“THE man without a country is like the man suspended in mid-air because he lacks the concrete things that a nation offers — a village, a language, a way of life and a means of providing it — in order to accomplish even his most basic tasks. Are there problems inherent in the individual-nation relationship? Many, because one may be tempted to break the moral code for the benefit of his country just as one can be led astray in his family’s self-interest. Do the difficulties that it engenders justify its abandonment? No more than a father’s crimes on behalf of his children legitimate rejection of the family structure.”
— Dr. John C. Rao, “Americanism and the Collapse of the Church in the United States”
Despite its mischaracterization of Vatican II, this is a brilliant essay on the heresy of Americanism.
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