Thursday, October 22, 2020
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Hochschild's Apology for the Pope's Statement on Same-Sex Civil Unions
Natural law includes clear teachings about marriage (because marriage is a reality independent of positive law).
— Josh Hochschild (@JoshHochschild) October 22, 2020
Natural law does not include clear teachings about "civil unions" (because civil unions are, by definition, defined by positive law).
Natural law includes clear teachings about what marriage is.
— Josh Hochschild (@JoshHochschild) October 22, 2020
Natural law includes a general requirement that positive law support marriage.
Natural law does not determine precisely how positive law should support marriage.
But the Natural Law does have something to say about non-procreative sex acts. It also arguably has something to say about what status should be given to those who engage in such acts with members of the same-sex. After all, Thomists recognize that law as a teacher, and in this case, it is not merely about the "union" alone, but everything that is associated with it and is legitimized by it. The fact that SSA may be involuntary does not mean that mercy requires that we validate their lifestyle choices.
The Feast of Christ the King
A Reflection on the Fate of the Feast of Christ the King https://t.co/nWZ0Oxrn3w pic.twitter.com/aBipvtPm48
— NLM (@NLMblog) October 21, 2020
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The Papal Magisterium
Let's not forget that Francis believes even the things he says to the media are part of his magisterium: https://t.co/pw5uOm0v2n @CMReport
— Steve Skojec (@SteveSkojec) October 21, 2020
Rome: "Heresy is Preferable to Schism"
For Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the prevailing thinking of German bishops and an increasingly radicalised laity is more akin to modernism than Protestantism but the Vatican won’t issue any serious ultimatum because it wants to "live in peace” https://t.co/tRbtZ3gmLe pic.twitter.com/H6u87d50Fn
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 21, 2020
Paolo Suess on the Amazon Synod
A year on from the #AmazonSynod, liberation theologian Paolo Suess laments that despite “great openness to real reforms,” in the end "traditionalists" prevailed. They “pushed the Pope into a corner,” he says, and accused him of heresies and division
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 21, 2020
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Wasn't Expecting the Next Problematic Statement So Soon
#PopeFrancis calls for civil union law for same-sex couples, in shift from Vatican stance https://t.co/kTtlwYyENd via @cnalive
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 21, 2020
Where do the Pope’s comments leave Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco who in 2007 led a major campaign against Italian government proposals for civil unions for same-sex couples, leading to death threats against him? He again resisted similar proposals in 2016 https://t.co/eK5SxvRIjF
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 21, 2020
The Vatican’s 2003 document on “Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons” https://t.co/ZIi9hgjx0A pic.twitter.com/gbigAgR2rI
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 21, 2020
From @HuffPosthttps://t.co/qGpDOyae0m
— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) October 21, 2020
From @NewWaysMinistry https://t.co/bhZtu6yBoW
— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) October 21, 2020
From @TIME https://t.co/5C3XcqEtzt
— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) October 21, 2020
Foraging and Gratitude
Mark Lewis believes food should be hard work. “People need to be more thankful for the things they have," says the forager and retired professor. https://t.co/wMCbokoLpS
— Modern Farmer (@ModFarm) October 20, 2020
Who Are the True Romans?
“The Roman Empire we look back to as part of our heritage is Latin and Pagan, whereas the Byzantine Empire was Greek and Christian.”
