Friday, March 7, 2014

Well Said: If there were only two Catholics left in the world ...

Another gem from the introduction to The Medium and the Light.
He [Marshall McLuhan] had a number of unusual theological ideas, among them the observation that, given the structure of the Church. If there were only two Catholics left in the world, one of them would have to be Pope. Unusual, perhaps, but theologically accurate: it throws a peculiar light on the papacy and its relation to the rest of the faithful.
By gum, he was right. Never would have occurred to me, but he was right.

2 comments:

  1. If there were only two Catholics in the world they'd set up opposing websites and call each other names.

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  2. Well, if it were me and someone else, I would hope the other person would step forward. I would be horrible.

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