“We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires. We, however, have a different goal: the Son of God, the true man. He is the measure of true humanism. An "adult" faith is not a faith that follows the trends of fashion and the latest novelty; a mature adult faith is deeply rooted in friendship with Christ.” NeedsDoeMovingDesireValuesChristChurchEgoHighestAdultsCatholicGuidesMatureCatholicismTrendsTidesDictatorshipNoveltyFlocksRelativism Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“It is impossible to approve in Catholic publications of a style inspired by unsound novelty which seems to deride the piety of the faithful and dwells on the introduction of a new order of Christian life, on new directions of the Church, on new aspirations of the modern soul, on a new vocation of the clergy, on a new Christian civilisation.” SoulSeemsChristianOrderChurchImpossibleModernStyleCatholicInspiredChristian LifeFaithfulAspirationCatholicismVocationIntroductionNoveltyPietyCivilisationPublicationClergyNew DirectionsCatholic Faith Author:Pope Pius X
“Let no Christian therefore, whether philosopher or theologian, embrace eagerly and lightly whatever novelty happens to be thought up from day to day, but rather let him weigh it with painstaking care and a balanced judgment, lest he lose or corrupt the truth he already has, with grave danger and damage to his faith.” HappensCareChristianLosesPowerfulDangerJudgmentCatholicEmbracePhilosopherGravesDamageBalancedDay To DayTheologianNovelty Author:Pope Pius XII
“When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty.” Has BeensLyingAirCatholicAcceptedNovelty Author:Clement of Alexandria
“Avoid the profane novelty of words, St. Paul says (I Timothy 6:20) ... For if novelty is to be avoided, antiquity is to be held tight to; and if novelty is profane, antiquity is sacred.” IfsCatholicSacredAvoidedNoveltyAntiquityProfane Author:Vincent of Lerins
“We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors?” CatholicNoveltyPredecessors Author:Ambrose
“What, then, shall a Catholic Christian do ... if some novel contagion attempt to infect no longer a small part of the Church alone but the whole Church alike? He shall then see to it that he cleave unto antiquity, which is now utterly incapable of being seduced by any craft or novelty.” IfsWholeChristianChurchNovelCatholicCraftsIncapableNoveltyAntiquitySmall PartsContagion Author:Vincent of Lerins
“New revelations regarding faith or morals ... have always been abhorred and challenged in the Church ... Hence, the Sovereign Pontiffs, the Councils, and the Fathers have been most careful to reject all novelties or new doctrines on matters of faith which differed from those already received.” Has BeensMatterFatherChurchMoralCatholicCarefulDoctrineRevelationsRejectsSovereignCouncilNovelty Author:Alphonsus Liguori