— The British Academy (@BritishAcademy_) October 20, 2020
Professor Andrew Louth FBA discusses the importance of Byzantine studies in modern scholarship: https://t.co/ZRcY3uCMP3
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Patriarch Bartholomew Visits Foccolare
.@EcuPatriarch Bartholomew visited the International Focolare Centre in Rome#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/UrpPkQ9Ice
— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) October 20, 2020
Trying to Establish Continuity
I think it’s a little odd for the Pope’s critics to not mention “Quadragesimo anno,” where Pius XI addressed the interpretation of “Rerum novarum” now advanced against “Fratelli tutti.” https://t.co/2cBGeRSJsD
— Pat Smith (@smithpatrick08) October 21, 2020
“To express this truth in more personal terms... I justly possess and enjoy what is rightly mine when I promote and enjoy what is rightly ours.” #FratelliTutti
— National Catholic Register (@NCRegister) October 20, 2020
--@FrAquinasOP @pficnewshttps://t.co/LB3paJj26B
The Abbey of Sant'Antimo (Part 2)
The Abbey of Sant’ Antimo (Part 2) https://t.co/3zN66ExNc8 pic.twitter.com/8u9cjbRfz7
— NLM (@NLMblog) October 20, 2020
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Vigil Service to Holy Joseph the Hesychast
Vigil Service to Saint Joseph the Hesychasthttps://t.co/ZZ4saBtpwc
— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) October 20, 2020
This Vigil service to St. Joseph was translated by the monks of Panagia Vlahernon Greek Orthodox Monastery in Williston, Florida—spiritual successors to the great Athonite saint through their spiritual father... pic.twitter.com/BzPSIU8sqj
A New Edition of His Life is Mine
A close up of the cover for the new edition of Saint Sophrony's "His Life is Mine." Available here: https://t.co/KTMonBVOxk pic.twitter.com/lOchpu3B0d
— SVS Press (@SVSPress) October 20, 2020
The Tenderness Icon
On 20 October, the Church honours the “Tenderness” Icon of the Mother of God of the Pskov Caves.
— St Elisabeth Convent. Orthodox Life And Chants (@StElisabethConv) October 20, 2020
More at https://t.co/LZnHiCiw5d
Photo: Hand-painted Tenderness Icon of Theotokos, the icon-painting studio of St Elisabeth Convent.
Make your order: https://t.co/jftGf7p8Ln pic.twitter.com/z5M0HB8wSj
A Developing Mess
Cardinals Deplore German Bishops’ Slide, as Schism Fears Arise | National Catholic Register https://t.co/tRbtZ3gmLe @NCRegister
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 20, 2020
Tomosology?
The “Tomosology” of the Patriarchate of Constantinople Part 1https://t.co/bl13dvZICZ
— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) October 19, 2020
Pavel Darovsky
We can trace the genesis of the formation of new doctrines on the Church, which at first filled “gaps” in canon law, then began to supplant it and ultimately came into confli... pic.twitter.com/RTeUyDoR3c
Monday, October 19, 2020
Drew Christiansen, S.J. on Fratelli Tutti
On the #BerkleyForum Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J. (@georgetownsfs) considers how #PopeFrancis critiques #JustWar theory in the new #papal #encyclical #FratelliTutti, highlighting how Francis is especially concerned with victims of #war such as #refugees. https://t.co/OAn2p1VkL2
— Berkley Center (@GUberkleycenter) October 19, 2020
Jonathan Pageau on Water
The symbolic interpretations I make are fully accessible through normal exegetical interpretation of Scripture. In this article I go through the layering of references with which we can arrive at the pattern. https://t.co/9A4VemQkHl
— Jonathan Pageau (@PageauJonathan) October 19, 2020
What Future for the POI?
🛠️ Project for the integration of the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Oriental Institute with the Pontifical Gregorian University: where are we?https://t.co/WHqqc04qkD
— Pontificia Università Gregoriana (@UniGregoriana) October 19, 2020
Orthodox Worship
The Orthodox worship consists of many liturgical elements, such as psalms, praises, various chants, petitions, and prayers. All of that is our “standing before the Lord”, one great conciliar prayer of God’s people...
— St Elisabeth Convent. Orthodox Life And Chants (@StElisabethConv) October 19, 2020
Read full: https://t.co/yW6Q4kpezM pic.twitter.com/G1XfMhPMuI
Thomas Howard Has Passed
Thomas Howard, my beloved godfather, rest in peace.https://t.co/7vc7OsK3Cn
— First Things (@firstthingsmag) October 18, 2020
A friend and mentor: Peter Kreeft remembers Thomas Howardhttps://t.co/wFvCMAQrwV
— Catholic World Report (@cworldreport) October 19, 2020
My latest obit for @CTmagazine, on Thomas Howard, son of a prominent evangelical evangelical family and prof at Gordon who converted to Catholicism https://t.co/rGDokcn7gD
— Daniel Silliman (@danielsilliman) October 19, 2020
Baptism with Water and Baptism in the Holy Spirit Together
Do you realize what the Church gave you when you were baptized and chrismated with the oil?
