at least will have the effect of dissenters self-identifying themselves. The issue of same sex marriage no doubt will be a central issue in regards to this dissident self outing.<\/p>\n

Mr. Moroski says \u201cI believe in Catholicism\u201d, or more likely the spirit of Catholicism like the spirit of Vatican II. A broad nebulous idea of Catholicism where you don\u2019t have to look too closely at details. The Catholic Church is like a Mandebrot set where the closer you look the more details you see. The spirit of Catholicism is just the opposite.<\/p>\n

I think that you would also find that if you talked with Mr. Moroski you would not find that he believes in everything the Church teaches except the sinfulness of homosexual acts. This almost always goes with a whole host of connected issues. I don\u2019t think I have ever heard of anybody who supported homosexual acts, but condemned contraception as an intrinsic evil. The dissident treats the Church like a stack of Jenga blocks and yet thinks taking a block from the bottom has no effect on the rest. The Church\u2019s teaching on human sexuality is consistent, because truth is always consistent. The Church\u2019s teaching on marriage flows into so much else.<\/p>\n

I just wished Mr. Moroski had thought to contact a spiritual director instead of a lawyer. This individualistic my conscience against the Church is pure hubris with no docility. If you are going to be \u201cAthanasius against the world\u201d it might be a good idea to make sure you are right first.<\/p>\n

As for the \u201cspirit of Catholicism\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201cNot every one who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (Mt 7:21\u201322)<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you love me, you will keep my commandments. (Jn 14:15)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.\u201d (Lk 10:16)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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