Friday, May 03, 2019
More on A.G. Sertillanges, O.P.
CWR Dispatch: Rules for Christian Intellectuals, Part II by Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin
Latins Gonna Latin
This was republished by Catholic Culture in response to the letter accusing Pope Francis of heresy. Alternative ecclesiologies will not be considered!
Theories that Francis is not the Pope (or can be deposed) destroy the credibility of the Church by Dr. Jeff Mirus
Theories that Francis is not the Pope (or can be deposed) destroy the credibility of the Church by Dr. Jeff Mirus
Exorcism
50 years ago Jesuit theologians argued the age of exorcism had ended. @matthewschmitz tells us why it has come back in this week's Catholic Herald.https://t.co/0uwVTNgevD pic.twitter.com/VIrC3zfaqU
— Catholic Herald (@CatholicHerald) May 3, 2019
Preaching and Theology
Church Life: There’s No Relation Between Preaching and Theology by John Cavadini
Something on the Book of Revelation
Church Life: Liturgy and Slaughter in the Book of Revelation by Francesca A. Murphy
The New Passover
Church Life: The Liturgy is the Easter Story’s Proper Setting by Paulinus Ikechukwu Odozor
Richard Bernier, "Byzantine Spirituality and the Tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola"
Not a connection one would expect to be made, and probably not without criticism.
Thursday, May 02, 2019
Wednesday, May 01, 2019
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Was it enough?
What were the causes for the evangelization of South America by the Jesuits not being effective? Interference by the secular authorities?
Monday, April 29, 2019
Altieri on Curial Reform
CWR: Despite much-hyped reform, new Curia remains a governing apparatus by Christopher R. Altieri
Vatican watchers got their first real look at what might be in store for the Church’s central governing apparatus this weekend, when an article appeared in the new edition of Spain’s leading Catholic Vida Nueva [...]
Vatican watchers got their first real look at what might be in store for the Church’s central governing apparatus this weekend, when an article appeared in the new edition of Spain’s leading Catholic Vida Nueva [...]
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Illumination
It is good to see adult converts; certainly has me thinking again about the question of initiating all babies, children, and teenagers into the Christian life without discernment by the pastor.
Keunwoo Kwon Reviews Justice as a Virtue
Reading Religion
While this book is an excellent work crafted by a first-rate scholar, this reader has a minor quibble about an omission rather than a commission. In this volume Porter does not address the issue of “burdened virtue” raised by Lisa Tessman in her 2005 Burdened Virtues (Oxford University Press). Since Porter discusses with nuance the complicated relationship between justice and eudaemonia in chapter 5, it is a little bit of a surprise that Tessman’s well-noted challenge to the Aristotelian moral tradition is entirely absent in this chapter. To what extent would Aquinas acknowledge the contingent connection between virtue and flourishing? Is it legitimate to see the virtue of justice as a mean in an Aristotelian sense, given that there seems to be no mean for an intense sensitivity to others’ suffering in this tragic world? Would Aquinas’s emphasis on supernatural grace and his eschatology based upon the Exitus-Reditus framework somehow help resolve this tension? These questions deserve a serious response from Porter, especially when her work implicitly touches upon the issues treated with care by Tessman.
Labels:
books,
ethics,
future research,
Jean Porter,
justice,
rights,
the Natural Law,
virtue
Pascha, Resurrection, and Faith
Church Life: What Does Belief in the Resurrection Look Like? by David Fagerberg
The Importance of "Natural Philosophy"
Public Discourse: A Natural Philosopher’s Lament By John G. Brungardt
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Friday, April 26, 2019
Gerald J. Russello Reviews Aquinas and the Market
CWR Dispatch: Cui bono? Bringing Thomistic thought to bear on modern economics by Gerald J. Russello
In her new book, economist and theologian Mary L. Hirschfeld makes a welcome contribution to a distinctive, Catholic way of looking at economics.
In her new book, economist and theologian Mary L. Hirschfeld makes a welcome contribution to a distinctive, Catholic way of looking at economics.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
A Clarification?
But according to whom?
Sandro Magister: The Two Paschas of Jews and Christians. A Previously Unpublished Letter By the Pope Emeritus
Sandro Magister: The Two Paschas of Jews and Christians. A Previously Unpublished Letter By the Pope Emeritus
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Monday, April 22, 2019
Sunday, April 21, 2019
A Reason for Evangelization?
Liberals, statists, and non-believers will not care about the Christian genealogy of rights and rights talk, just as they don't really care about Roman Law or the Common Law, except insofar as it supports their ideology.
RCP: Recovering the Christian Foundations of Human Rights by Peter Berkowitz
RCP: Recovering the Christian Foundations of Human Rights by Peter Berkowitz
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Friday, April 19, 2019
"Passover" Meal
CWR Dispatch: When was the Last Supper? by Dr. Randall B. Smith
Was the Last Supper a Passover meal or some sort of pre-Passover “farewell” meal? Does John have the story right, or do Matthew, Mark, and Luke?
