tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078331897510807942.post1993676927439992492..comments2023-12-28T01:11:49.188-08:00Comments on Cum Lazaro: Conservatism, hierarchy and solidarityLazarushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716412032074416331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078331897510807942.post-65196640422724422882018-10-09T06:37:58.109-07:002018-10-09T06:37:58.109-07:00Yes, I agree. (It was the thought that it was quit...Yes, I agree. (It was the thought that it was quite impossible to develop the virtue of obedience in the Anglican Communion that was one of my main reasons for leaving.) (Chesterton somewhere says something along the lines that a man is never more dignified than when kneeling: that strikes me as true. There is something that only a spiritual creature can do in obedience that is essentially different from being cowed or tricked by power. (Which is where the secular world is at the moment.) )Lazarushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716412032074416331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078331897510807942.post-51754910195948730172018-10-06T09:15:07.965-07:002018-10-06T09:15:07.965-07:00I think there may be another aspect to hierarchy w...I think there may be another aspect to hierarchy which merits consideration. Whilst it is very hard to see who is fit to rule (and maybe an arbitrary system is as good as any other?) what is clear is that it is good for all of us to have to obey; not all the time, and in everything, of course; but if we are to conform ourselves to Christ we must obey not only Divine authority, but even human - except where it would be sinful to do so.Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.com