What is in a Name?

Today one will hear certain labels such as, liberal, middle of the road, or conservative bantered around in the media or in polite company to describe a particular Catholics theological position. These terms have not only hindered the faith but caused confusion within the Church allowing people with heretical ideas to advance their agenda under the cover of a fabricated title.

The Bible warns us of the self proclaimed liberals who will jettison orthodox doctrine in lou of their own passions. “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things..." (2 Timothy 4:2-5) We are also told by God’s word that those who take the apparently safe route of sitting upon the fence will be rejected. " I know your works; I know that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you from my mouth.” (Rev 3:15-16)Finally, the term conservative has no meaning when it comes to Catholicism. It is quite simple, one is either faithful or not. Christ tells us that when He comes in his glory he will separate the sheep from the goats and the later will be sent to ever lasting damnation. The question you have to ask yourself is which group are you going to be in?