Law Professor Charles J Russo of the University of Dayton discussed "After School satan clubs" in an article in the Dayton Daily News: Alleged News. [1]
Professor Russo reportedly said the following:
"Without endorsing or condemning satan clubs, or banning them, and other clubs, as some boards have done, basically risks 'throwing the baby out with the bath water,' accomplishing little, if anything. Moreover, banning satan clubs risks turning them into victims who may gain greater sympathy and support. Finally, denying satan clubs the same access as religious and other groups creates impermissable double standards, violating their right to free speech and sending a message, however unintended, that schools are not open to all points of view." [1]
Mission Statement of the University of Dayton Ohio
The Mission Statement of the University of Dayton states inter alia the following:
- The University of Dayton is a top-tier Catholic research university
- They are a diverse community committed in the Marianist tradition
- The Identity of the University of Dayton is a Catholic University committed to a Catholic vision of learning and scholarship
- A Catholic vision of the intellectual life springs ultimately from the revelation of God in Jesus Christ [2]
Thus, the University of Dayton is a University with Catholic ethos. Due to this fact, therefore it would be understandable that the University of Dayton encourage activities with club ethos in the Name of the Founder of Christianity Jesus Christ, not in the name of the adversary of the Son of God.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catholic ethos has full acceptance of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches thus:
"II. The Fall of the Angels
391. Behind the disobedient choice of our first parents lurks a seductive voice, opposed to God, which makes them fall into death out of envy. Scripture and the Church's Tradition see in this being a fallen angel, called 'satan' or the 'devil'. The Church teaches that satan was at first a good angel, made by God: 'The devil and the other demons were indeed created naturally good by God, but they became evil by their own doing.
392. Scripture speaks of a sin of these angels. This 'fall' consists in the free choice of these created spirits, who radically and irrevocably rejected God and His reign. We find a reflection of that rebellion in the tempter's words to our first parents: 'You will be like God.' The devil 'has sinned from the beginning'; he is 'a liar and the father of lies'.
394. Scripture witnesses to the disastrous influence of the one Jesus calls 'a murderer from the beginning', who would even try to divert Jesus from the mission received from His Father. 'The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.' In its consequences the gravest of these works was the mendacious seduction that led man to disobey God."
Jesus Christ exorcised:
"550. The coming of God's kingdom means the defeat of satan's: 'If it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.' Jesus' exorcisms free some individuals from the domination of demons. They anticipate Jesus' great victory over 'the ruler of this world'.
Jesus Christ the Son of God prayed:
"I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one." (John 17:15)
Satan strikes at God;
Satan strikes at God by "corrupting His most beloved creature, made in His Image and Likeness", according to author Michael O'Brien, Alleged News. [3]
Canon 808
The New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law with regard to Canon 808 of the Catholic Church states, "... Ex corde Ecclesiae ... does, however, provide guidance for its application in its enunciation of "essential characteristics" of a Catholic university as "Catholic": 1. A Christian inspiration not only of individuals but of the university community as such; 2. a continuing reflection in the light of the Catholic faith upon the growing treasury of human knowledge, to which it seeks to contribute by its own research; 3. fidelity to the Christian message as it comes to us through the Church: . . ." [4]
Faithful to the message of Christ
It is essential for a Christian institute and its adherents to remain faithful to the message of Christ as it comes to us through the Church.
Full adherence to the teaching of the Catholic Church - as espoused by Dayton University of Ohio - would require support to parents who wish their children to be taught the Christian faith as opposed to exposure to tenets named after the being Jesus Christ came to the world to save us from.
[1] Allowing satanism into America's schools risks turning over America's children to lucifer, Alleged News
[2] University of Dayton Mission and Identity
https://udayton.edu/about/mission-and-identity.php
[3] Joan Frawley Desmond. National Catholic Register. What does the Church teach about the devil?
https://www.ncregister.com/news/what-does-the-church-teach-about-the-devil-aevadzyt
[4] New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law. Editors Beal, Coriden and Green. Paulist Press: New York N.J./Mahwah N.J. 2000
With thanks to tfp.org, udayton.edu and ncregister.com
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