— Fr. Barnabas Powell (@FrBarnabas) October 19, 2020
Empowered By The Holy Spirit https://t.co/LeWGYkpiny via @FrBarnabas
Following Rome's Lead
Patriarch Bartholomew to participate in interreligious peace event in Romehttps://t.co/SQDRC3Tr6n
— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) October 19, 2020
The event, dubbed “An Encounter of Prayer for Peace in the Spirit of Assisi” with the theme “No One is Saved Alone—Peace and Fraternity,” is organized by the lay Catholic commun... pic.twitter.com/2AI6MlYNM9
The @EcuPatriarch will meet @Pontifex #orthodox_times
— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) October 19, 2020
https://t.co/noWE3WsDQx
Sunday, October 18, 2020
St. Paisios of Neamt
St Paisios of Neamt has founded a school of spirituality for whole Orthodoxy, Patriarch Daniel says during reliquary blessing servicehttps://t.co/7qNcqaEuWO pic.twitter.com/sJWXsFMB5A
— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) October 17, 2020
The Abbey of Sant' Antimo
The Abbey of Sant’ Antimo (Part 1) https://t.co/el4sDRDsKP pic.twitter.com/wvx8p6rg5o
— NLM (@NLMblog) October 17, 2020
NLM: The Abbey of Sant’ Antimo (Part 1) by Gregory DiPippo
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Ars Vitae and Lost in Thought
Amanda Patchin considers what Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn’s ARS VITAE and @zenahitz’s LOST IN THOUGHT might teach us about living well in the midst of suffering and uncertainty: https://t.co/wbaWQBMVx3 pic.twitter.com/ZnQgjBQjfX
— Front Porch Republic (@FrontPorchRepub) October 16, 2020
UND Press: Ars Vitae by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
Princeton University Press: Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life by Zena Hitz
Russell Hittinger
Russ Hittinger on John O'Malley on conciliar reform in @americamag.
— Bill McCormick, SJ (@BMcCSJ) October 16, 2020
It doesn't get any better than that. https://t.co/nyRmSJz654
America Magazine
An abridged version of this paper:
See also:
Reductionistic Materialism
Take away the idea of a transcendent image shared by all humans equally, and you are left with a nightmare in which grading humans by race, condemning some and exalting others because of their pigmentation, becomes a definite option. https://t.co/0csTVGfsqc @realchrisrufo
— David Klinghoffer (@d_klinghoffer) October 16, 2020
Married Priests in the Catholic Church
@AAJDeVille1's "Married Priests in the Catholic Church" (April pub) is on page 10 @UNDPress's Spring 2021 Catalog. We are so excited about sharing this #book with the world! https://t.co/bZCh95tZ5Z
— Kathryn Pitts (@pitts5ndedu) October 15, 2020
Friday, October 16, 2020
Pope Innocent III and the Growth of the Papacy
Medieval Geopolitics: How a Pope shares in the divine power of God by @aalatham https://t.co/vakRpbzFu9
— Medievalists.net (@Medievalists) October 16, 2020
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A Conversion Story
A beautiful bit of testimony. One man's search for "medicinal spirituality" and the healing of his heart. https://t.co/jHemUn0DmO
— Steven Christoforou (@scchristoforou) October 15, 2020
Elder Anthimos Agiannanites and Patriarch Demetrios
Silence Without Awkwardness: The Spiritual Communication Between Elder Anthimos Agiannanites and Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrioshttps://t.co/BZDJpULGdp pic.twitter.com/aw0UuF14hS
— Mystagogy (@mystagogy1) October 15, 2020
I Love, Therefore I Am
This critical exposition of the theology of Saint Sophrony conveys the message that Christianity is not just an academic discipline but very reality, life itself. Available in print and eBook: https://t.co/Pvmmxnkqzg pic.twitter.com/oZM14HCEWK
— SVS Press (@SVSPress) October 16, 2020
