Sometimes the divine timing is downright amusing.

Today, in the diocese of Brooklyn, the Incredible Melting Catechism is celebrated for having ensconced (another) unprecedented break with apostolic tradition, in declaring the death penalty inadmissible, “full stop.” See The Tablet article here.

At the same time, the Catholic weblog OnePeterFive has run a piece pointing out how the Incredible Melting Catechism forms part of a major “catechism crisis” that continues in our own time—and cites enough oddball texts to induce vertigo. See that here.

Folks, we are here dealing with two different religious systems.

In one, the objects, institutions, and patterns of belief and behavior are received from hallowed antiquity, vigorously defended, and reverently transmitted to the next generation.

In the other, anything goes—or at least, for those High Atop the Thing.

To which do we belong?