Mark Driscoll: St. Patrick (The Dude)

03/17/2006

Mark Driscoll: St. Patrick (The Dude)

Mar 17, 2006 1:08:36 PM | Church History, Missional

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I'm glad Driscoll made the post but his understanding of Catholic history is wanting. First, Patrick is in fact was declared a saint by the Church. (That's why he has a feast day after all!) That the process for canonization was radically different back then than today doesn't change that.

Second, his notion that the Catholic Church should have learned from St. Patrick is written from a perspective that cuts off the time period in which the Church was "eligible" to learn from him arbitrarily. If anyone studies the full history of the Church, there can be no doubt that the Catholic Church has in fact learned from St. Patrick and that it owes a great debt to the local church in Ireland generally, who have been incredible missionaries over the years, particularly in our modern times.

Posted by: JACK | 03/20/2006 at 12:58 PM

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