Old Rite Liturgy in Pskov
Met. Tikhon serves first hierarchical Old Rite Liturgy in Pskov in several centuries on feast of Protectionhttps://t.co/w2JSHRW1x8
— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) October 15, 2020
The celebration consisted of the Midnight Office, the greeting and vesting of the hierarch, the reading of the 3rd, 6th, and 9th Hours, and the ... pic.twitter.com/qJcrovM3wg
Microfilms and Miniatures of Vlatades Monastery
Hidden treasures in the microfilms and miniatures of Vlatades Monastery#orthodox_churchhttps://t.co/6IDEtBuIyH
— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) October 15, 2020
Benedict Couldn't Save Roman Claims on Primacy from Francis
“The Pope's ministry is a guarantee of obedience to Christ and to his Word. He must not proclaim his own ideas, but rather constantly bind himself and the Church to obedience to God's Word, in the face of every attempt to adapt it or water it down.” —Benedict XVI
— C.C. Pecknold (@ccpecknold) October 16, 2020
Douglas Farrow on Fratelli Tutti
Pope Francis point us to the ways of peace on earth, but he does not announce the gospel of the kingdom or proclaim the good news that this kingdom has already been opened to man through the saving work of Jesus Christ.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Critical Editions of the Old Gelasian and Leonine Sacramentaries
Online Resources: Critical Editions of Two Ancient Manuscripts of the Roman Mass https://t.co/W2Nwaw0gfK pic.twitter.com/KpyXXqh1Cl
— NLM (@NLMblog) October 15, 2020
NLM: Online Resources: Critical Editions of Two Ancient Manuscripts of the Roman Mass
The Connection between Offertory Prayers and "Sacrifice"
“Songs of Sacrifice” - A New Book on Mozarabic Chant https://t.co/Ybf2ubD4Dn pic.twitter.com/cIdfXNTAI9
— NLM (@NLMblog) October 15, 2020
NLM: “Songs of Sacrifice” - A New Book on Mozarabic Chant
Undoubtedly Some Attention Will Be Given to the Filioque
"The Creed" filming is officially underway! It will be released in Summer 2021. Please enjoy this set of pictures from our filming. Visit https://t.co/ppIdVAbsq9 to support this beautiful new series and find out how to be one of the first to receive it when it's released. pic.twitter.com/SlQQQrvLHr
— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) October 15, 2020
"Great Ecclesial Reset"?
“This pandemic should lead us to a new understanding of contemporary society, and allow us to discern a new vision of the Church” — Bishop Mario Grech, the new secretary of the Synod of Bishops, in an interview with @civcatt https://t.co/aH9yGDUhDb
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 14, 2020
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
TCA Podcast with Vermeule and Deneen
This discussion by @GChristiemd with @Vermeullarmine and then @PatrickDeneen is compulsory listening for all sound (and even unsound) people on the unwritten constitution, the Leviathan state & Liberalism’s unmourned passing. https://t.co/Emh4awTvhd
— Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) October 7, 2020
TCA Podcast Ep 74
Bishop Schneider on Fratelli Tutti
Exclusive interview with +Athanasius Schneider on #PopeFrancis's new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti: https://t.co/OtKoS60Opv
— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) October 14, 2020
“It would have been of great benefit had #FratelliTutti pointed to the need for all men to believe in Jesus Christ, God and Man, in order to find the indispensable source of true fraternity and the key to solving the problems of temporal societies” https://t.co/rhoK64lb4a
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) October 14, 2020
Remnant
Papal sloppiness matters.
