[... ]if you offend the rules of traddism and of 1950s suburbian sensibilities, according to them you're a heretic and a quite simply a bad Catholic.
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Adiophoron: An indifferent matter.
(philosophy) A matter that is morally neutral.
(theology) Something neither forbidden nor commanded by the Christian religion.
There are many things in the world which are adiophora, here's an image with plenty of them:
The crucial part is this: take almost any of those, and you will see the Catholic Church has either never spoken about it or if it has it has always left the governing principles broad enough [...] The Church is Universal after all.
All of this is to say: whether you like uptempo, you like sanrio aesthetics, you're a gun nut, a biker, a speedrunner, a crypto enthusiast, an anime watcher or any other unusual thing under the sun, don't ever let anyone tell you that you're a bad tradcath solely on account of that. Your sins are whenever you break the ten commandments or do one of the seven capital sins, not whenever you commit what to trads is uncomfortable or a faux-pas
Please explain how family roles, family values, beliefs and assumptions, relation to authority, gender roles, rules of conduct, pride, concept of justice, notions of modesty, etc., are all examples of "indifferent matter" that is "morally neutral" and "neither forbidden nor commanded by the Christian religion".
Further, is natural law one of those 1950s suburban sensibilities or, conversely, is it negotiable and open to subjective/situational interpretation?
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