Endangered language opens window on to past (w/ Video)
Dr Ioanna Sitaridou - Cambridge - Language Sciences
Related:
How correct is this presentation?
Part 2
The author's website.
Amazon page.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Sunday, June 09, 2013
Byzantine Sacred Architecture
Nicholas Patricios, The Sacred Architecture of Byzantium: Art, Liturgy and Symbolism in Early Christian Churches (I.B. Tauris, September 2013), 384pp. (via Eastern Christian Books)
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Vatican Diary / The scourge of divorce between bishop and diocese
Can't a case be made that much of this careerism (and the possibility of transfer upon which it relies) is due to the centralization of the Western Patriarchate?
Can't a case be made that much of this careerism (and the possibility of transfer upon which it relies) is due to the centralization of the Western Patriarchate?
Vatican Insider: Claire, the woman who became a Christian in Pol Pot’s Cambodian killing fields
The book about the story of the Cambodian exile is being presented at the Vicenza Bible Festival
The book about the story of the Cambodian exile is being presented at the Vicenza Bible Festival
Some relative inexpensive copies (less than $50) of Fr. Taft's Divine Liturgies: Human Problems in Byzantium, Armenia, Syria and Palestine (Hardback) available through ABE.
Friday, June 07, 2013
A Pricey Volume
113 pounds
I had forgotten that there was a Centre for Eastern Christian Studies at the International Theological Institute. I was looking through the news section and found this from From February of last year:
Has anyone done a review of her book on Demetrius Kydones?
I had forgotten that there was a Centre for Eastern Christian Studies at the International Theological Institute. I was looking through the news section and found this from From February of last year:
On 16th February the Eastern Centre hosted Dr Judith Ryder of Wolfson College, Oxford. She addressed the ITI and a number of other visitors from the wider academic and ecclesiastical communities on the topic 'Demetrius Kydones: Statesman and Thomist in the Twilight of Byzantium'. Demetrius Kydones and his brother Prochorus were amongst the most prominent of the Byzantine Thomists of the fourteenth century. Kydones also served as Mesazōn (Prime Minister) to three Byzantine Emperors. Personally in communion with theHoly See, he worked to accomplish the (canonical and intellectual) reunification of Byzantium and Rome and to obtain the assistance of a Crusade for the Empire ever more threatened by the rise of the Ottoman Turks. Dr Ryder persuasively argued that for Kydones the key to his task was the effort toconvince his fellow Byzantines that they must remain in dialogue not just with each other but with both the Latin Fathers and their Western contemporaries. Dr Ryder is currently working on eleventh century Byzantium. Her study of Kydones "The Career and Writings of Demetrius Kydones" (2010) is published by Brill.
Has anyone done a review of her book on Demetrius Kydones?
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Thomistica.net: Taparelli's magnum opus available from La Civiltà Cattolica
I will have to read Thomas Burke's paper.
Taparelli is perhaps best remembered (if at all) for his contribution to the concept of subsidiarity and for coining the term “social justice” (giustizia sociale). His understanding of social justice is not exactly the same as our contemporary notion of it. Thomas Burke (one of the few people who write about Taparelli in English — Thomas Behr is another) has this to say about Taparellian social justice:
It is one of the ironies of history that the quintessentially “liberal” idea of “social justice,” as it was to become (in American terminology), should have been originated by an ardent conservative … Unlike the conception of social justice generally accepted in our society at the present time, which is socialist and difficult, if not impossible, to harmonize with our ordinary conception of justice, Taparelli’s conception 1) is simply the ordinary and traditional conception of justice applied in a new area, namely the constitutional arrangements of society, 2) does not apply to states of affairs in society that could exist independently of human actions, 3) constitutes a defense of societal inequality, and 4) is conservative.
I will have to read Thomas Burke's paper.
Communio: Milan Lach nominated auxiliary bishop of Presov
Some photos of the ordination: Vysviacka pomocného biskupa Milana Lacha.
Some photos of the ordination: Vysviacka pomocného biskupa Milana Lacha.
I am curious as to what Anthony Rizzi does with Newtonian Mechanics in his textbook but as it is priced like a textbook I won't find out for a while.
Turns out he was on Coast to Coast AM back in 2004.
Turns out he was on Coast to Coast AM back in 2004.
