Catholic psychologist Philip Mango uncovers the causes of the effeminate, ineffectual Church of Nice

Every week faithful and loyal Catholics are faced with the scandal of so many bishops and priests unwilling to speak out clearly and wholeheartedly ?in defence of the faith in public life. ?These same bishops and priests are also incapable of disciplining clergy and laity who dissent from the doctrines of the Church even when their sometimes shocking misbehaviour is brought to their attention. These bishops are more likely to punish, discipline and silence faithful and loyal Catholics who speak out against this dissent and misbehaviour. (There are exceptions to this catalogue ?of failure but they are sadly far and few between).

The Mortal sins for these bishops are not drawn from the seven deadly sins but from the etiquette of bourgeois people, who judge the worst offenses as being causing offense, upsetting people, making people uncomfortable, being honest. Instead of the Church of Christ, these bourgeois bishops, and their liberal accomplices, have created the Church of Nice.

The psychologist Dr Philip Mango ?proposes a psychological model that explains the origin of this effeminate, ineffectual Church of Nice.?Lianne Laurence writes:

?In his?Theology of the Body, John Paul II referred to archetypes, which are, as Dr. Mango elaborated, ?universal? types we hold in our ?collective unconscious? and which are revealed to us in dreams, literature, myths and stories. Four archetypes form ?the natural psychological basis of masculinity? but, because of original sin, and disordered conditioning in the home, both passive and active distortions of these archetypes are in evidence.

The King

The first archetype is the king, ?an image put inside men by God the Father,? Dr. Mango asserts. The king ?creates order in the family, the church, and society;? he encourages and blesses those under his authority; he is called to ?servant leadership.?

A passive distortion of this archetype is ?the weak king? who is confused, diffident, unwilling or unable to lead, and ?controlled by the Queen.? The active distortion is a masculinity characterized by authoritarianism, harshness, cruelty, control.?

The Warrior

The second archetype from which men draw energy is the warrior, who is ready and willing to ?defend and protect? not only himself, but those who are dependent on him or weaker than he, to protect them ?physically, psychologically, spiritually and economically,? Dr. Mango says. The warrior fights ?for the honour of God . . . without fear or hatred of the enemy.?

A passive distortion of this archetype is the fearful or cowardly man, unable or unwilling to protect his family or his faith; active distortion is the quality of a man who is verbally and physically abusive to his wife and children. Another manifestation is the Catholic who claims to be fighting for his Church but ?hates everybody.?

The Lover

The third archetype is the lover. Dr. Mango relies particularly on John Paul II?s?Love and Responsibility?for wise pastoral direction regarding spousal love. The lover is ?not sentimental? but his love is ?from the heart;? such a man makes an effort to ?be there for his wife?, to listen to her; he is quick to forgive and to ask for forgiveness. Yet he does not allow his wife to manipulate him nor does he try to control her.

A passive distortion of this archetype is a man who is remote, undemonstrative, or impotent. The active distortion is a man obsessed with sex, with pornography, who is promiscuous when single, adulterous when married, and enslaved to lust. This particular perversion of masculinity ?is an international disease right now.?

The Wise Guide

The last archetype is the wise guide or counselor, a man who has, and is able to convey, spiritual knowledge.

The active distortion of the archetype is a man who gives false advice, speaks half-truths, or who propagates evil or erroneous ideologies.?The passive distortion is a man who claims ignorance, has nothing to say, refuses to guide, or forsakes his obligations as spiritual head of the family.

Dr. Mango regards these archetypes as ?the foundation for the ultimate masculine identity of priest, prophet, and king in identification with Christ.? His intent in founding Warrior Brothers, which he describes as ?an alliance, a movement, a community of brothers,? is to provide one means by which to restore masculinity, because it is his conviction that ?marriage, family, society, and the Church will be strong, and thrive, to the degree that they have masculine men on a mission.? His Brotherhood encourages men to reject the ?hectic, driven, agitated existence? and its attendant ?slavery to TV, computers and telephones? and to put God and family before all. Men are called to action, to servant-leadership, and to self-sacrificial love, and his is an attempt to recapture the true essence of masculinity in a culture increasingly confused about, and hostile to, such ideals.

Protect the Pope comment: Dr Philip Mango?s analysis of the passive and active distortions of these fundamental sources of masculine identity explains, to a degree, one of the influences behind the Church of Nice that has replaced the Catholic Church in this country, and much of the West. If the Church is to be reformed ways must be found to challenge and heal this crisis in masculine identity.

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