The Greater the Pressure, the Better You Can Resist - Cardinal Miloslav Vlk in conflict with the communist dictatorship
The Greater the Pressure, the Better You Can Resist - Cardinal Miloslav Vlk in conflict with the communist dictatorship

Author(s): Stanislava Vodičková
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Security and defense, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Cardinal; Miloslav Vlk; StB; communist regime; dictatorship;
Summary/Abstract: How could it happen that a priest took the role of StB collaborator? Cardinal Miloslav Vlk sees the failure of some clergymen in the lack of personal loyalty and personal relationship to Christ: If you have a “looser” character, you always somehow justify it: this is still acceptable, there could be someone even worse instead of me, and a thousand similar justifications. If you don’t choose God and the will of God radically and you mix it with what is human, it ends up like this. [...] They wanted to save the Church for the Lord, none of them did it as something evil; when making decisions, everyone looked for the positive things that such cooperation might bring, accentuated that too much, and put the negative aside. Those who think soberly see it differently. Those who are not faithful to the path of God may lose their way. [...] Unfortunately, this shows that ordination is not enough and that life based on this sacrament is also necessary.

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