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
An Interview with Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk
From 2012: The B.C. Catholic interviews Major Archbishop Shevchuk
Something at Zenit.
A liturgy from last year, I believe:
Something at Zenit.
A liturgy from last year, I believe:
Nothing new at Four Causes, the blog for the Society for Thomistic Natural Philosophy.
But there is the 2013 West Coast Meeting of the Society for Aristotelian-Thomistic Studies being held at TAC on June 13 and 14. The organization's website has a new look and all of the materials are probably accessible to members only, as I don't see them on the website. It's been a while since I paid membership dues, as very little was being done with the website.
But there is the 2013 West Coast Meeting of the Society for Aristotelian-Thomistic Studies being held at TAC on June 13 and 14. The organization's website has a new look and all of the materials are probably accessible to members only, as I don't see them on the website. It's been a while since I paid membership dues, as very little was being done with the website.
Pope Francis on the Culture of Waste
Today's General Audience - Asia News: Pope: counter the culture of waste, man not money must "cultivate and care” for Creation
Vatican Radio
Zenit text.
Rome Reports:
Vatican Radio
Zenit text.
Rome Reports:
Another Book from Matt Levering
A Sure Guide to St. Augustine’s Thought and Theology by Jared Ortiz
A review of Matthew Levering’s new book, The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works
(via Insight Scoop)
A review of Matthew Levering’s new book, The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works
(via Insight Scoop)
Inertia
Had a brief discussion about physics and science with a "professional" phyisicist yesterday on Facebook; I had to dust off the cobwebs in the attic of my mind. I was thinking about inertia (especially as formulated by Newton). How would one go about questioning or even refuting it as a postulate or axiom? By looking at the explanation of change? Does anything non-living move itself? And should we not take into consideration natural versus violent motion?
If simple bodies do not move themselves but are moved by another... and if it is the First Mover that moves them when the motion is natural, then the end or purpose of that motion is determined by the First Mover as a part of their nature.
It may be natural for some things to persist in changing place (locomotion) until they come to rest for some reason. But is it possible for other things to be in perpetual motion for a reason that we cannot readily discern? The end of motion is not rest but some perfection extrinsic to the thing? (example: the celestial bodies? - motion in a 'circular' path) At the moment I cannot think of a reason to rule out this possibility outright.
On the other hand, I do not have any a priori reason yet to claim either that all instances of natural locomotion must be of the second kind either. (As the principle of inertia would seem to entail.)
[Various forms of 'rectilinear' motion are due to attractions proper to the natures of certain things? Are there any exceptions?]
One who has been instructed in modern physics will assume inertia is an uncontroversial or evident truth, on par with the fact of the earth being round. How would awaken him from such a dogmatic slumber? (He did subscribe to a form of scientism, saying that the only valid knowledge of physical reality was obtained through the scientific method. And he claimed that teleology was pseudoscience.)
If simple bodies do not move themselves but are moved by another... and if it is the First Mover that moves them when the motion is natural, then the end or purpose of that motion is determined by the First Mover as a part of their nature.
It may be natural for some things to persist in changing place (locomotion) until they come to rest for some reason. But is it possible for other things to be in perpetual motion for a reason that we cannot readily discern? The end of motion is not rest but some perfection extrinsic to the thing? (example: the celestial bodies? - motion in a 'circular' path) At the moment I cannot think of a reason to rule out this possibility outright.
On the other hand, I do not have any a priori reason yet to claim either that all instances of natural locomotion must be of the second kind either. (As the principle of inertia would seem to entail.)
[Various forms of 'rectilinear' motion are due to attractions proper to the natures of certain things? Are there any exceptions?]
One who has been instructed in modern physics will assume inertia is an uncontroversial or evident truth, on par with the fact of the earth being round. How would awaken him from such a dogmatic slumber? (He did subscribe to a form of scientism, saying that the only valid knowledge of physical reality was obtained through the scientific method. And he claimed that teleology was pseudoscience.)
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Stanford University: Vatican II: Catholicism Meets Modernity
Led by Paul Crowley, SJ - you can find videos for the course here.
Led by Paul Crowley, SJ - you can find videos for the course here.
Upholding the Legacy...
