Leo XIII
... while the usual brainy-types cannot.
Newt Gingrich has converted to Roman Catholicism. As a catechumen and convert of daunting intelligence and zeal, he has probably delved deeply into the Church's teachings, and has probably come across its teachings on a Just Society and the encyclical "Rerum Novarum" on the Rights and Duties of Capital and Labour issued by Pope Leo XIII.
I will right this minute make a bet that no other Republican Candidate, nor Rep. Ryan, for that matter, has even heard of such arcane things.
The Roman Catholic Church is a lot more than a present day scandal. And Mr. Gingrich is an influential convert who will draw upon the arsenal of the Church's history and teachings.
On the other hand, we can gaze upon the unhappy blokes who have left the Roman Catholic Church: Glenn Beck is an illustrious example. Did he leave in order to find more freedom to express his Anti-Semitism? Possibly. Or possibly he wants to proclaim some Chariots of the Gods religion, also.
Think about it: converts to RC - John Henry Newman; people who left the RC Church - Glenn Beck. Which is a superior example of a theologian or thinker?
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Oh, that last comment. Where do you sharpen your knife?
The knife was whetted by Evangelicals whom I had known for years, and who had gone on walk-about with Mr. Beck to his Washington Rally...
They told me that was it not potentially ironic that a Mormon should lead Christians and the nation back to some sort of Christian Utopia... (maybe a Holy Roman Empire to balance against the Muslim Caliphate!?)
But I said nothing. When fools conspire together, it may take a while, but they will end up in some sort of 3 Stooges free-for-all.
So all I did was wait.
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