Feast of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God
The Byzantine Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God https://t.co/y9ke476hfz pic.twitter.com/MgQkYMr2rI
— NLM (@NLMblog) October 14, 2020
NLM
Kyivan Church Study Group
First meeting Kyivan Church Study Group, Oxford, 1992
— Sheptytsky Institute (@Sheptytsky) October 14, 2020
L-R: Fr Galadza, Fr Kravchenko, Fr Luykx, Fr Onuferko; Oxford University's Bishop Kallisos, Fr Ephrem Lash, Bishop Basil, Fr Chirovsky, Archbishop Vsevolod, Fr Keleher, Fr Tataryn, Dr. Borys Gudziak.https://t.co/VEoXkSL9xM pic.twitter.com/DZJaPWBSAx
More Wisdom from St. Porphyrios
"In my life, prayer occupies the first place. I do not fear hell and I don't think of Paradise. I ask only for God to have mercy on the whole world and on me." +St. Porphyrios
— Saint Porphyrios (@saintporphyrios) October 13, 2020
An Imperfect Podcast
I would highly recommend checking our An Imperfect Podcast if you are searching for a good Orthodox Podcast.
— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) October 13, 2020
It can be found on all Podcasting platform including YouTube.https://t.co/d1pWOZjTst pic.twitter.com/8iWlXmKQxX
Chalcedonian Orthodox Traditionalist?
Elder Gabriel, disciple of St. Paisos: Mt. Athos needs to wake up, stop obeying anti-Orthodox agendashttps://t.co/CJlbn0A37Y
— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) October 13, 2020
Holy Mount Athos, the cradle of Orthodoxy that has produced countless ascetic saints, is changing in many ways today, leading away from holy Orthodoxy... pic.twitter.com/uXkdT8Hnmx
Aiming at Latin Theories of Satisfaction
why Latin/Frankiah theology is topsy turvy in a nutshell https://t.co/0lT7AzbwcU
— Byzantine Ambassador (@byzantinepower) October 13, 2020
Archbishop Najeeb Michaeel Nominated for the Sakharov Prize
Iraqi bishop who saved precious manuscripts nominated for Sakharov Prize https://t.co/GvPUlhZ7Zf pic.twitter.com/XzpAyCl7tQ
— Aleteia (@AleteiaEN) October 14, 2020
Jean-Luc Marion on the Future of (Roman) Catholicism
The Future of Catholicism
— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) October 14, 2020
by Jean-Luc Marionhttps://t.co/FgYlnTz4tt
CLJ
Salvatore Natoli on Fratelli Tutti
Sandro Magister: All Brothers, But Without God Anymore. A Philosopher Judges the Latest Encyclical From Francis
Wow... Interesting commentary from a Neo pagan philosopher. Fascinating! https://t.co/4KNyDGfHiU
— John Stone (@Johnthemadmonk) October 12, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
A Liberal Could Agree With This
The Holy Father does not directly engage the long-established tradition that recognizes its legitimacy; he instead moves beyond, appealing to a tradition within the Church which transcends bare moral truth, to love beyond the minimal, especially when it comes to something that so cuts off the other.It really isn't more than an attempt to side-step the clear theological problem for the sake of preserving Latin claims about Roman primacy.
This is not a “change” in Church teaching any more than “love thy neighbor” is a “change” from “the Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked.” Opposing the death penalty is to love despite and beyond any underlying moral truth, which by itself would be inadequate in expressing Christ’s unending outpouring of forgiveness and mercy.
Does Fratelli Tutti Change Church Teaching about the Death Penalty? https://t.co/lBRvJRkilY
— The Josias (@josias_rex) October 13, 2020
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Michael Pakaluk on Fratelli Tutti
The Purpose of Fratelli Tutti | Michael Pakaluk https://t.co/VHoApybjr5 pic.twitter.com/j5SqG1UZlm
— The Catholic Thing (@catholicthing) October 13, 2020
A a Roman Catholic, Pakaluk accepts Latin claims about Roman primacy. As for brotherhood, Pope Francis is addressing not only Christians but all of his brothers, those who are his brothers merely by being human and have some sort of affinity by nature and origin.
