Unfortunately, if you want the freedom to say that Allah is a false prophet, then you must allow muslims to say that Jesus was a false prophet.

See, that is not Traditional Catholic teaching, according to which only the truth has a right to be expressed.  Errors and false religions harm souls.  You can only say this from the standpoint of total relativism.  To equate saying that Allah is false with saying Jesus is false is completely invalid, since one of those is true and the other is not.

Seriously disordered.

I think his point regarding this is that we don't live in a Catholic society. A lack of free speech wouldn't mean a ban on saying Jesus is a false god, it'd mean a ban on stating Catholic dogma, for example that ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity is intrinsically disordered.

This is why I think we need to make the distinction between an intrinsic right to free speech and situations in which it may be prudent to tolerate errors.  Even though we know from Church teaching that error has no rights, this principle may need to be applied differently in a Catholic state and a non-Catholic state.  

The particular example you give, however, does not work well.  On the contrary, it shows that assenting to the false idea of free speech does not ensure our ability to freely express Catholic teaching.  In some places, saying that ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity is intrinsically disordered is classified as "hate speech" and therefore an exception to laws protecting freedom of speech.

This is why I think we need to make the distinction between an intrinsic right to free speech and situations in which it may be prudent to tolerate errors.  Even though we know from Church teaching that error has no rights, this principle may need to be applied differently in a Catholic state and a non-Catholic state.  

The particular example you give, however, does not work well.  On the contrary, it shows that assenting to the false idea of free speech does not ensure our ability to freely express Catholic teaching.  In some places, saying that ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity is intrinsically disordered is classified as "hate speech" and therefore an exception to laws protecting freedom of speech.

If I correctly remember, the Church "tolerates" freedom of speech only when it has no power to do otherwise. Perhaps it expresses the "tolerance" as a prudential matter, but that kind of subjectivism/relativism smacks of тαℓмυdic style.

"Is it good for the Jews" morphed large into "Is it good for the Catholics?"

IIRC this topic is covered in Solange Hertz's Americanism. If there wasn't a ton of Thanksgiving preps to still be done, I'd pull it out, but… (more excuse to follow).  :D

Yes, Social reign of Jesus. 

IIRC this topic is covered in Solange Hertz's Americanism. If there wasn't a ton of Thanksgiving preps to still be done, I'd pull it out, but… (more excuse to follow).  :D

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Americanism is a heresy which five different popes have condemned. But what is it? Perhaps the best characterization of Americanism was given by Leo XIII's biographer Msgr. T'Serclaes: "A spirit of independence which passed too easily from the political to the religious sphere."

"That the Church and State ought to be separated is an absolutely false and pernicious error ... It limits the action of the State exclusively to the pursuit of public prosperity during this life, though this is only the proximate raison d'etre of political societies." - Pope St. Pius X in Vehementer
"It is unlawful to follow one line of conduct in private life and another in public, respecting privately the authority of the Church, but publicly rejecting it; for this would amount to joining together good and evil, and to putting man in conflict with himself; whereas he ought always to be consistent, and never in the least point not in any condition of life to swerve from Christian virtue." - Leo XIII in Immortale Dei

"Believe me, the evil I denounce is more terrible than the Revolution, more terrible even than the Commune. I have always condemned liberal Catholicism, and I will condemn it forty times over if it be necessary!" - Pius IX

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More Books by Solange Hertz



Sin Revisited



Women, Words & Wisdom



The Thought of their Heart



Utopia Nowhere



Apostasy in America



Come Down, Zacchaeus



Searcher of Majesty




Solange Hertz's Biography:


An established writer before the Second Vatican Council, Solange Hertz wrote for most Catholic periodicals and had five books to her credit, one a selection of the Catholic Literary Foundation. When she refused to adjust her theology to the new “Spirit of Vatican II,” her manuscripts almost overnight became unacceptable to her former editors. After a series of articles on feminine spirituality for the old Triumph magazine, she continued speaking for tradition by successfully producing The Thought of Their Heart and Sin Revisited on her own.

... for example the part that refers to the doctrine of Vatican II. If it were not for freedom of speech, you would not be allowed to criticize it.

Be on guard because your adversary the devil will come like a theif in the night.