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By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine, Jan. 21, 2025

Eric Sammons is the editor-in-chief of Crisis Magazine.

Some well-meaning Catholics are prone to advocate unapproved additions to the Deposit of Faith in response to attacks on that Deposit.

During the past 60 years progressive Catholics have been engaged in an intense effort to remove from the Deposit of Faith beliefs and practices they find distasteful. Whether it be a rejection of the Real Presence or attempts to drop the teaching against artificial contraception, these Catholics have been hell-bent (literally) on transforming our faith into something more palatable to the modern zeitgeist by clearing away anything offensive to modern ears.

In response, orthodox Catholics have been fighting a rearguard action to keep those challenged beliefs and practices alive and intact. Too often being an orthodox Catholic today feels like a series of defensive battles against subtractions from the Deposit of Faith. It would be nice to be on the offensive for once. …

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