Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: stabosz@sun.udel.edu (Rae Stabosz) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Matthew Fox Message-ID: Date: 8 Aug 90 07:45:47 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 16 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I am a Catholic who has recently become interested in Matthew Fox & the whole segment of Catholicism that I hear spoken of as "creation-centered". Can someone tell me what exactly is Fox's status with the Church? He is still a priest, correct? Not been excommunicated, not broken with the Church himself, but just under some kind of silence? From writing, or teaching, or both? Any history on this would be appreciated. I know a little about Meister Eckhart, & believe he ran into similar troubles with similar teachings, is that so? And can someone explain what the root of the problem is? I don't see anything objectionable & have found his writings & the whole movement (as I understand it) to be often very liberating. Is the spectre (and fear of?) Pelagianism at the core of his problems?