Pope Francis remembers Bl Pope John XXIII (full text)
Asia News: Pope: John XXIII, the good pope's daily abandonment to God's will is a lesson for the Church of our time
John XXIII’s providential decision to hold Vatican II is hailed as a milestone in the Catholic Church
Healing in the Parish and the World: Let Us Go Forth in Peace by Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)
Asia News: Pope: John XXIII, the good pope's daily abandonment to God's will is a lesson for the Church of our time
John XXIII’s providential decision to hold Vatican II is hailed as a milestone in the Catholic Church
Healing in the Parish and the World: Let Us Go Forth in Peace by Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)
Monday, June 03, 2013
Notre Dame: Cardinal Dolan delivers the Commencement Address
Zenit transcript
Misc.
Catholic Vote: SIX GREAT GIFTS FOR THE NEWLY ORDAINED. (AND FIVE THINGS TO SHY AWAY FROM.)
Modern Questions, Ancient Answers: Defining and Defending Human Dignity in Our Time
Sunday, June 02, 2013
Prostopinije
The plainchant of the Ruthenians; according to the wiki entry, it is closely related to Znamenny chant. I've heard some Znamenny; the two forms of plainchant don't sound that similar. Maybe it's because the Znamenny I've heard primarily comes from Valaam, and I haven't really heard pure Znamenny. (Or is it because it's an all-male group?)
Paschal Ode 1 - Prostopinije
Palm Sunday Vespers 2011
Znamenny Chant?
Valaam - this example seems to be more like a mix of Byzantine and Znamenny - Valaam chant?
In English:
Not Valaam:
Related:
The Znamenny Chant of the Russian Church--Part I; Part 2 [alt]
Church of the Nativity page
Znamenny Chant by Fr. Simon Pimen Pt.1 (Parts 2 and 3)
Paschal Ode 1 - Prostopinije
Palm Sunday Vespers 2011
Znamenny Chant?
Valaam - this example seems to be more like a mix of Byzantine and Znamenny - Valaam chant?
In English:
Not Valaam:
Related:
The Znamenny Chant of the Russian Church--Part I; Part 2 [alt]
Church of the Nativity page
Znamenny Chant by Fr. Simon Pimen Pt.1 (Parts 2 and 3)
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013
"Error Has No Rights"
The Last Laugh of Alfredo Ottaviani by George Weigel
Cardinal Ottaviani Responds to George Weigel by Peter Crenshaw
Cardinal Ottaviani Responds to George Weigel by Peter Crenshaw
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Sandro Magister: Even Peter Puts His Money in the Bank
The objectives of the Holy See in the financial field and the future of the IOR, in an address by Pope Francis and in a report by the Vatican supervisory authority
The objectives of the Holy See in the financial field and the future of the IOR, in an address by Pope Francis and in a report by the Vatican supervisory authority
The Common Good and Scale
Thaddeus Kozinski and James Chastek respond to the Robert George-Michael Hannon debate on the common good. Maybe I will eventually write my own post, which will be a rehash of things I've already written before...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Thomas Aquinas: A Portrait
Yale University Press
Thomistica.net: Denys Turner on Aquinas the materialist
I hope a [prominent] Dominican will write a book review. Aidan Nichols's Discovering Aquinas uses the same painting for its cover as well; someone should be drawing icons of St. Thomas Aquinas, whether in imitation of Fra Angelico or not.
Thomistica.net: Denys Turner on Aquinas the materialist
I hope a [prominent] Dominican will write a book review. Aidan Nichols's Discovering Aquinas uses the same painting for its cover as well; someone should be drawing icons of St. Thomas Aquinas, whether in imitation of Fra Angelico or not.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Symposium: THE NATURE AND ROLE OF DEACONS, OR THE FULLNESS OF PRIESTHOOD
The author advances the following:
"The bishop possesses the fullness of the priestly ministry, while those he ordains priest act vicariously on his behalf – analogous to being his hands at the Altar – and the deacons something more like his feet, as they go into the highways and byways in search of the poor and those in need."
So - is the diaconate distinguished by its ministry of works of mercy? Or, is it distinguished rather by their preaching? (the thesis advanced by another author)
The author advances the following:
"The bishop possesses the fullness of the priestly ministry, while those he ordains priest act vicariously on his behalf – analogous to being his hands at the Altar – and the deacons something more like his feet, as they go into the highways and byways in search of the poor and those in need."
