The Church and Internet - The Diigo Meta page

• 12 Oct 17
  

  Andrew Starodubtev

  church catholic

• 20 Mar 16
  

  cassielindbom

  vatican

• 13 Jul 14
  

  Mike Nelson
  • Although the virtual  reality of cyberspace cannot substitute for real interpersonal community, the  incarnational reality of the sacraments and the liturgy, or the immediate and  direct proclamation of the gospel, it can complement them, attract people to a  fuller experience of the life of faith, and enrich the religious lives of users
  • The proliferation of web sites calling themselves Catholic creates a problem of  a different sort. As we have said, church-related groups should be creatively  present on the Internet; and well-motivated, well-informed individuals and  unofficial groups acting on their own initiative are entitled to be there as  well. But it is confusing, to say the least, not to distinguish eccentric  doctrinal interpretations, idiosyncratic devotional practices, and ideological  advocacy bearing a ‘Catholic' label from the authentic positions of the  Church
• 18 Sep 13
  

  Travis Clayton

  internet collaboration churches

  • s the Church understands it, the history of human communication is something  like a long journey, bringing humanity “from the pride-driven project of  Babel and the collapse into confusion and mutual incomprehension to which it  gave rise (cf. Gen 11:1-9), to Pentecost and the gift of tongues: a  restoration of communication, centered on Jesus, through the action of the Holy  Spirit”.^[6] In the life, death, and resurrection of Christ,  “communication among men found its highest ideal and supreme example in God  who had become man and brother”.^[7]

     
  • The modern media of social communication are cultural factors that play a role  in this story. As the Second Vatican Council remarks, “although we must be  careful to distinguish earthly progress clearly from the increase of the kingdom  of Christ”, nevertheless “such progress is of vital concern to the kingdom  of God, insofar as it can contribute to the better ordering of human society”.^[
  • The Church also needs to understand and use the Internet as a tool of  internal communications. This requires keeping clearly in view its special  character as a direct, immediate, interactive, and participatory medium.
  • Already, the two-way interactivity of the Internet is blurring the old  distinction between those who communicate and those who receive what is  communicated,

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• 05 Mar 13
  

  jose lagarto

  vatican internet

• 08 Feb 12
  

  Catherine Lee

  Interesting article - found through another one ("Ethics in Internet") posted by Sr. Tecla.

• 20 Jul 09
  

  Denisa K

  internet vatican

• 30 Dec 08
  

  Dennis Emmanuel Cabrera

  church internet vatican document The Church's interest in the Internet is a particular expression of her longstanding t

• 28 Apr 08
  

  Susan Brooks-Young

  catholic internet

• 16 Jan 08
  

  Michel Bauwens

  P2P-Spirituality P2P-Religion Vatican-Project P2P

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