Hymns in honor of newly-glorified St. Amphilochios (Makris)
Amphilochios (Makris) Canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Friday, August 31, 2018
A Response to James Martin
Abusing Zacchaeus by Dr. Leroy Huizenga
Fr. James Martin’s approaches to interpreting Scripture have a long pedigree in Western Christianity; they’re largely rooted in the modernism of liberal Protestantism.
Fr. James Martin’s approaches to interpreting Scripture have a long pedigree in Western Christianity; they’re largely rooted in the modernism of liberal Protestantism.
Thursday, August 30, 2018
The Latin "Progressives" React...
Not going to bother to look for other examples...
America Magazine: Viganò's accusations: What we know and what questions they raise
America Magazine: Viganò's accusations: What we know and what questions they raise
Fr. Rutler on Tattooing
The Morality of Tattooing BY FR. GEORGE W. RUTLER
There was a time, not in the hoary past, when tattoos were an indulgence of louche members of the demi-monde, as observed by Alexandre Dumas. They seem to have become [...] Read more articles The Line Between Holiness and Madness in Ron Hansen’s Mariette in Ecstasy Modern artistic treatments of religious life tend to share a few assumptions: first, that there is something sinister in a life of vocation, and secondly, that those who choose such a life must have some degree of psychological or emotional disturbance motivating them. If these stories feature a nun, priest, or monk as a protagonist, […] View more from the Standard Bearers View more from the Civilized
There was a time, not in the hoary past, when tattoos were an indulgence of louche members of the demi-monde, as observed by Alexandre Dumas. They seem to have become [...] Read more articles The Line Between Holiness and Madness in Ron Hansen’s Mariette in Ecstasy Modern artistic treatments of religious life tend to share a few assumptions: first, that there is something sinister in a life of vocation, and secondly, that those who choose such a life must have some degree of psychological or emotional disturbance motivating them. If these stories feature a nun, priest, or monk as a protagonist, […] View more from the Standard Bearers View more from the Civilized
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
How Much of This is St. Augustine, How Much is Just Latin Theology?
Orthodoxy, worship, and Saint Augustine by Matthew Tsakanikas, STD
Doctrine exists for worship and not simply for itself. Doctrine apart from worship is barren.
Does this escape "functional Unitarianism"?
Doctrine exists for worship and not simply for itself. Doctrine apart from worship is barren.
Does this escape "functional Unitarianism"?
Thinking with the NuChurch Instead?
CWR Dispatch: Fr. James Martin is not thinking with the Church by Fr. Steve Mattson
What Fr. Martin writes and says seems guided more by GLAAD than by God, and is more aligned to the thinking of the World than the Word.
What Fr. Martin writes and says seems guided more by GLAAD than by God, and is more aligned to the thinking of the World than the Word.
A Defense in Which Modesty Is No Longer Primary
OrthoChristian: In Defense of Women Who Adhere to Tradition and Wear Headscarves
Is it a good angle for approaching the issue? Shouldn't modesty for the sake of the woman, and also for the sake of her brothers in Christ, be important?
Is it a good angle for approaching the issue? Shouldn't modesty for the sake of the woman, and also for the sake of her brothers in Christ, be important?
Speculation about Luficer
Why Was Lucifer in the Garden? by Seraphim Hamilton
Adam was destined to be exalted above the angels, and Lucifer could not bear it. Envy incited him to deceive Eve, thus bringing about his own fall from glory.
Adam was destined to be exalted above the angels, and Lucifer could not bear it. Envy incited him to deceive Eve, thus bringing about his own fall from glory.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
First Things...
WHY FRANCIS MUST SPEAK by Gerald E. Murray
The question prompted by Viganò’s account of his personal interactions with Francis, must be answered.
WHY WE STAY, AND THE VIGANÒ TESTIMONY by George Weigel
Archbishop Viganò's testimony deserves to be taken seriously, not peremptorily dismissed or ignored.
WHAT FRANCIS KNEW by Philip Lawler
Viganò's letter implicates Pope Francis in the very behavior he denounced while in Ireland.
The question prompted by Viganò’s account of his personal interactions with Francis, must be answered.
WHY WE STAY, AND THE VIGANÒ TESTIMONY by George Weigel
Archbishop Viganò's testimony deserves to be taken seriously, not peremptorily dismissed or ignored.
WHAT FRANCIS KNEW by Philip Lawler
Viganò's letter implicates Pope Francis in the very behavior he denounced while in Ireland.
October Is Around the Corner...
And Edward Pentin asks: Have Synods Become Vehicles for Legitimizing Heterodoxy?