So - is the diaconate distinguished by its ministry of works of mercy? Or, is it distinguished rather by their preaching? (the thesis advanced by another author)
Monday, May 27, 2013
A explanation of the curriculum at St. John's College: Reflections on St. John’s College: The Conservative Contrarian
Chiesa: Vatican Diary / The identity cards of the last two popes
Zenit: Pope Francis Celebrates Sunday Mass at Roman Parish
Parishioners Moved by Pontiff's Visit on Solemnity of the Holy Trinity
Reaction at Rorate Caeli: Trinity Sunday's papal Mass: liturgical note
"Reality Is Seen from the Suburbs"
Are Italian suburbs as disordered as American ones? Less or equally unsustainable? And should they be included in the same diocese as the urban "core" or center?
Still, Pope: Culture of economic comfort deprives us of closeness to the Lord
“Culture of economic wellbeing and attraction towards the provisional prevent us from following Jesus”
Francis said this during this morning’s mass in St. Martha’s House, co-celebrated with the Archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin
Zenit: Pope Francis Celebrates Sunday Mass at Roman Parish
Parishioners Moved by Pontiff's Visit on Solemnity of the Holy Trinity
Reaction at Rorate Caeli: Trinity Sunday's papal Mass: liturgical note
"Reality Is Seen from the Suburbs"
Are Italian suburbs as disordered as American ones? Less or equally unsustainable? And should they be included in the same diocese as the urban "core" or center?
Still, Pope: Culture of economic comfort deprives us of closeness to the Lord
“Culture of economic wellbeing and attraction towards the provisional prevent us from following Jesus”
Francis said this during this morning’s mass in St. Martha’s House, co-celebrated with the Archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin
Leitourgia: Book review: The Typikon Decoded by Archimandrite Job Getcha (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press)
A book that I've been meaning to get...
A book that I've been meaning to get...
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
The Unknown Mission of Sts. Cyril and Methodius by Sergei Milov
An interview with Anatoly Arkadyevich Turilov
An interview with Anatoly Arkadyevich Turilov
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Should Pro-Lifers Be Anti-Death? by John Zmirak
Defending the innocent doesn't mean foregoing justice
Defending the innocent doesn't mean foregoing justice
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Photographs of various Byzantine-rite monasteries (most of which are Orthodox, one is Catholic) taken by Father Anthony Falsarella: Father Anthony's Monastery Journal
Renewing the Presence of Love in the World (Metropolitan Merkury of Rostov and Novocherkassk)
If we do not seek to live in friendship with others, we should understand that this is not "normal" but rather a sickness that requires an intervention by the Divine Physician. Most people are not completely anti-social, but they do need to open their hearts more to those around them.
This is not because God is retreating from us. God’s presence among people is becoming impoverished because people are not open to God and to one another; man’s will often opposes God’s will and he is not in a condition to accept God in his life. This is because, by accepting God in his life, man accepts an enormous responsibility before both God and his neighbors. It is much easier to live irresponsibly, because nothing will disturb you apart from your own evil, your own personal pleasures, needs, and prosperity. When one’s entire human core is directed towards this, then of course one becomes removed from God, since one is not in a condition to accept God in one’s life. Accepting God into oneself means that one will have to change the vicious structure of one’s life.
If we do not seek to live in friendship with others, we should understand that this is not "normal" but rather a sickness that requires an intervention by the Divine Physician. Most people are not completely anti-social, but they do need to open their hearts more to those around them.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Holy Resurrection Monastery Divine Liturgy at IRL Event Mundelein, Illinois
Bright Friday
The homily has sparked some controversy on FB.
My comment on the use of intellectual history:
"Too often intellectual history is used (poorly) as a substitute for real philosophy/theology - and in the case of theology, what is needed is an engagement with the sources and authorities so that these are understood well. Undoubtedly a good Latin theologian familiar with the various schools or traditions in Western Christendom will dispute the points made in Abbot Nicholas's homily, and I personally think it might have been better if he had refrained from attempting a comparison within the homily, and just focused on the "positive." But as someone who seeks to bring healing, he may have felt justified in making this correction, though we would disagree with his diagnosis."
The homily has sparked some controversy on FB.
My comment on the use of intellectual history:
"Too often intellectual history is used (poorly) as a substitute for real philosophy/theology - and in the case of theology, what is needed is an engagement with the sources and authorities so that these are understood well. Undoubtedly a good Latin theologian familiar with the various schools or traditions in Western Christendom will dispute the points made in Abbot Nicholas's homily, and I personally think it might have been better if he had refrained from attempting a comparison within the homily, and just focused on the "positive." But as someone who seeks to bring healing, he may have felt justified in making this correction, though we would disagree with his diagnosis."
