England må vende om til Den katolske tro
Dominikaneren Aidan Nichols har nylig utgitt en bok der han ber om full innsats fra katolikker for at England kan vende om til den katolske tro. Jeg ble tipset om dette fra en som leser denne bloggen, men jeg leste om boka allerede for noen få dager siden. Jeg har også sett diskusjoner om hvordan man best skal forstå Nichols. Han ønsker ikke å fokusere på en kamp mot andre kirkelige forsamlinger, men mer direkte på at mennesker må vende om til kristen (og katolsk) tro.
Nichols har også skrevet lignende ting før – se her. Og slik kan vi i dag lese videre i The Catholic Herald:
Convert England to Catholicism, says papal ally
One of Britain’s leading theologians has broken ranks with the ecumenical establishment by calling for Catholics to convert non-Catholics.
Fr Aidan Nichols, the English theologian most closely associated with the thinking of Benedict XVI, has appealed for England to be “re-made” as a Catholic country.
He set out his radical and comprehensive programme for Catholic renewal in a new book entitled The Realm: An Unfashionable Essay on the Conversion of England, published by Family Publications.
In his preface he says that Catholic Christianity should be put forward “not as an occupation for individuals in their solitude but as a form for the public life of society in its overall integrity”.
He admits that the conversion of England is “an absolutely colossal agenda”, …



