Guidelines now in English!
The Vatican has published a translation of the criteria for assessing the validity of apparitions and such like.
However, don't get too excited.
The usual pundits have immediately connected these to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina where apparitions occur frequently. So the guidelines are published gleefully with a comment about other matters vaguely connected to Medjugorje.
But ... Whoaaaah!
The guidelines are not new. They were published in February 1978 following approval by Pope Paul VI and entitled "Norms Regarding the Manner of Proceeding in the Discernment of Presumed Apparitions or Revelations," What has been published is the translation from Latin
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Reading it through, it is very clear that both Bishops of Mostar have used them extremely carefully and come to their opinions accordingly.
Surely, after all this time, we should accept what is being said - on both sides of the debate and get on with our lives while the theologians grind on with their own carefully nuanced, and commonly unpublished assessments?
The document, titled "Norms Regarding the Manner of Proceeding in the Discernment of Presumed Apparitions or Revelations," was approved by Pope Paul VI in February 1978 but was not officially published until Wednesday (22nd May 2012).
For my own personal appraisal go to http://www.spiritual-renewal.org
Best wishes
Ted Baty
However, don't get too excited.
The usual pundits have immediately connected these to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina where apparitions occur frequently. So the guidelines are published gleefully with a comment about other matters vaguely connected to Medjugorje.
But ... Whoaaaah!
The guidelines are not new. They were published in February 1978 following approval by Pope Paul VI and entitled "Norms Regarding the Manner of Proceeding in the Discernment of Presumed Apparitions or Revelations," What has been published is the translation from Latin
.
Reading it through, it is very clear that both Bishops of Mostar have used them extremely carefully and come to their opinions accordingly.
Surely, after all this time, we should accept what is being said - on both sides of the debate and get on with our lives while the theologians grind on with their own carefully nuanced, and commonly unpublished assessments?
The document, titled "Norms Regarding the Manner of Proceeding in the Discernment of Presumed Apparitions or Revelations," was approved by Pope Paul VI in February 1978 but was not officially published until Wednesday (22nd May 2012).
For my own personal appraisal go to http://www.spiritual-renewal.org
Best wishes
Ted Baty
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