This strikes me as a terrible idea. A lot of you said about lay preaching is true of clerical preaching - some do it really well, others do it poorly, some become celebrities in a problematic way, some are more orthodox than others... If the Church can't effectively regulate it for priests then how can we expect her to do so for lay peo…
This strikes me as a terrible idea. A lot of you said about lay preaching is true of clerical preaching - some do it really well, others do it poorly, some become celebrities in a problematic way, some are more orthodox than others... If the Church can't effectively regulate it for priests then how can we expect her to do so for lay people? The main thing I envision here is some orthodox and inspiring lay person in Chicago being disallowed to speak in public about his/her faith, to everyone's detriment. In my experience (and R. R. Reno said something similar, look up his piece "Catholicism after 2018"), the best quality stuff is orthodox but not part of the institutional Church. (eg, the pillar. And FOCUS and Catholic Answers and a million other thriving apostolates.)
This strikes me as a terrible idea. A lot of you said about lay preaching is true of clerical preaching - some do it really well, others do it poorly, some become celebrities in a problematic way, some are more orthodox than others... If the Church can't effectively regulate it for priests then how can we expect her to do so for lay people? The main thing I envision here is some orthodox and inspiring lay person in Chicago being disallowed to speak in public about his/her faith, to everyone's detriment. In my experience (and R. R. Reno said something similar, look up his piece "Catholicism after 2018"), the best quality stuff is orthodox but not part of the institutional Church. (eg, the pillar. And FOCUS and Catholic Answers and a million other thriving apostolates.)