The archbishop said “Christian equality” understands “the reality of the differences and mutual dependencies of real men and women.”
“As men, we’re hardwired by nature and confirmed by the Word of God to do three main things: to provide, to protect, and to lead – not for our own sake, not for our own empty vanities and appetites, but in service to others.”
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Here is the full text of the speech: Memory, Sex, and the Making of "The New Man"
"Just as memory anchors each person’s individual story, history plays the same role for cultures, nations and communities of faith. History is our shared memory."
Yes, it is. So why is the Latin hierarchy pushing for multiculturalism in the U.S.?
We men – all of us, both clergy and lay — bear a special responsibility because the Gospel tasks us as leaders. That doesn’t make us better than anyone else. It takes nothing away from the genius of women or the equality of women and men. But human beings are not identical units. We’re not interchangeable pieces of social machinery. Christian equality is based not in political ideology but in the reality of the differences and mutual dependencies of real men and women. As creatures we’re designed to need each other, not replicate each other. And this, by the way, is a key reason why modern culture is so conflicted about the body.
The egalitarianism can be explained with respect to "human dignity" or the dignity of their ultimate vocation. But is this more "complementarian" than patriarchical?
This is arguably blue pill:
Those are some of the don’ts. The dos are equally obvious. Do love the women in your life with the encouragement, affection, support and reverence they deserve by right. Do be faithful to your wife in mind and body. Do show courtesy and respect to the women you meet, even when they don’t return it. Chivalry is dead only if we men cooperate in killing it – and given the vulgarity of our current national environment and its leaders, we certainly need some kind of new code of dignity between the sexes.
Archbishop Chaput's speech was also posted at Crisis. A commentator notes that what will bring men to church is a reverent liturgy; unfortunately Archbishop Chaput is not a follower of Benedict XVI's plan for liturgical renewal.
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