Again: A Questionable Use of a Parable for Moral and Political Theological Purposes
Perhaps there’s something other than American realpolitik considerations at the heart of #FratelliTutti.
— Jonathan Liedl (@JLLiedl) October 13, 2020
Perspectives from @BMcCSJ, @KDaniels8, @Stephen_P_White, @MNCatholicConf, @gjpappin, @DrSamuelGregg, and @PiadeSolenni. https://t.co/5IzcR3zYDL
Cardinal Müller on Fratelli Tutti
“In our love for the Church of Christ,” says the former Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, “we must interiorly overcome personal injuries, apocalyptic fantasies about the end times, and the impulse to resign ourselves…”
Kath.net: On Sunday, [October 4,] Pope Francis published his new Encyclical, Fratelli tutti. What is your initial evaluation?
Cardinal Müller: The Encyclical is quite comprehensible and is to be recommended for more in-depth study, insofar as it is addressed to all people of good will and even teaches with Veritatis splendor by John Paul II that intrinsically evil acts do exist, contrary to most German moral theologians. It would be wrong to say that it is consistent with the Freemasons’ or the United Nations’ talk about fraternity, because it emphasizes the transcendence of brotherhood in God the Creator and expounds God as Father and the Church in Mary as Mother of all mankind. Its argumentation can be situated along the line running from John XXIII to Benedict XVI about [the Church’s] social teaching and the non-negotiable values of human rights. The Christian message is not reduced to what is universally human, but rather the reverse: the human way of life that grows from the faith is recommended as a foundation for the coexistence of human beings of different religions and cultures in today’s global civilization.
Joseph Pearce on John Henry Newman
In Praise of Newman on the Anniversary of His Canonization (essay by Joseph Pearce) https://t.co/x1P0wu5A1P
— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) October 13, 2020
Will Look for an Archived Video of This
Tomorrow @CityUniMusic hosts an online talk on Byzantine chant by Prof. Maria Alexandru of the Aristotle University of Thessaloníki. Register here https://t.co/LuTQFpNYTG
— Alexander Lingas (@ALLingas) October 13, 2020
Monday, October 12, 2020
A Latin Essay on the Presbyterate
The priesthood of Jesus Christ, in which every Christian priest shares, is the source of holiness in the Church and the impetus for all evangelization. Through the ministry of the priest, Christ’s lay faithful are nourished with the Word of Life and the Bread of Life; their sanctification makes possible the sanctification of the world.
and
The reverence and respect of the Catholic faithful for their clergy is directed, then, not toward the man himself but toward Christ who is the Priest of the new eternal covenant and toward the priesthood any man derives from Him and shares with Him.
Latin notions of the presbyterate (and its conflation with the priesthood of Christ) and sacrifice, and some clericalism probably are sufficient to explain the resistance to the "priesthood of the faithful" as being "Protestant."
A Voice Recording of Holy Kallinikos of Edessa
LISTEN: The voice of newly-canonized St. Kallinikos of Edessahttps://t.co/RkQiWjs7QJ
— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) October 12, 2020
After the canonization of St. Kallinikos of Edessa (1919-1984) by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on July 23, many Orthodox began asking if there are any audio archives ... pic.twitter.com/RYzqttaPxe
Orthodox Times article on the canonization in July.
Mystagogy Resource Center
Will He Resign?