Friday, May 17, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
More New Offerings from Angelico Press
I had not noticed that these were available, in addition to the latest from Stratford Caldecott -
Behold the Heritage: Foundations of Education in the Dominican Tradition by Sister Matthew Marie Cummings (Editor), O.P., Sister Elizabeth Anne Allen, O.P.
Our Way and Our Life: Christ in His Mysteries by Blessed Columba Marmion
With Christ - An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion
A review of one of the last book: Catholic Thursday: With Christ - An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion
Apparently no one has republished his Christ, the Ideal of the Monk yet.
It looks like the company is distributing works by Wolfgang Smith. (I don't think it is republishing them.) Here is one:
Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions: A Critique of Contemporary Scientism by Wolfgang Smith
Behold the Heritage: Foundations of Education in the Dominican Tradition by Sister Matthew Marie Cummings (Editor), O.P., Sister Elizabeth Anne Allen, O.P.
Our Way and Our Life: Christ in His Mysteries by Blessed Columba Marmion
With Christ - An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion
A review of one of the last book: Catholic Thursday: With Christ - An Anthology of the Writings of Blessed Columba Marmion
Apparently no one has republished his Christ, the Ideal of the Monk yet.
It looks like the company is distributing works by Wolfgang Smith. (I don't think it is republishing them.) Here is one:
Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions: A Critique of Contemporary Scientism by Wolfgang Smith
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
One to One: Picture of the Day: East Meets West by Greg Kandra
Cardinal Cleemis Mar Baselios, major archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Church, visits with Cardinal Timothy Dolan...
Cardinal Cleemis Mar Baselios, major archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Church, visits with Cardinal Timothy Dolan...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Teaching the Natural Sciences
James Chastek, Classical education and the math/science problem
Re: teaching the natural sciences - I have not seen Dr. Rizzi's textbook yet - it might be useful for secondary level students. I think beyond learning the general principles of the natural sciences, students should become familiar with living things that are relevant to their own lives - animals and plants they eat, and so on. As for non-living things - some knowledge of certain chemicals/substances, but any modelling will be educated opinion. Even the use of experiments may lead only to educated opinion, at best, and so we should probably resign ourselves to the limits to the knowledge we who do not have the laboratory or materials can obtain through the analysis to elements, etc.
A book has been written based on his text - First Physics, by Murray Daw. (St. Augustine's Press)
Just saw this blog, again - no recent entries - Real Physics TM.
And something pertinent to this post - Ite Ad Thomam: Dr. Romero's Translation of Hugon's Cosmology Now in Print!!!
Re: teaching the natural sciences - I have not seen Dr. Rizzi's textbook yet - it might be useful for secondary level students. I think beyond learning the general principles of the natural sciences, students should become familiar with living things that are relevant to their own lives - animals and plants they eat, and so on. As for non-living things - some knowledge of certain chemicals/substances, but any modelling will be educated opinion. Even the use of experiments may lead only to educated opinion, at best, and so we should probably resign ourselves to the limits to the knowledge we who do not have the laboratory or materials can obtain through the analysis to elements, etc.
A book has been written based on his text - First Physics, by Murray Daw. (St. Augustine's Press)
Just saw this blog, again - no recent entries - Real Physics TM.
And something pertinent to this post - Ite Ad Thomam: Dr. Romero's Translation of Hugon's Cosmology Now in Print!!!
Medievalists.net: Medieval Academy of America rocked by resignations of Executive Directors
What future for medieval studies in Uhmerica?
What future for medieval studies in Uhmerica?
Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy: “Who is a Christian?”: A Discussion with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick on Ancient Faith Today - podcast
Monday, May 13, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Interview with Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Salt and Light TV
He will be coming to California for this year's Napa Institute summer conference, along with Bishop Borys Gudziak.
He will be coming to California for this year's Napa Institute summer conference, along with Bishop Borys Gudziak.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Pope Tawadros II Visits Pope Francis
Zenit: Historic Meeting Takes Place Between Pope Francis and Coptic Pope Tawadros II
Emphasize Promotion of Ecumenical Dialogue Between Both Churches
Pope Francis' Address to Coptic Pope Tawadros II
Coptic Pope proposes to celebrate feast for Catholics and Coptic Christians on May 10
Previously...
