Comments on: On Popes, phenomenology and HPB http://theosophist.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/on-popes-phenomenology-and-hpb/ voices from the path Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:34:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: katinkaspiritual http://theosophist.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/on-popes-phenomenology-and-hpb/#comment-124 katinkaspiritual Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:09:42 +0000 http://theosophist.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-124 The connection between Kotlarczyk and Blavatsky sounds less controversial to me than it apparently does to these faithful catholics. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" rel="nofollow">Vatican 2</a> had the effect of opening up the Roman Catholic Church in several ways. One of them was an opening towards more religious freedom - or dealing with the freedom that was there in the world. For instance 'Teaching Zen to Christians', by Sr. Elaine McInnes writes: <blockquote>Since Vatican II, a Catholic missionary no longer goes to a non-Christian country to proselytize. The new mandate is to enter into dialogue and discover the "ray of truth" to be found in all great religions. This dialogue also finds expression in all religions working together to solve the world's problems within the environment, towards eradication of poverty and the pursuit of peace and justice through sustainable development. </blockquote> I'd place an interest in Madame Blavatsky in that context. The Vatican has since closed the gate on what they see as the excesses that came from too liberal interpretations of Vatican II - and I would not see the current pope, or the previous one, as all that liberal. The connection between Kotlarczyk and Blavatsky sounds less controversial to me than it apparently does to these faithful catholics.

Vatican 2 had the effect of opening up the Roman Catholic Church in several ways. One of them was an opening towards more religious freedom - or dealing with the freedom that was there in the world.

For instance ‘Teaching Zen to Christians’, by Sr. Elaine McInnes writes:

Since Vatican II, a Catholic missionary no longer goes to a non-Christian country to proselytize. The new mandate is to enter into dialogue and discover the “ray of truth” to be found in all great religions. This dialogue also finds expression in all religions working together to solve the world’s problems within the environment, towards eradication of poverty and the pursuit of peace and justice through sustainable development.

I’d place an interest in Madame Blavatsky in that context. The Vatican has since closed the gate on what they see as the excesses that came from too liberal interpretations of Vatican II - and I would not see the current pope, or the previous one, as all that liberal.

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