Well, the Pope made some
comments about “triumphalism”, and there’s quite a bit being said about
that. I’m not really going to add
anything to it, but I want to share a portion of a
post by Mundabor; he sums up “triumphalism” and orthodoxy in a nice little
package here, I think. You can follow
the link to read the whole thing, and I recommend that you have a dose of Mundabor every day!
Here’s what Mundabor
had to say, in part:
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| The Church Triumphant |
As an orthodox Catholic, I am “triumphalist” in the sense
commonly used by Protestants, Atheists and Jesuits to belittle my orthodoxy.
I believe that the Church is right, and all (tutti, tous, alle, todos) who are
at variance with the Church are ipso facto wrong. I believe that the Church
has the fullness of the Truth, a fullness which no one else could ever have. I
boast about not only the intrinsic superiority of the Church to every other
group, affiliation, community or sect, but even about the unavoidable victory
of this only Church over every error, every heresy, and every abomination here
on earth, one day. Further, I believe that being a Catholic is a great grace,
and thank God every day that He allowed me, a wretched sinner, the grace of
being born in a Catholic Country, and baptised and confirmed in the One True
Faith. I pray that many others who are now outside of the Only Church may
become part of it, consciously during their life or through Christ's grace in
the last moment before death, because – whatever bad Popes may tell you or
imply to you – outside of the Church there is no salvation. If Christ reigns,
the Church does. If Christ wins, the Church must perforce triumph. If Christ is
the Truth, the Way and the Life, the utter superiority of the Church founded by
Him to every other whatever-it-is must follow.
Why, you will ask, do I believe all this? I believe
all this because I believe in the Risen Lord; a belief without which all of the
above would be pure nonsense and child's tale.
Really, what more is there to be said? Bravo, Mundabor!