Pope Francis to meet with Coptic Orthodox pope, Tawadros II, to mark key anniversary
Emphasize Promotion of Ecumenical Dialogue Between Both Churches
Pope Francis' Address to Coptic Pope Tawadros II
Coptic Pope proposes to celebrate feast for Catholics and Coptic Christians on May 10
Previously...
Pope Francis to meet with Coptic Orthodox pope, Tawadros II, to mark key anniversary
Friday, May 10, 2013
MosPat: Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates Paschal service at the church of the ‘Joy to All the Afflicted” Icon of the Mother of God
"Concelebrating were schema-archimandrite Gabriel (Bunge) from the Korsun diocese..."
"Concelebrating were schema-archimandrite Gabriel (Bunge) from the Korsun diocese..."
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
A Rebuttal to Archimandrite Taft
CWR: "Sister Churches": A Clarification by Michael J. Miller
And an Orthodox responds to some remarks made by Pope Francis: Pope Francis: Without me there is no Church
And an Orthodox responds to some remarks made by Pope Francis: Pope Francis: Without me there is no Church
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Angelico Publishes Another Book by Stratford Caldecott
Stratford Caldecott, The Radiance of Being: Dimensions of Cosmic Christianity
The Imaginative Conservative has an excerpt.
From Public Discourse:
Truth, Responsibility, and Love
by Ryan T. Anderson on May 6th, 2013
The Regent University 2013 Commencement Address, delivered May 4, 2013.
After Beauty
by Mark Signorelli on May 3rd, 2013
Just as our culture’s rejection of an essential human nature wreaked havoc on our moral thought, so too our rejection of the concept of form has made our artwork incoherent.
All Things Made New: Announcing a new book
Second Spring
The Imaginative Conservative has an excerpt.
From Public Discourse:
Truth, Responsibility, and Love
by Ryan T. Anderson on May 6th, 2013
The Regent University 2013 Commencement Address, delivered May 4, 2013.
After Beauty
by Mark Signorelli on May 3rd, 2013
Just as our culture’s rejection of an essential human nature wreaked havoc on our moral thought, so too our rejection of the concept of form has made our artwork incoherent.
All Things Made New: Announcing a new book
Second Spring
Monday, May 06, 2013
A New Book by Lauren Pristas
Which will feature much of her previously published material on the collects of the Roman rite. Chant Cafe: An Item for the Book Budget
Pravmir: Encyclical for Holy Pascha of Patriarch Bartholomew
Paschal Message of His Holiness Kirill Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Orthodox Easter Resurrection: The Gift of Liberation and Call to Compassion [HuffPo]
Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for Holy Pascha
Paschal Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon
Paschal Message of His Eminence Hilarion Metropolitan of Eastern and America
Paschal Letter of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Paschal Message of His Holiness Kirill Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Orthodox Easter Resurrection: The Gift of Liberation and Call to Compassion [HuffPo]
Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for Holy Pascha
Paschal Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon
Paschal Message of His Eminence Hilarion Metropolitan of Eastern and America
Paschal Letter of His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Sunday, May 05, 2013
Saturday, May 04, 2013
Friday, May 03, 2013
There has been some discussion of whether the requirement for clerical celibacy will be relaxed in the Roman rite (i.e. the Patriarchate of Rome). Some may saythat for an increase in vocations prayer, penance, and sacrifice, along with the presence of an "orthodox" bishop (with a seminary and vocations director to back him up) suffice. But if the local Church is to be instantiated according to a more human scale (1 priest per 150 families, let's say), will there be enough priests?
Thursday, May 02, 2013
A Calvinist Responds to Feser and Kozinski
via TK: TWO ENDS OR TWO KINGDOMS? by Peter Escalante
Related: “We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident”: A Dialogue
Related: “We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident”: A Dialogue
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
In the West, the new evangelization and renewal of the local Church must involve the renewal of communal life in the parishes. This cannot happen until a proper and concerted response to the modern nation-state, and the political economy upon which it is built, especially its gradually assumed dependence upon cheap energy, is undertaken by Christians - I believe this response will include a movement towards voluntary simplicity.
Shopping Our Way to Sustainability - Really?