Monday, August 27, 2018
Bishop Schneider Responds
Fr. Z: PODCAzT 167: Reflection of Bp. Athanasius Schneider about The Viganò Testimony
NCReg: Reflection on the ‘Testimony’ of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò by Bishop Athanasius Schneider
Ruthlessness and transparency in detecting and in confessing the evils in the life of the Church will help to initiate an efficient process of ...
NCReg: Reflection on the ‘Testimony’ of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò by Bishop Athanasius Schneider
Ruthlessness and transparency in detecting and in confessing the evils in the life of the Church will help to initiate an efficient process of ...
Beginning of a Trend?
Or will "conservative" American Roman Catholic theologians continue to be silent about the latest regarding Pope Francis?
Scott Hahn on Vigano letter: ‘It seems like a good time to pray like never before’
Scott Hahn on Vigano letter: ‘It seems like a good time to pray like never before’
In Response to the Smear Campaign
CWR: Archbishop Viganò responds to criticisms of handling of 2014 Nienstedt investigation by Carl E. Olson
The former nuncio to the U.S. flatly denies assertions that he ordered a stop to an investigation of then-Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and […]
The former nuncio to the U.S. flatly denies assertions that he ordered a stop to an investigation of then-Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and […]
Sunday, August 26, 2018
The Weekend Bombshell
Former United States Nuncio on the McCarrick Scandal: "Francis Knew. He Should Resign"
Related: OP-ED - "The McCarrick Affair: The Pope knew. Here is why he must resign." Francesca Romana at RORATE CÆLI - by Aldo Maria Valli August 26, 2018 [Rorate note: journalist Aldo Maria Valli is probably the best-known Vaticanist in Italy, since for many years he commented on the papacy in the main Italian television network RAI1, and also for RAI 3.] “Bishops and priests, abusing their authority, have committed horrendous crimes to the detriment of their faithful, minors, innocent victims,
Related: OP-ED - "The McCarrick Affair: The Pope knew. Here is why he must resign." Francesca Romana at RORATE CÆLI - by Aldo Maria Valli August 26, 2018 [Rorate note: journalist Aldo Maria Valli is probably the best-known Vaticanist in Italy, since for many years he commented on the papacy in the main Italian television network RAI1, and also for RAI 3.] “Bishops and priests, abusing their authority, have committed horrendous crimes to the detriment of their faithful, minors, innocent victims,
Saturday, August 25, 2018
Are Acts of Canonizations by the Bishop of Rome Infallible?
One Latin traditionalist perspective --
Rorate Caeli: "The authority of canonisations": Do all canonisations need to be accepted as infallible? -- a special guest article The authority of canonisations by Dr. John R. T. Lamont
Rorate Caeli: "The authority of canonisations": Do all canonisations need to be accepted as infallible? -- a special guest article The authority of canonisations by Dr. John R. T. Lamont
Friday, August 24, 2018
May God Grant Him Many Years
Church Life: Observations on Ratzinger’s Introduction to Christianity on Its 50th Anniversary written by Cyril O’Regan
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Catholic News Agency: Just the Facts?
Or the facts with an ideological slant?
Fr. James Martin critiques ‘homophobic’ pastors at WMOF
From this article can one know what the official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church is regarding homosexuality and homosexual behavior?
Fr. James Martin critiques ‘homophobic’ pastors at WMOF
From this article can one know what the official teaching of the Roman Catholic Church is regarding homosexuality and homosexual behavior?
Should This Be Called [Roman] Catholic Integralism?
In Defence of Catholic Integralism by Thomas Pink
Is it necessarily bound up with acceptance of the modern nation-state?
Is it necessarily bound up with acceptance of the modern nation-state?
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
One "Reunion" Council and Two...
ecumenical councils? What did the decrees of Florence really say about the papacy? Something for me to look up, presumably in Denzinger.
From a comment:
From a comment:
I would advise those who have difficulty with Pope Francis’s teaching on the death penalty to follow the guidance of the CDF given in Donum Veritatis, 27-31. Some of Dr. Peters’ comments about the ordinary papal magisterium need clarification because they could be interpreted as challenging the universal ordinary teaching authority of the Roman Pontiff, which is affirmed by three ecumenical councils: Florence (D-H, 1307); Vatican I (D-H, 3064), and Vatican II (Lumen Gentium, 22 and 25).
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Who Is Protecting James Martin, SJ?
CWR Dispatch: Whither the Church on “sensitivity” to homosexuals? by Thomas R. Ascik
To what degree does the campaign of American Jesuit Fr. James Martin become the agenda for parishes in the Catholic Church throughout the world?
To what degree does the campaign of American Jesuit Fr. James Martin become the agenda for parishes in the Catholic Church throughout the world?
There's no Space in the Curriculum?
If Latins seminarians and graduate students aren't even going to learn Latin any more, they should at least learn Greek in its place.
