From sarto!jhpb@uunet.uu.net Mon Jul 27 22:28:01 1992 Received: from rodan.UU.NET by aramis.rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.4/3.08) id AA23563; Mon, 27 Jul 92 22:28:01 EDT Received: from relay2.UU.NET by rodan.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-mail-drop) id AA06229; Mon, 27 Jul 92 22:27:59 -0400 Received: from uunet.uu.net (via LOCALHOST.UU.NET) by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA26262; Mon, 27 Jul 92 22:28:08 -0400 Received: from sarto.UUCP by uunet.uu.net with UUCP/RMAIL (queueing-rmail) id 222745.1653; Mon, 27 Jul 1992 22:27:45 EDT Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Path: jhpb From: jhpb@sarto.budd-lake.nj.us (Joseph H. Buehler) Subject: new Catholic mailing list now up and running Message-Id: Sender: jhpb@sarto.budd-lake.nj.us (Joseph H Buehler) Organization: none Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 03:13:55 GMT Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2745 Apparently-To: The mailing list I queried about a few weeks ago is now up and running. I have also set up an archive server; see below. The following is the official welcome to the list message at the moment. Joe Buehler -------------------- This mailing list is for people who desire serious, orthodox discussion of the Roman Catholic religion. I assume that it will cater mainly to Catholics, but everyone else is welcome, provided they operate within the below guidelines. My own interests have a doctrinal bent, but I'm certainly not going to limit this list to just that sort of discussion. Having participated in USENET religion groups for about 5 years now, one of my primary observations about Catholics on the net is that they do not know their religion very well. My hope is that this list might help remedy this problem to some extent. I would like to make this a net resource available for Catholics who want to know more about their religion. As far as moderation policy goes: The Catholic Church is not a democracy, it's a monarchy subject to a divinely given constitution. I don't set the rules in the Church, neither does my parish priest, nor does my bishop, nor does the Pope. Everyone has to adhere to the way Christ set things up. I think it follows that it's not really appropriate for someone to call himself a Catholic and argue with this state of affairs. If you want to be Catholic, it's simple enough, you have to follow the teaching of the Church. The moderation policy will reflect this way of thinking: there are plenty of other places on the net where Catholic doctrine can be freely attacked! If in doubt, you can always subscribe, and see whether the list is to your taste. Besides the mailing list, there are a few other things that may be of interest: - I have set up an archive server that we can put interesting things in. (It doesn't have anything in it at the moment except some UNIX software useful for such endeavors.) Sorry, guys, but nothing that's copyrighted goes into it! - I am planning on setting up a quotation server that can email periodic interesting citations from the principal sources of Catholic doctrine. (Not done yet.) - I have obtained permission from the English language publishers of the Italian Catholic magazine "30 Days" to take material from their magazine. I intend to scan some of the more interesting pictures (ever seen a Cristero? or St. Pius X?) and put them in the archives, and also post extracts from some of the more interesting articles. (It's a European magazine, and is of generally higher quality than American Catholic material. In my opinion...) If you have any questions, would like to subscribe, etc., send email to catholic@sarto.budd-lake.nj.us