Was the Last Supper a Passover meal or some sort of pre-Passover “farewell” meal? Does John have the story right, or do Matthew, Mark, and Luke?
Labels:
Brant Pitre,
Gospel of John,
Pascha,
Sacred Scripture,
Synoptic Gospels
Latin Theology of the Priesthood
HPR: Patristic Ressourcement in the Theology of the Priesthood by Dr. Joshua Madden
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Has Pope Francis Covered This in His Wednesday Catechesis yet?
Touchstone Mag: Editing Jesus
John M. McCarthy on the Implications of Changing the Pater Noster
John M. McCarthy on the Implications of Changing the Pater Noster
Something to Re-Visit
The catecheses by Pope Francis on the Lord's Prayer
CNA: Pope Francis: Christ’s glory is found in suffering for love
CNA: Pope Francis: Christ’s glory is found in suffering for love
Labels:
charity,
Christology,
Pope Francis,
soteriology,
the Lord's Prayer
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Justice
TouchstoneMag: Deliver Us From Evil: Justice Demands an Assessment of Injustice by Anthony Esolen
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
More Apologetics-Based Catechesis?
Crisis: A Remedy for the Catechetical Poverty of Our Time by Christian Browne
How about something that is based on presenting salvation history through the Roman liturgy tradition and Sacred Scripture? Or would that be too much to ask of the Pauline Missal?
How about something that is based on presenting salvation history through the Roman liturgy tradition and Sacred Scripture? Or would that be too much to ask of the Pauline Missal?
Monday, April 15, 2019
SVOTS
"I really care about the Seminary and firmly believe in the importance of sound theological education. St. Vladimir’s has never been just 'the OCA Seminary.'" --Fr. David Barr (SVOTS Class of 1983).
— St Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary (@stvlads) April 12, 2019
Read more: https://t.co/ogDvz5sQCN pic.twitter.com/heRI9DM5zH
Christopher Altieri on Benedict XVI's Essay
CWR Dispatch: The problem with Benedict’s essay by Christopher R. Altieri
Labels:
Benedict XVI,
clerical sex scandal,
Joseph Ratzinger
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Fr. Paul Mariani, SJ on Cardinal Zen's Book
For Love of My People I Will Not Remain Silent: On the Situation of the Church in China
Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong: Fighter, Teacher, Risk-Taker by Fr. Paul Mariani, S.J.
The book For Love of My People I Will Not Remain Silent: On the Situation of the Church in China is not for the faint of heart. For—as any fighter—Cardinal Zen calls out his adversaries.
Related:
The Price of Catholic Unity by MARY SPENCER
Cardinal Zen In New Book… Vatican’s China Strategy Was All About Compromise And Surrender by Maike Hickson
Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong: Fighter, Teacher, Risk-Taker by Fr. Paul Mariani, S.J.
The book For Love of My People I Will Not Remain Silent: On the Situation of the Church in China is not for the faint of heart. For—as any fighter—Cardinal Zen calls out his adversaries.
Related:
The Price of Catholic Unity by MARY SPENCER
Cardinal Zen In New Book… Vatican’s China Strategy Was All About Compromise And Surrender by Maike Hickson
Friday, April 12, 2019
Carl Olson Comments
CWR: Editorial: Benedict XVI’s essay is both insightful and incomplete by Carl E. Olson
Reaction to the unexpected release of a lengthy text—almost exactly 6,000 words in all—by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, titled “The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse”, has been both swift and polarized. Some have [...]
Reaction to the unexpected release of a lengthy text—almost exactly 6,000 words in all—by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, titled “The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse”, has been both swift and polarized. Some have [...]
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Adaptable to the Byzantine Rite?
Keble College chapel, Oxford. Still not feeling it for the medieval reredos. But Latin traditionalists generally don't care much for anything that smacks of hybridization, even if there was a common Romano-Byzantine style for some time, from which one could develop organically.
Benedict XVI on the Sexual Abuse Scandal
CWR/CNA: Full text of Benedict XVI: ‘The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse’
Essay
The following is a previously unpublished essay from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: On February 21 to 24, at the invitation of Pope Francis, the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences gathered at the Vatican to [...]
Joseph Ratzinger On Sexual Abuse in the Church: “The Ultimate Reason Lies in the Absence of God”
Commentary:
Archbishop Chaput
R. R. Reno
Essay
The following is a previously unpublished essay from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: On February 21 to 24, at the invitation of Pope Francis, the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences gathered at the Vatican to [...]
Joseph Ratzinger On Sexual Abuse in the Church: “The Ultimate Reason Lies in the Absence of God”
Commentary:
Archbishop Chaput
R. R. Reno
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Synodality and Ecumenical Councils
OrthoChristian: Contextualizing the Authority of the Ecumenical Councils: Some Thoughts on Met. Hierotheos’s Comments by Anna Stickles
What then of the incomplete work of the fourth ecumenical council?
What then of the incomplete work of the fourth ecumenical council?
Tuesday, April 09, 2019
Monday, April 08, 2019
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