Monday, August 20, 2018
The Absence of Leadership and Pastoring
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a bureaucrat to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
First Among Equals? Or the Final Arbiter?
One more thing from Ed Peters's essay on the change in the CCC:
If infallibility seems to be logically required for the Pope to arbitrate two disputing claims regarding dogma (and even that may be more of a practical, linguistic preference rather than a question about the reality being signified), or for the pope with a council to teach definitively (if infallibility is necessarily guaranteed only with respect to the act of teaching, and not also with the act of reception by the Christian faithful), then does it entail that the pope is infallible when he speaks alone, even if he has supposedly "consulted" the bishops of the world? If the Pope has no divinely sanctioned role as a "universal" teacher, and his role with respect to the Church Universal is limited to his cooperative role with respect to other bishops, speaking collectively as a body, then how can it be claimed that his "extraordinary" acts as a "universal" teacher (even if "taught" by Vatican I) are infallible? Where is the justification in the historical exercise of the office of the bishop of Rome in the first millenium for this?
But that’s where confusion sets in: while popes can, in a singleextraordinary act, assert something with infallible certitude sufficient to bind the faithful in belief or morals (Canon 749 § 1), no pope can, by a single ordinary act, assert something with anything like the equivalent force for Christian consciences.
If infallibility seems to be logically required for the Pope to arbitrate two disputing claims regarding dogma (and even that may be more of a practical, linguistic preference rather than a question about the reality being signified), or for the pope with a council to teach definitively (if infallibility is necessarily guaranteed only with respect to the act of teaching, and not also with the act of reception by the Christian faithful), then does it entail that the pope is infallible when he speaks alone, even if he has supposedly "consulted" the bishops of the world? If the Pope has no divinely sanctioned role as a "universal" teacher, and his role with respect to the Church Universal is limited to his cooperative role with respect to other bishops, speaking collectively as a body, then how can it be claimed that his "extraordinary" acts as a "universal" teacher (even if "taught" by Vatican I) are infallible? Where is the justification in the historical exercise of the office of the bishop of Rome in the first millenium for this?
Sunday, August 19, 2018
What if?
Could the split of the Protestants have been prevented if the Latins had first reconciled with the Eastern Chalcedonian Christians ealier, and instead of elevating scholastic theological opinion as dogma at Trent, written the decrees differently?
Then we wouldn't have a problem about bishops endorsing practically unconditional intercommunion with Protestants.
The Intercommunion Proposal of the German Bishops is Unbiblical by Brian Kranick
Then we wouldn't have a problem about bishops endorsing practically unconditional intercommunion with Protestants.
The Intercommunion Proposal of the German Bishops is Unbiblical by Brian Kranick
Why Pope Paul VI Should Not Be Canonized
Paul VI on liturgical reform Editor
Pope Paul VI In view of the canonization of Pope Paul VI, the pope of liturgical reform, in October, Pray Tell is occasionally publishing some of his most significant statements on liturgical reform. This helps us understand the Church’s understanding of liturgy, and also reflect on how far we have to go in implementing the teaching more fully!
Pope Paul VI In view of the canonization of Pope Paul VI, the pope of liturgical reform, in October, Pray Tell is occasionally publishing some of his most significant statements on liturgical reform. This helps us understand the Church’s understanding of liturgy, and also reflect on how far we have to go in implementing the teaching more fully!
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Ed Peters on the Recent Change to the CCC
The death penalty debate and the Church’s magisterium by Edward N. Peters
I regard the liceity of the death penalty as having been established with infallible certitude by the Church’s ordinary magisterium.
This however applies to the theologoumena of the Latins as well.
I regard the liceity of the death penalty as having been established with infallible certitude by the Church’s ordinary magisterium.
The ordinary magisterium, one must see, takes a long, long time, to develop; it requires repetition and consistency over many generations, this, not simply on the part of popes but also by the bishops around the world, and even incorporates, to some extent, the lived acceptance of teachings by Catholic pastors, academics, and rank-and-file faithful through time.
This however applies to the theologoumena of the Latins as well.
"The Spirit of Vatican 2"
How not to design a church: Liturgical Music and Design: Jesuit Ministry in Slovenia by Bruce Morrill
Friday, August 17, 2018
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Ah, But What Sense of Sacrifice?
If the Chinese notion of "sacrifice" is not the same as that of the Israelites or the Apostles and Church Fathers, then maybe it is a good thing not to be associated so much with it, even though inculturation in other ways may be necessary. (Is the Chinese notion of "sacrifice" the same as that of other pagans, i.e. the offering of something to the Divine?)
