Father Barron on The Next Generation of Catholic Commentariat

Another part of a video series from Wordonfire.org. Father Barron will be commenting on subjects from modern day culture.

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[FreedomLiberty21]

good luck

trying to get the Catholic "intellectual" (whatever that means) view out to society and the general world is going to be a daunting task, to say the least.

when you say Catholic view, most people probably think of Bill Donohue or some other deranged individuals, especially in the Church hierarchy

I suggest you guys focus on giving people real reasons to even believe in your god and/or deity.

[wordonfirevideo]

Oh I don't know: Origen, Augustine, Chrysostom, Jerome, Irenaeus, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, Duns Scotus, Dante, Bernard of Clairvaux, Pascal, John Henry Newman, G.K. Chesterton, Flannery O'Connor, Thomas Merton, Evelyn Waugh, Karl Rahner, John Paul II... Should I go on? Get acquainted with the tradition I'm talking about before you dismiss it. As for reasons for God's existence, take a look at my video on the subject.

[FreedomLiberty21]

how many of these individuals are actually relevant to the minds of average people, even say the average university student?

I would say outside of JPII, none of them.

and even the late pope is known more for his image as a world traveling religious figure who speaks out against violence and war then for his writing.

[wordonfirevideo]

Then you've never been to a university where the history of philosophy or religious studies are taught. And they're not meant to be particularly "relevant" to average people, just like the high intellectuals in any other field.

[tlh215]

People don't know the Catholic view because it's not simple. The fundie view is very simple and gives easy answers. People don't want to WORK for understanding. They're too lazy for that any more.

[trinitychiq]

And it's Fr. Barron for the win!!

[FromAcrossTheDesert]

Father Barron. I have heard the call. I believe our problem has to do very fundamentally with people astranged from the Church, the body of Christ. I find that I am closer to Christ by my experience with the Church (with the Eucharist). Vatican 2 said that the Mass is the pinnacle of what the Christian life is about, but the only thing anyone heard was that they can have mass on their terms.We need to spread the Gospel and tell them to come to mass? Ignorance is prevalent

[savioblanc]

Hi, I'm writing from New Zealand and I'm planning on getting the Catholic view out there - EWTN does a good job, but I want the Catholic view on free-to-air TV, which the Church has pretty much given up on. Thanks Fr Barron and could I use your videos here in NZ?

[savioblanc]

Wouldn't focusing on the fundamentals makes us eventually fundamentalists? Wasn't that what happened to the Protestants? Just asking...

[thestanfamily]

@FreedomLiberty21 Sounds like your looking for something rather than disproving it.

[Jim1905]

Thank you! I keep fighting the good fight, as a theoretical physicist, I was lucky enough to take a philosophy course on Augustine, Aquinas and Bonaventure. The first classes the Prof did an allegorical reading of Genesis! Beforehand I had become so convinced by the straw men arguments that are used nowadays by atheists!

[Enigmatik691]

Fundamentalists have done more harm to Christianity than atheists and anti-Christians put together. And now they seem to be more interested in opposing Catholicism than in opposing atheism or world injustice. It is a double wammy: fight authentic Christianity while articulating a stupid interpretation of it.

[Enigmatik691]

@tlh215 simple but STUPID answers dont you agree?

[shadow1867]

@BaronvonKorf: whats up!