Anti-Catholic TAO Sez I am a "Loose Cannon" Who is "in Violation of Canon Law" and Needs to be Shut Up by "Rome"

 
We may call this fascinating new anti-Catholic tactic the "Cannon-Canon Approach."

Add this to the collection of ridiculous "arguments" from the inveterate slanderer TAO ("the Anonymous One" aka "Turretinfan"): a guy who is so paranoid about his identity that he actually wears a covering over his head in public debates:

You will notice that it is Mr. Armstrong's method that gets him in trouble quite often.

But Rome is not shutting him up. One of the selling points of Rome is, in theory, it's top-down management style. But in practice, that top-down management Rome provides allows loose cannons like Armstrong to do what they do, even when what they do is technically in violation of canon law.

(on the Cryablogue site, 7-31-11)

The canon law charge is so utterly absurd I won't spend any time on it. I suspect (knowing TAO) that he has in mind some nonsense (that comrade Steve Hays has often expressed) about Catholic laymen supposedly not being authorized to defend Holy Mother Church -- even though the magisterium of the Church has not only made it clear that lay apologetics and evangelism are perfectly allowable, but also highly encourages them:

Apologetics and Lay Apostolates: Express Approval and Strong Encouragement From Popes Paul VI and John Paul II
Catholic Church Teaching on Internet Evangelism, Catechesis, and Apologetics: Excerpts (edited by Dave Armstrong)
Bishops' Support of Lay Catholic Apologetics: Refutation of Tim Enloe and His Anti-Catholic Cronies' Ridiculously False Contentions

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