You Could Guess from the Headline that Opus Dei Is Involved
Life of Spanish chemistry professor shows ‘holiness is in the ordinary’
Life of Spanish chemistry professor shows 'holiness is in the ordinary' #Spain https://t.co/tpdm82rjwC
— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) August 15, 2018
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
More Reaction to the Zenit Article with Fr. Rosica
‘Francis Is A Dictator Pope — Thank God’ By ROD DREHER • August 14, 2018,
The Importance of the Septuagint
Russian Faith: Why Don't These Bibles Match? - Psalm 14 According to the Apostle Paul Some Bibles read differently. The KJV and NIV readings are shorter, while the OSB reading is considerably longer. But which reading is correct? Have the KJV and NIV removed words from this Psalm, or has the OSB added to it? Fr. Joseph Gleason
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Monday, August 13, 2018
CWR: Natural No Maas: The disintegration of the concept of all law in Luther by Timothy J. Gordon
Classical Protestantism is a voluntarist form of Christianity, such a radically different view of human and divine will that it must be differentiated from non-voluntarist Catholicism not only as a different sect, but as a fundamentally different worldview.
Classical Protestantism is a voluntarist form of Christianity, such a radically different view of human and divine will that it must be differentiated from non-voluntarist Catholicism not only as a different sect, but as a fundamentally different worldview.
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Thursday, August 09, 2018
CWR Dispatch: Edith Stein’s wisdom for a new century by William Doino, Jr.
A new anthology offers many insights into Stein’s thinking on faith and mysticism, Church-state controversies, the role of women, relations between the sexes, racism, suffering, and other topics.
A new anthology offers many insights into Stein’s thinking on faith and mysticism, Church-state controversies, the role of women, relations between the sexes, racism, suffering, and other topics.
Wednesday, August 08, 2018
The Scharfenberger Proposal
CWR: The Current Crisis and the Order of the Laity by Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
Bishop Scharfenberger’s call for “an independent commission led by well-respected, faithful lay leaders” is far superior to Cardinal Wuerl’s proposal and reflects a much better understanding of the laity and the nature of the Church.
Bishop Scharfenberger’s call for “an independent commission led by well-respected, faithful lay leaders” is far superior to Cardinal Wuerl’s proposal and reflects a much better understanding of the laity and the nature of the Church.
If the Patriarch of Rome has overstepped the limits of his authority regarding the Church Universal, is it appropriate to break communion with him? Is it sufficient to ignore his claims and commands if they are not legitimate? Or does there need to be a more severe censure in order to alert him of a problem?
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Monday, August 06, 2018
Veritatis Splendor
CWR: Language, Truth, and Reality: Revisiting Veritatis Splendor on its 25th anniversary by Eduardo Echeverria
It is time to engage in a creative retrieval of this work so as to revitalize the present theological culture and life of the Church from its drift toward what is nothing other than a new modernism.
It is time to engage in a creative retrieval of this work so as to revitalize the present theological culture and life of the Church from its drift toward what is nothing other than a new modernism.
Sunday, August 05, 2018
Saturday, August 04, 2018
Friday, August 03, 2018
Sex, Sex, Sex
CWR: The theological roots of the present crisis by Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, SVD
An ambiguous attitude to “human sexuality” on the part of “mainstream” moral theology led in time to bishops effectively turning a blind eye to sinful behavior among clerics.
An ambiguous attitude to “human sexuality” on the part of “mainstream” moral theology led in time to bishops effectively turning a blind eye to sinful behavior among clerics.
Thursday, August 02, 2018
Pope Francis and Capital Punishment
CNA: Vatican Changes Catechism's Teaching on Death Penalty, Calls It Inadmissible
The word "inadmissible" is sure to generate discussion about why that particular word was used -- Bergoglio's sidestepping the question of whether he is contradicting previous Roman teaching on the liceity of capital punishment, and turning it into an absolute prudential judgment with which "reasonable" people should not disagree? Or is it really a synonym for intrinsically immoral?
What do the other apostolic churches teach about capital punishment?
The word "inadmissible" is sure to generate discussion about why that particular word was used -- Bergoglio's sidestepping the question of whether he is contradicting previous Roman teaching on the liceity of capital punishment, and turning it into an absolute prudential judgment with which "reasonable" people should not disagree? Or is it really a synonym for intrinsically immoral?
What do the other apostolic churches teach about capital punishment?
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
"Christ Our King and God"
How old is this expression in the Byzantine rite? Is there a danger of understanding the kingship of Christ, as used in the Byzantine tradition, by referring to the human analogate as primary, rather than the Divine analogate? (As there may be such a danger in the Roman rite, especially with the Feast of Christ the King? See the comments of Fr. Bouyer in Liturgical Piety.) The Word is to rule in our lives, by ordering our actions and infusing us with Divine Love -- and human kingship is to be in accord with this.
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