{"id":1278,"date":"2006-06-09T00:15:23","date_gmt":"2006-06-09T00:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/06\/benedict-contra-nietzsche.html"},"modified":"2006-06-09T00:15:23","modified_gmt":"2006-06-09T00:15:23","slug":"benedict-contra-nietzsche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/06\/benedict-contra-nietzsche.html","title":{"rendered":"Benedict Contra Nietzsche"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article by Benjamin D. Wiker in Crisis<\/em> magazine:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Judged by the results, it was hard to get an angle on an encyclical that appeared to have no edges, a mere round and happy affirmation of love. Even worse, it seemed to some on the left that he\u2019d actually joined their side. Liberal Bishop Francis Deniau, the prelate of Nevers in eastern France, soon piped to the press that Benedict\u2019s affirmation of sexual love might just be a surprise papal wink to nudge a reversal of the Church\u2019s ban on contraception. <\/p>\n

Well, they didn\u2019t call him the \u201cPanzer-Kardinal\u201d for nothing. Deus Caritas Est is a declaration of war, and it is loaded with ammunition\u2014much of it stealth in design, and of such power that the Church under Benedict XVI will certainly be the Church Militant. For while on the surface Benedict only seems to be offering a theological platitude, that \u201cGod is love,\u201d hidden to the hasty eyes of the press, buried in the intricacies of his philosophical and theological analysis, obscured from all but those initiated into Benedict\u2019s inner circle, he really is declaring that God is love. <\/p>\n

It will become clear\u2014as we dig into the encyclical\u2014that a more dangerous and constructive idea for our culture could not be imagined. It\u2019s a brilliant strategy on Benedict\u2019s part to hide so explosive a truth under a simple truism. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An article by Benjamin D. Wiker in Crisis magazine: Judged by the results, it was hard to get an angle on an encyclical that appeared to have no edges, a mere round and happy affirmation of love. Even worse, it seemed to some on the left that he\u2019d actually joined their side. 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