Correspondence
Who won, what lost Bronx, N.Y. To the Editors: Watching the election returns, this old-timer was painfully aware of the passing of a generation along with its religion. Of course it's time...
...Naipaul lays the groundwork nicely when he writes: "Autobiography can distort, facts can be realigned...
...Illustrations: cover: design, Antonucci...
...Louis, Mo...
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...Perot, with his unstyled hair and archaic certainties, was treated by Clinton with the half-smiling condescension the trendy young bestow on the passe old...
...Second-class postage paid at New York, N.Y...
...I believe that perpetuating such inaccuracies is a disservice to him...
...Bishop Walsh appears to be defending the Vatican rather than the archbishop...
...no regrets are felt here for the end of the ReaganBush wars and economics, or the passing of the old rigid parish rulers...
...Out of charity, however, there were truths he left unsaid—or at least unwritten...
...LEONARD SWIDLER...
...I was astounded that he took the time to read my stuff (which I now consider rather trite), took an interest in discussing it, and made me feel like the greatest scholar since Aquinas...
...MOST REV.] NICOLAS E. WALSH The writer is bishop emeritus ofYakima, Washington...
...p. 6, Ray, Rothco...
...To the Editors: Re: Monsignor George Higgins's moving and insightful tribute to Monsignor John Tracy Ellis: During an interview with Monsignor Ellis a few years ago, I asked him about his philosophy of history...
...It appeared in the May 8, 1987 PW...
...To the Editors: A man is fortunate indeed to have at his death a spokesman as eloquent as Monsignor George G. Higgins...
...His tribute [November 6] to the late Monsignor John Tracy Ellis (which reached me on All Souls' Day) is as beautifully expressed as it is well deserved...
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...He refers to the "Vatican attacks on Kiing, Schillebeeckx, et al., and soon thereafter on Hunthausen, Boff, Gutierrez, Curran et ad infinitum...
...Am I right to question the future of Catholicism in such a society...
...p. 9, Valerry...
...RUTH M. AMES Ellis as historian St...
...It appeared to us in arcc (and to millions of other committed Catholics) that Archbishop Hunthausen was not being treated justly by the Vatican when it visited upon him an unwanted coadjutor bishop, thereby severely limiting his episcopal rights and responsibilities...
...I should note that Father Greeley ought to supplement his offer to supply readers with the relevant documents in this matter by sending respondents a copy of Judy Bass's response to his Publisher's Weekly column...
...Of course it's time for the baby-boomers to take power...
...I suppose everyone who knew him has a favorite story about the man...
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...He had read a few of my pieces in the old American Ecclesiastical Review, and once drew me aside to talk about them...
...KENNETH A. BRIGGS Ellis as mentor Houston, Tex...
...Swidler seriously believe that the list of people the Vatican has allegedly attacked goes on ad infinitum'} I have known the archbishop for years...
...If Ellis declined to say all he knew about his subjects, it was for the reason cited in the preface from James Boswell: "Though I tell nothing but the truth, I have still kept in my mind that the whole truth is not always to be exposed...
...Fiction never lies, it always reveals the writer totally...
...We will match Father Greeley's offer: If readers are interested in a multi-year study of Greeley's valuable and important work being conducted by a team that includes two Ph.D.'s in comparative literature and two psychiatrists, they may write to: Sipe-Lamb Project GSR-SKZ/Celibacy in Literature and Life/Buxton Towers #214/8415 Bellona Lane/Towson, MD 21204...
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...This was true in particular of his 1983 book, Catholic Bishops: A Memoir...
...That was Ellis's mark among all the priests at Caldwell Hall: a man of exquisite courtesy, charity without fail, and holiness...
...Yet on one point I must demur...
...We are not writing biography but analyzing texts in their broadest contexts from a literary and psychological viewpoint...
...The Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church is concerned about the rights and responsibilities of all persons in the church, including the pope, bishops, clergy, and laity...
...Ellis's charity left historians poorer...
...16,18,19,RitaCorbin;pp.21,28,Charlot...
...To the Editors: Thank you for the piece on John Tracy Ellis by George Higgins...
...Mine goes back to 1960 at Catholic University...
...11,24, Ross, Rothco...
...Methinks he doth protest too much...
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...or will the new generation of Catholics fit right in...
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...2: 4 December 1992 Commonweal CORRESPONDENCE (Continued from page 2) Swidler lacks facts Twin Falls, Idaho To the Editors: For the past ten years— at least—I have been correcting published accounts of the "Seattle case...
...The basis for the Vatican's action against the archbishop was not an alleged doctrinal deviation, as with Kiing, Schillebeeckx, et al, but alleged deviations in action, arcc's concern rose out of our conviction that in all these cases the rights of these persons were violated because of an absence of due process, arcc would be glad to be convinced, in dialogue and through evidence, that this conviction is not accurate...
...There can be more to what a man writes than what he consciously "believes...
...The writer replies: If for the past ten years Archbishop Hunthausen thought that his situation vis a vis the Vatican was being presented inaccurately, it would seem that he himself would have issued any needed corrections...
...Father Ellis lived just a few doors down at Caldwell Hall...
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...Swidler is familiar with constitutes a "Vatican attack" on the archbishop, what theological position places the archbishop in the same category as the other men mentioned, and does Mr...
...p. 4, Bas, Rothco...
...I have never forgotten his reply...
...no sign, alas, of Voltaire or Hegel...
...His interest influenced me profoundly and, whatever I have become as a Christian, I owe greatly to the example of John Tracy Ellis...
...art, D'arcy Sarnelle...
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...All Canadian and foreign subscriptions must be paid in U.S...
...Leonard Swidler [Correspondence, October 23] obviously does not have them...
...My questions are: What in any of the correspondence that Mr...
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...No need in this U.S.A...
...But how far does this election mark the triumph of the bland secularism of our middle-aged children...
...I had been sent to study theology so as not to go on giving trouble to my superiors for civil rights work...
...I am grateful for his life...
...Politically correct, Clinton and Gore really do represent a permissive generation of witting or unwitting followers of Rousseau 's natural religion...
...I saw him more often at prayer than even at study...
...He does not identify any inaccuracies in my October 23 letter nor does he supply any corrections...
...His moral example, however, edified us, as his work continues to enrich US...
...for Nero or Diocletian...
...1,1924, to current issues available through University Microfilm, 300 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 and on Microfiche from Bell & Howell, Wooster, Ohio 44691...
...JOHN JAY HUGHES Ellis as believer Easton, Pa...
...The job of the critic and analyst is to find the deeper meanings in texts since all communication conceals as it reveals...
...To the Editors: Andrew Greeley continues to accuse my co-author B.C...
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...I have no philosophy of history," he said, "except belief in God, an afterlife, and divine providence...
...It is true that Ellis "never feared to speak the truth...
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...Few writers have sufficient facts to present Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen's positions accurately...
...PETER J. RIGA The truth of fiction Towson, Md...
...I have lived, worked, and recreated with him...
...Lamb and me of a "lie" about him [Correspondence, November 6...
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