Human, All Too Human

“Given the uneven post-Vatican II theological landscape, Joseph Terry’s necessary book on Mariology is at once an intervention in that he exposes the marginalization and relative vacuity of discussion of Mary in contemporary theology; a concerted ecumenical retrieval of the… pic.twitter.com/ijprteEGPp

— Joseph Terry (@bktheologian) August 23, 2026

I Could Agree with This

but the inquiry might not lead to the desired conclusions. His premises would not align with the Natural Law.

Pro-LGBT German Cardinal Reinhard Marx has called for changes to ‘the theology of Holy Orders’ and said the Church should be subjected to a ‘social-scientific examination.'#CatholicX #CatholicChurch #Catholic #Germanyhttps://t.co/wPss6wUivs

— LifeSiteNews (@LifeSite) May 8, 2024

Latin Trinitarian Theology

From all eternity, the Father forgets about himself in love and generates the Son, and from all eternity, the Son forgets about himself and looks to the Father, and the mutual love of Father and Son is the Holy Spirit.

— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) December 17, 2023

The One Part of Roman Dogma Concerning Indulgences

that may be unsalvageable is with respect to the pope's authority to grant them, possibly distinct from him having universal jurisdiction over the "Church Militant."

Latin Take on Deification

This is it. Whatever deification means, sacred scripture, the theological tradition, and the witness of the mystics are clear: we are oned with Christ's humanity and thereby participate in His own hypostatic union. https://t.co/lJbEZ8fani

— Taylor Patrick O'Neill (@thomaesplendor) July 2, 2022

Bauerschmidt Interview

I recently talked with the folks @CredoMagazine: https://t.co/EXSd6Ftkwh

— Fritz Bauerschmidt (@BauerschmidtC) June 30, 2022

Recovering Greek?

Symbolon, now this. Linguistic appropriation. Too bad Latins don't return to studying Scripture and theology in Greek too; it would help them see how their tradition diverges from that of the Byzantines/Greeks.

This is a beautiful and graced video. I must read the book now ⁦@FrHarrison ⁦⁦@PBMPublishing⁩ https://t.co/sCqgvSHaws

— Andrew Parker (@AndrewJRParker) September 12, 2021

A Latin Defense of the Infallibility of Canonizations

Good recent book from Arouca Press. I have a piece in it arguing for a 'minimal-infallibilist position', i.e. canonisation guarantees that the canonised person is among the blessed but not necessarily that he exercised heroic virtue on earth. https://t.co/vZaezYDGCe

— Fr Thomas Crean OP (@crean_fr) September 7, 2021

A Latin Soteriology?

"Christ, God become man, comes to meet us where? Precisely in our weaknesses and sufferings. Indeed, Christ plumbs the depths of human frailty, kenotically* embracing a life of servitude and suffering, to the point of even death on a cross." —Prof. Paul Gondreau pic.twitter.com/8HQ6FxDhVV

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) August 26, 2021

Another Exercise in Mental Gymnastics

by a Latin on Vatican II because of his commitments to Latin ecclesiology:

Aside from the need to distinguish Vatican II and the liturgical reforms following (many of which do not reflect the council’s teachings), it is curious how Francis has removed Vatican II as an object of further study and inquiry.https://t.co/N0V4cwRYAv

— Crisis Magazine (@CrisisMag) August 24, 2021

Sacrifice and Substitution

Roberto Calasso’s Substitutionary Logic of Sacrifice
by Stephen Metzgerhttps://t.co/saQSwfNC3X

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) August 5, 2021

Does St. Anselm really hold to that sort of substitutionary theory of atonement? Or to an older Patristic one, in which Christ is the substitute for Adam after his failure?

Cardinal Kasper on the EF

"I know many people are scandalized when they come to St. Peter’s in Rome early in the morning and see that on many altars priests celebrating the 'old Mass' without any altar boy and no participation of the faithful" — Cardinal Kasper https://t.co/Sx4jUWf9pM

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) July 23, 2021

The problem is not the EF but Latin liturgial praxis, justified by Latin sacramental theology (and Latin canon law). How has Kasper been the change he wants to see?

The Latin Notion of Sacrifice

It's Christ himself working through the liturgy that lives in us in our daily lives to transform the world. Liturgy is the work of Christ done on behalf of the people, so too is the work which we do in the world the work of Christ done on behalf of othershttps://t.co/l8O7dnZ4B4

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) July 17, 2021

Dom Alcuin Reid on Unity

On the Unity of the Church: Some Good Advice from Dom Alcuin Reid https://t.co/cNd4DZqQDq

— NLM (@NLMblog) July 18, 2021

How Much Theology Is Necessary for Catechesis?

Theology can't make up for the lack of a decent liturgy or liturgical catechesis.

“Theology curriculums designed for learning at several levels just might be the key to attracting them to life in Christ.”

In his Word on Fire Blog, @MixaRobert discusses @BishopBarron’s challenge to theology teachers to not “dumb down” the faith: https://t.co/GjI0jIGGWl pic.twitter.com/uUe5uzzAoD

— Word on Fire (@WordOnFire) July 12, 2021

Fr. Venard Reviews FC Bauerschmidt's Latest Book

I am incredibly honored by Olivier-Thomas Venard's generous review of my book. One of the best things about academia is when people tell you things about your work that you yourself have only half understood. https://t.co/VKpNmv1RdA

— Fritz Bauerschmidt (@BauerschmidtC) July 12, 2021

Latin Unitarianism

Our friendship with God does not depend on our goodness, or anything we could possibly earn. It is rooted in God’s great and mysterious love. The same love that led him to lay down his life for all of us.

— Abp. José H. Gomez (@ArchbishopGomez) July 6, 2021

Supposedly trained by Opus Dei, too.

Jeremy Holmes

Summer reading: Alumnus author Dr. Jeremy Holmes (’99) asks why the WORD became words -- https://t.co/tozqMdD8xp @IgnatiusPress pic.twitter.com/dJedAVOnPl

— ThomasAquinasCollege (@TACollege) July 6, 2021

A Latin on Peter's Confession

Friends, today’s Gospel spells out the importance of Peter’s confession. For it is upon this inspired confession that the Church is built. Not on popular opinion, and not on personal holiness. It is built upon the inspired authority of Peter.https://t.co/2GLGKhmJlN pic.twitter.com/RUodhYEfSb

— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) June 29, 2021

Reading it as referring exclusively to the bishop of Rome, when others would read Peter's confession as applying to all bishops, and not just all bishops, but possibly the laity as well. After all, Christ is the Rock, and Peter participates in the Rock who is Christ through faith.

A Return to Mysticism?

Reappropriating the Mystery and Meaning of Salvation in Christ
by Robert Imbelli of @BostonCollege via @leodelo2
https://t.co/QTDgU2L1E6 #wednesdaythought #CatholicTwitter #Wednesdayvibe #Catholic #WednesdayMotivation #religion #theology

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) June 16, 2021

Various spiritual writers and theologians have been praised as being precursors of Vatican II in calling for the return of the Christian faithful to the pursuit of holiness. But was a synod the appropriate means for trying to implement such a reform? A centralized system cannot help but look for a centralized solution; was a better way possible? Are there too many human obstacles to the action of the Holy Spirit, especially in the form of ecclesial power structures?