Cardinal Parolin has developed a reputation for taking responsibility for the financial scandals of his subordinates, advancing his own credibility to cover for mistakes made in his department. But he may not have enough credit to cover the bill. https://t.co/N8f39Mfbge
— Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) October 12, 2020
A Controversial Thesis
The Roots of Christian Hesychasm in Indian Religions
— Sheptytsky Institute (@Sheptytsky) October 12, 2020
Studies in Eastern Christianity, Volume 5https://t.co/OTO0V4GWQT pic.twitter.com/eUt1AYfyo3
ByzanFest 2020
The 2020 edition of Byzanfest is the first film festival in history organized exclusively online
— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) October 12, 2020
.@BasilicaNews #orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/ZEpiLiNRmu
What movies can be watched online at @Byzanfest #Orthodox film festivalhttps://t.co/G4KvgMYhzp pic.twitter.com/bJgNVwNLl3
— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) October 12, 2020
Catholic Herald Interview with John Finnis
Very interesting: ‘I was beyond being damaged’: An interview with philosopher John Finnis https://t.co/n7UuCQdCE9
— Jay W. Richards (@DrJayRichards) October 7, 2020
Catholic Herald
He has recently written “A Radical Critique of Catholic Social Teaching”, a chapter in a new book on CST (published by Cambridge University Press) which aims to undermine the credibility of the whole concept of that teaching. I tell him that it will be explosive, and he laughs: “No, it won’t, because it’s in a book that costs about £150 … it has been largely ignored because of the cost.”
So, for those of us who can’t afford a copy, the gist is that much of what we understand by Catholic Social Teaching is tendentious, and bishops would do better to focus on teaching fundamental Catholic moral principles instead, leaving their application to laypeople who know what they’re talking about. He is especially irritated by bishops’ conferences that issue lengthy guidelines on, for instance, migration or global warming, which are matters of legitimate debate. On climate change, he thinks “the Pope goes beyond his remit – it’s a massively difficult question of fact”.
Most of what the bishops can usefully say on these subjects can, he says, “be put in a few pages”. The expenditure of energy on lengthy policy statements is “worse than a waste of time; it’s a misdirection of energy”. The bishops’ job is in his view to preach the moral norms because “the urgent duty to be informed by and genuinely respectful of these principles [is] scandalously neglected by many Catholics in public life”. He makes clear that negative rules – “thou shalt not kill,” for instance – are categorical, without exceptions, whereas positive ones, such as loving your neighbour as yourself, are far more nuanced.
I think he is correct regarding contemporary use of RCST in episcopal statements or even papal encyclicals.
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Chalices
Liturgical chalices from the Attarouthi Treasure (Byzantine Syria, 500–650)
— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) October 10, 2020
At the MET @metmuseum pic.twitter.com/j1MklVDY1Z
I've Never Seen a Depiction of This Event in the Life of Christ as an Icon Before
Christ's arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane pic.twitter.com/JOCrj6D0Ho
— Gravantus (@The_Tabellion) October 9, 2020
Keeping Up Appearances
St. John XXIII, the Good Pope who opened the Second Vatican Council, pray for us! pic.twitter.com/zQPisDA9FN
— Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) October 11, 2020
A Recent Example of "Offering"
Today, the Pope beatified Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager (and amateur programmer) who died from leukemia in 2006, having offered up his suffering for the Church. pic.twitter.com/YkKALpaTKc
— Tradical (@NoTrueScotist) October 11, 2020
CNA Article
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Rowman and Littlefield Participating in Cancel Culture
UPDATE: Here is my response to Rowman & Littlefield CEO Jed Lyon's defense of his cancellation decision. Sad!@RLPGBooks
— Bruce Gilley (@BruceGilley3) October 9, 2020
An Academic Responds to His Cancellers https://t.co/qSJkXrDQiQ
Bl. Carlo Acutis, Pray for Us!
