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The Spectrum, can we abide with each other?
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I am in the green part of this spectrum, so about the same place as you.
For politics, these are mine (more centrist).
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The charismatic renewal is misplaced in this spectrum. So is St. Athanasius.
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The charismatics I would put in a range from ever so left of center to traditionalist, with the bulk of them being squarely conservative. Of course a few outliers. The radical traditionalists might not like the charismatics but they are substantially middle to conservative.
St. Athanasius was a courageous resistance fighter against the arch-heretic Arius. Conservatives and traditionalists claim him as much as the radical traditionalists would.
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The spectrum is not terrible. It just has a few flaws. And yes, people do not always fit in nice boxes. Or spectra.
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There is one "spectrum" that matters, that from self-obsessed pagan to self-sacrificial saint. Teresa of Avila saw this in 7 steps, or Mansions. John of the Cross, in 4; Bernard of Clairvaux, in 4. Crucially important is to be on the trajectory, in process, seeking to advance and not stagnate nor regress.
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I love me some infographics.
No idea where I fall anymore though. I think I can draw from all three categories on the right side of the spectrum: I work for EWTN, I go to a novus ordo, and assuming RNC=Republican National Committee then yeah that's how I'm registered. But I also prefer the Baltimore and Roman Catechisms and would go to a TLM/FSSP parish if I could (although I absolutely love my parish for so many reasons, it does pretty much everything so well)... Just like everything else in life I feel like a mutt.
No idea where I fall anymore though. I think I can draw from all three categories on the right side of the spectrum: I work for EWTN, I go to a novus ordo, and assuming RNC=Republican National Committee then yeah that's how I'm registered. But I also prefer the Baltimore and Roman Catechisms and would go to a TLM/FSSP parish if I could (although I absolutely love my parish for so many reasons, it does pretty much everything so well)... Just like everything else in life I feel like a mutt.
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Glad to hear I’m not the only ones that describes themselves as a mutt. Although I do think a lot of converts feel that way. I hope you are having a wonderful Father’s Day.
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A mutt is just fine. 'Cause I'm one too. Born that way though.
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I think you describe a scale of spiritual development. The other scales are more theology or intellectual opinion.
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I feel this passage comes into play with a "spectrum" type situation (at least religiously):
So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I’m about to spit you out of my mouth. Revelation 3:16
So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I’m about to spit you out of my mouth. Revelation 3:16
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