More in depth stuff about the "ecology" speech

[graylion]

We have a translation by the coadjutor of Lancaster here: http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2008/12/ecology-in-full.html

the paragraph that I posted reads like this in English:

"Since faith in the Creator is an essential part of the

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[maweisse]

The great Scholastic theologians have characterised matrimony, the life-long bond between man and woman, as a sacrament of creation, instituted by the Creator himself and which Christ - without modifying the message of creation - has incorporated into the history of his covenant with mankind.

I would like to point out that these great Scholastic theologians lived mainly in the 12th-14th centuries. They were part of the theological, political and economic movement that made marriage a sacrament and as such put it under Church jurisdiction. God did not create marriage as we know it. Medieval theology and politics did. This is one of my main issues with Catholicism: tradition of interpretation. If they were just like, "Yes. Tradition is important to us, and because Peter Lombard and Thomas Aquinas (and Raymond of Peñaforte, incidentally) have defined marriage as x we also believe it", then I would have SO much fewer complaints. But because they project the said theologians back through time to creation, placing the argument at God's feet beyond time, they make what is a social issue, and piece of brilliant theology, timeless theology and beyond question. This I have so many issues with it is not even funny.

Or am I being annoyingly scholastic/academic/educated about this?

[graylion]

This sounds very Pratchett to me "this has always been the case" "yes, but has it always been the case 5 minutes ago?"

[maweisse]

(Haha!) No. But theologically speaking, yes.