An Indictment against the German Bishops

Latins and also Protestant leaders. The German Protestants may deny that the Reformation was a failure, but it was.

Amazing map showing the long term effect of Germany’s partition, on religious beliefs.
ht @urbanthoughts11 pic.twitter.com/VNtRQOzkHP

— Lionel Page (@page_eco) January 14, 2021

Christian Legal Thought. Materials and Cases by Patrick M. Brennan and William S. Brewbaker III.

https://t.co/AutfTRaiRr

— University Bookman (@ubookman) January 14, 2021

West Academic and companion site

More on the Byzantine Office

Follow-up on a Recent Article about the Byzantine Office https://t.co/2jamO2YvKv pic.twitter.com/jJ1YGNlCfy

— NLM (@NLMblog) January 14, 2021

NLM

Carl E. Olson Interviews Peter Seewald

CWR: The life, faith, and struggle of Joseph Ratzinger: An interview with Peter Seewald

The veteran German journalist discusses his new biography of Benedict XVI, and reflects in detail on Ratzinger’s childhood, personality, education, and role in key Church events.

Actually, It is Utopian

“Recognizing that all people are our brothers and sisters, and seeking forms of social friendship that include everyone, is not merely utopian. It demands a decisive commitment to devising effective means to this end” Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, par. 180

— Dr. Tim Uhl (@drtimuhl) January 14, 2021

What does Bergoglio kniw of friendship? Eve if he has read the Nicomachean Ethics, that wouldn't be enough.

Receptivity

Crisis: Far from the Spirit of the Lord: On the Pope’s New Motu Proprio by Peter Kwasniewski

What we need to see, and see clearly, is this: the highest dignity of the baptized is to welcome Christ the Lord in Holy Communion. Period. Nothing else they do, no other function or service or activity, can compare to the Marian privilege of receiving God. When we elaborately multiply functions, services, and activities, we introduce distractions, invert priorities, build false hierarchies, and undermine simple faith, devotion, humility, and reverence. The participatio actuosa or actual participation of the faithful in the liturgy is not about doing, but about being, or more precisely, being a good recipient of the Word, so that this Word may be fruitful in us. It is not about busyness with much serving, but about contemplation, the union of love.

There is also the receptivity of the Son, who receives everything from the Father. Marian receptivity is symbolized by her, as a woman, becoming the Theotokos. Marian receptivity on a spiritual level is the receiving of the Divine Life by being a filia in Filio, just as the Son receives everything He is from the Father.

Does God Make Us Precious?

Or is our "worth" or goodness a result of God's creative act?

We possess a great wealth that depends on what we are: the life we have received, the good within us, the indelible beauty God has given us by making us in his image. All these things make each of us precious in his eyes, each one of us is priceless and unique in history.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 12, 2021

St. Paisios the Athonite

On 13 January, the Church commemorates St Paisios the Athonite.
Read more at https://t.co/Ad4UPd3Kgi
Photo: Hand-painted Icon of St Paisios, the icon-painting studio of our Convent.
To order this icon and also other products of the Convent’s workshops: https://t.co/jftGf7p8Ln pic.twitter.com/K2wKdw2lRO

— St Elisabeth Convent. Orthodox Life And Chants (@StElisabethConv) January 13, 2021

What is Parolin's Guilt?

A letter by Cardinal Pietro Parolin leaked to an Italian outlet shows that the Secretariat of State was aware, and approved at its highest ranks, of the disgraced purchase of a luxury real estate in London now at the center of a Vatican investigation. https://t.co/ROGYgBhRTe

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 12, 2021

Fr. Fessio Turns 80

CWR Dispatch: Happy 80th Birthday, Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.!

The founder and editor of Ignatius Press entered the Society of Jesus in 1961, was ordained a priest in 1972, founded Ignatius Press in 1978—and continues to go strong at the age of 80.

Thomas Pfau, "From Genealogy to a Hermeneutics of Tradition"

“Modern theology has often been receptive to the siren call of genealogical thinking, as became once again apparent in the early stages of Vatican II”

Thomas Pfau at ⁦@GenofMod⁩ https://t.co/YG9XFtIMmB

— Josh Hochschild (@JoshHochschild) January 5, 2021

Genealogies of Modernity

Who Among the Greeks Will Take His Place?

No one in Goarch.

Happy 90th birthday to Metropolitan John Zizioulas of Pergam! https://t.co/9W4N5xcQTV

— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) January 12, 2021

May God grant him many years.

