Mr. Hutton Gibson has been most gracious to me over the years. He helped me with my grammar and edited out a hundred typos from my book, “Papal Anomalies and their Implications.”
Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Gibson!
Godspeed to you!
August 26, 2018 by Steven Speray
Mr. Hutton Gibson has been most gracious to me over the years. He helped me with my grammar and edited out a hundred typos from my book, “Papal Anomalies and their Implications.”
Happy 100th Birthday, Mr. Gibson!
Godspeed to you!
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I had the absolute joy between 2006-2008 of getting to know Mr Gibson, having had breakfast at his home on a number of occasions after Mass. He not only was a great historian, but had a gentle sense of humor that immediately put everyone around him at ease. Anyone who accused him of being “antisemitic” as we all well know are flat out liars…he and his (then) wife Joye (RIP) were good friends with the owners of the Jewish delicatessen that was right down the road from Holy Family Chapel (we joined them there on a couple of occasions as well). I hear, from a good friend who is a former parishioner there, that Hutton is in good spirits, very frail, but lucid and still has his sense of humor. May God continue to bless you on your centennial birthday, Mr Gibson!
It’s risky business being friends with heretics and apostates.
Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos, 1832: “13. Now We consider another abundant source of the evils with which the Church is afflicted at present: indifferentism. This perverse opinion is spread on all sides by the fraud of the wicked who claim that it is possible to obtain the eternal salvation of the soul by the profession of any kind of religion, as long as morality is maintained. Surely, in so clear a matter, you will drive this deadly error far from the people committed to your care. With the admonition of the apostle that “there is one God, one faith, one baptism” may those fear who contrive the notion that the safe harbor of salvation is open to persons of any religion whatever. They should consider the testimony of Christ Himself that “those who are not with Christ are against Him,” and that they disperse unhappily who do not gather with Him.2 Therefore “without a doubt, they will perish forever, unless they hold the Catholic faith whole and inviolate…. 14. This shameful font of indifferentism gives rise to that absurd and erroneous proposition which claims that liberty of conscience must be maintained for everyone.”
Are you suggesting Mr Gibson is a heretic or an apostate?
No I am not accusing anyone but possibly Pope Gregory may be. All I am saying it’s not a good Idea to be friends with heretics and apostates. Kstewskies mentioned that Mr. Gibson was friends with the Jews that owned the delicatessen. Being a friend to another human being means intimacy at some level, an acquaintance would of been a much better word. Read “Introduction to the Devout Life” by St. Francis De Sales In there St. Francis teaches how a devout Catholic should behave.
I find it extremely difficult to find a true friend and If I had a friend I would have to tell them how to save their soul out of Charity because without Charity we have nothing. Now if I told Mr. or Mrs. Jew that they were going to lose their soul if they remained in the Jewish religion I don’t think they would still be my friend. What do you think Steve? Have you told any of your friends that are not Catholic that they would lose their souls if they don’t convert assuming you have a friend? It is quite important to have Catholic friends if your choose to have a friend. All others should be dealt with out of necessity. It really is that serious, the matter of friends, it shouldn’t be treated lightly.
I have told all my non-Catholic friends about the faith and salvation. It wouldn’t be very charitable not to. However, I have remained friends with them and hopefully my example and love will move them to convert someday. I’m not happy that they are not Catholic for sure and I’m still working on them. Do you think abandoning the friendships will help them convert? I think it would have an adverse effect. I live in a place where there are virtually no Catholics. There are only about 15 of us and 10 of them are my family. One of the Catholics is married to a Muslim. One is married to an atheist. These two are converts but are married (which is much closer than mere friends) to non-Catholics. Should they separate? Would you be friends with these 2 Catholics that are married to non-Catholics?
My extended family is mostly Protestant in number. I grew up Catholic but over the years I did pick up some Protestant leanings. Growing up so close to false teachings will infect your beliefs especially in your youth. I believe bringing unbelievers into your home can cause spiritual harm. But one can still be a good neighbor but from a distance. I do not attend weddings or other religious functions of non-Christians but I do send a check to help with their material needs. 2 Corinthians 6:14 tells to ‘Bear not the yoke with unbelievers, For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? ‘ I have a close relative who had a friendship with a Jewish family, they met regularly for social events and became quite close in time their daughter started to date the Son of the family. They eventually married she gave up her faith in order to do so and her children will be brought up outside the faith. It may be politically incorrect but I believe that the closer you marry to your own religion, your own traditions, your own ethnicity and race the better chance you will have in marriage. Saying that…. a marriage between two believers of any background is a blessing but being pragmatic it is almost always a lighter load to bear if both partners lift the same way.
A truly great man.
I’m having a tough time finding Gibsons writings, any links?
The link http://www.huttongibson.com has his books when he gets the site back up. It seems to be down at the moment.