Ready for Rationing? Why We Should Put the Brakes on Consumption If We Want to Survive
Mutual Aid Medical Care
Shopping Our Way to Sustainability - Really?
Ready for Rationing? Why We Should Put the Brakes on Consumption If We Want to Survive
Mutual Aid Medical Care
Fr. Janko Zagar, O.P. Passes
A Model of Dominican Life
Wipf and Stock have reprinted his book, Acting on Principles, available. (The editor is Fr. Augustine.)
Wipf and Stock have reprinted his book, Acting on Principles, available. (The editor is Fr. Augustine.)
One More for the Medieval Geek
The classical trivium: the place of Thomas Nashe in the learning of his time by Marshall McLuhan (his Ph.D. dissertation)
Someone posted a link to an essay which referenced McLuhan in its discussion of the trivium and how various authors differed as to the importance of rhetoric. I wasn't sure if I could find the link again, but I did - Thinking Trivially about Radical Orthodoxy. I had forgotten McLuhan had converted to Catholicism.
eighth day books blog
Someone posted a link to an essay which referenced McLuhan in its discussion of the trivium and how various authors differed as to the importance of rhetoric. I wasn't sure if I could find the link again, but I did - Thinking Trivially about Radical Orthodoxy. I had forgotten McLuhan had converted to Catholicism.
eighth day books blog
DSPT: Book Launch: “Unlocking Divine Action: Contemporary Science and Thomas Aquinas” by Fr. Michael Dodds, OP
Video of the presentation is now available:
Video of the presentation is now available:
Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
CWR: Full text: Pope Francis’ Wednesday Audience address on the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
“Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person.”
“Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person.”
CWR Interview with Fr. Taft
CWR: Building Bridges Between Orthodox and Catholic Christians by Christopher B. Warner
An interview with Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ, prominent Byzantine liturgical theologian and lifelong healer of Christian relations between East and West
An interview with Archimandrite Robert Taft, SJ, prominent Byzantine liturgical theologian and lifelong healer of Christian relations between East and West
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Head of German bishops’ conference says the idea of women deacons “no longer taboo”
Some defend deaconesses as a valid Byzantine practice and a true holy order, but I wonder if this is really the case, or an aberration/novelty? Is it present in any other apostolic Christian traditions/rites?
Some defend deaconesses as a valid Byzantine practice and a true holy order, but I wonder if this is really the case, or an aberration/novelty? Is it present in any other apostolic Christian traditions/rites?
The Discussion Sparked by David Hart on Natural Law Continues...
Edward Feser has some links, plus his latest response.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Jacques Maritain’s Service to Truth by Christopher Shannon
Without minimizing the importance of his writings, Maritain initially exerted his most powerful influence at a personal level through his Thomistic Study Circle, which he founded in 1914. Although placed under the spiritual direction of Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., renowned as the leading guardian of Thomistic orthodoxy, the Circle nonetheless attracted a broad range of avante-garde, modernist intellectuals in various degrees of association with the Church. The appeal of the meetings was as much spiritual as intellectual, for Maritain intended his circle to pursue both sanctity and study. He understood the work of the Circle as in part making reparation for the sins against the intellect committed in the modern period. This aspect of the Thomistic revival was often lost on those who knew Maritain only through his writings, and continues to elude many. For Maritain, as for Thomas and the best of the Thomistic tradition, the truths of philosophy and theology were guides for a spiritual journey toward a deeper personal encounter with Jesus Christ. Bloy had directed Maritain toward the lives of the saints and the writings of Catholic mystics well before he began his study of St. Thomas. Maritain’s turn to scholastic rationality in no way entailed an abandonment of the more experiential and existential approaches that first drew him to the Church.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Politicizing the Papal Transition: A Retrospective by Jeffrey Tucker
My own thoughts, as we are still in the early days of the new pontificate - things may not be as dire, especially with respect to liturgical matters, as some traditionalists might fear. We may pray that much good be done and that there will be many reforms but it remains to be seen whether those in authority have a sufficient grasp of reality and the complexities of our trials.
My own thoughts, as we are still in the early days of the new pontificate - things may not be as dire, especially with respect to liturgical matters, as some traditionalists might fear. We may pray that much good be done and that there will be many reforms but it remains to be seen whether those in authority have a sufficient grasp of reality and the complexities of our trials.
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