#CarloAcutis has been beatified. The Catholic Church now has a millennial Blessed who loved Super Mario, Pokémon, and above all the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) October 10, 2020
Blessed Carlo Acutis, pray for us! https://t.co/oqyHXENycc
EWTN Live
A Short Tutorial on Greek Paleography
Bookmarked: A Short Tutorial on Greek Paleography – Alex Poulos, PhD https://t.co/CBCXcJumQY https://t.co/3p6yKS33yG
— A. von Stockhausen (@AvStockh) October 9, 2020
St. Xenia of Petersburg
This Video is about the beloved Saint Xenia of St. Petersburg
— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) October 9, 2020
Xenia lived most of her life in eighteenth century Russia as a homeless fool-for-Christ and displayed remarkable spiritual gifts including clairvoyance
Englishhttps://t.co/z8l6KrJjq8
Spanish:https://t.co/fYJtPhIl4e pic.twitter.com/ZA8MCn7jWL
Friday, October 09, 2020
The Foundations Series
The Foundations Series texts are suitable both for preliminary inquiry and deeper investigation, in the classroom and for personal study. Get this set of 7 books for just $99 here: https://t.co/RJ1Xc0dBlB pic.twitter.com/eZakNWzwdR
— SVS Press (@SVSPress) October 9, 2020
The Fall of the Angels (now available)
Fr. Stephen De Young and Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick take another deep dive into the Holy Scriptures and other parts of Orthodox tradition to explore these major questions that frame salvation history. 2/2
— Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick (@FrAndrewSDamick) October 9, 2020
Agape
"Christ is life, the source of life, the source of joy, the source of the true light, everything. Whoever loves Christ and other people truly lives life. Life without Christ is death; it is hell, not life." +St. Porphyrios
— Saint Porphyrios (@saintporphyrios) October 9, 2020
Early Modern Aristotle
This looks fabulous. @GenofMod https://t.co/zo4Z5Mly82
— John Buchmann (@John_W_Buchmann) October 9, 2020
Penn Press
The Glories of the Romanoi
More Byzantine churches of Constantinople/Istanbul
— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) October 9, 2020
Sergius and Bacchus (“Little Hagia Sophia” Mosque), Myrelaion (Bodrum Mosque), Kyriotissa (Kalenderhane Mosque), and Lips Monastery (Fenari İsa Mosque) pic.twitter.com/XG4eUJcFyh
Map of Byzantine churches of Constantinople/Istanbulhttps://t.co/vTcV1udmNU pic.twitter.com/OGqrcGhzhT
— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) October 9, 2020
The State of the Modern University
The State of the Modern University@LKrauss1 and @JoshHochschild
— Pairagraph (@pairagraph) October 9, 2020
The full exchange: https://t.co/6XxYBMHY0R pic.twitter.com/CX1PVHP8TT
Cardinal Müller on the Duties of Roman Catholic Politicians
Catholic politicians, the cardinal told CNA Oct. 7, "have to fight abortion and euthanasia." https://t.co/99jvshS5vZ
— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) October 8, 2020
The German Churches Need to Be Purified
German bishops are angry that the Pope is still Catholic and defends the Catholic understanding of the Eucharist.
— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) October 9, 2020
It's embarrassing to read to what level German theology has sunk and how much it sacrificed. As Ladaria rightly says it's practically Protestant. #CatholicTwitter https://t.co/yzcJ1hbUab
Newman as Philosopher
Why Newman was a philosopher, and why the Church needed his philosophy.
— Josh Hochschild (@JoshHochschild) October 9, 2020
My talk from last fall at @TIUofT @ThomisticInst https://t.co/jP9JL0MnhL
Bible Missal of St. Vincent Ferrer
TFW you discover a new Bible Missal in the final months of writing your dissertation < TFW it turns out that said Bible Missal literally belonged to St. Vincent Ferrer
— Innocent Smith, op (@InnocentOP) October 9, 2020
Pisa, Biblioteca Cathariniana, Ms 117https://t.co/jWZuprHuVp pic.twitter.com/UYGtSCWpFO
Universal Teacher
Latin theologoumena regarding papal primacy in the second millenium has had some version of Latin integralism tied to it. So it's not surprising that the bishop of Rome should not only presume to exercise a spiritual authority over the Church Universal, but the world as well.
Thursday, October 08, 2020
Archbishop Viganò on Fratelli Tutti
Holy John of Damascus
Saint John of Damascus gave the earliest and one of the greatest critiques of Islam and also helped form the theology of icons.
— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) October 8, 2020
We hope that our video on his life helps to inspire all of you in the face of modern day heresies and the spirit of this age.https://t.co/nXA5tS1yfp pic.twitter.com/Pw6ketucog