The Glory of the Cosmos

Four alumni authors, including @sancrucensis, have contributed to a new book about environmentalism, "The Glory of the Cosmos: A Catholic Approach to the Natural World," from @AroucaPress -- https://t.co/ane4tTctCT pic.twitter.com/S1SGlp4NlW

— ThomasAquinasCollege (@TACollege) January 12, 2021

Slow or Fast, It Doesn't Matter

There are bad consequences.
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"While the #PopeFrancis' reform is being framed as a move toward some kind of diaconal role for women, it actually may be a strategic move to head off a looming German confrontation on the issue." via @PillarCatholic https://t.co/7xj8fQicOh

— Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) January 12, 2021

Full English text of #PopeFrancis’ letter to CDF prefect Cardinal Luis Ladaria on access of women to the ministries of Lector and Acolyte https://t.co/CXed2tZlZe

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) January 12, 2021

The Good Struggle: Life In A Secluded Orthodox Monastery

Franciscan Simplicity

Just the other day he posted this:

This is the great meaning of #Christmas: God becomes man so that we can become children of God.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 10, 2021

It is striking that the Lord spent most of his time on Earth living an ordinary life, without standing out. It is a beautiful message that reveals the greatness of daily life, the importance in God's eyes of every gesture and moment of life, even the most simple.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 11, 2021

The "hidden life" or the daily life of Christ before His public ministry was nonetheless a manifestation of the glory of the Son of God. Daily life by itself is not "important to God"; what is important is that Christ redeemed it through His incarnation. It is not what we offer, but what God offers to us.

Icon of St. Michael

Details of Icon with half-length figure of St. Michael
Constantinople, late 10th-first half of 11th century
At the Treasury of San Marco in Venice pic.twitter.com/kcUrag1oRx

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) January 11, 2021

"But JP2!"

Pope Francis just the consequence of that problem which is Latin ecclesiology/Roman claims about primacy.

Confusion twice confounded: On the motu proprio Spiritus Domini by Peter M.J. Stravinskas

pic.twitter.com/aKlHGEo6xG

— Ortho.Bro ☦️ (@bro_ortho) January 11, 2021

The Latest from Archbishop Viganò

Viganò. The Oath against Modernism, its Abolition, Ratzinger’s Faults. https://t.co/DZLWdn8j0W

— Marco Tosatti (@MarcoTosatti) January 11, 2021

Republication of The Metamorphoses of the City of God

CUA has republished one of Gilson’s minor books — and look who blurbed it! pic.twitter.com/7nfFz151ie

— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) January 10, 2021

Medieval Church Architecture in Georgia

https://t.co/KDwjI9Wjzu

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) January 10, 2021

St. Gregory of Nyssa

For his great contribution to the Orthodox Church, Gregory of Nyssa was rightly called “Father of Fathers”#orthodox_times

https://t.co/7Uk8CLaJLP

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) January 10, 2021

St. Nikolai Velimirovic on the Nativity of Christ

The Nativity of Christ. The Gospel of the Firstbornhttps://t.co/AKA6Ztuln3

St. Nikolai (Velimirovic)

Whoever approaches the Lord Jesus Christ with obedience and humility will never want to be separated from Him. The beginning exercises of the newly-recruited army of Christ ... pic.twitter.com/Karsi5kNsC

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) January 10, 2021

The Danger of a Christianity That is Only Academic

The Danger of Academic Christianity | As Christians, we sometimes become complacent and think that it is enough to possess knowledge about our faith, or to go to church regularly, or to undergo the necessary procedures https://t.co/jwztKZ9X4U pic.twitter.com/UvaoQRZCEb

— Pravmir.com (@Pravmir_English) January 10, 2021

David Fagerberg's Latest

Coming this spring! https://t.co/FjyndtLycD

— Ignatius Press (@IgnatiusPress) January 5, 2021

Too Late, The Damage is Done?

Influential German Jesuit Behind Synodal Path Finally Steps Down | National Catholic Register https://t.co/X4JAU6FL1V @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) January 9, 2021

When People Have Little Idea What Real Community Should Be Like

or the have been trained in blind obedience, cults happen.
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After a 5-month investigation into the Maltese Community of Jesus the Savior, the archdiocese has issued a decree forbidding participation in the group after finding what it described as abusive tendencies causing harm to members.https://t.co/8UjcrgPtVW

— Crux (@Crux) January 9, 2021

Domenico Giani Speaks

Just over a year after this exit, Domenico Giani, formerly believed to be one of the most powerful people in the Vatican, has given an interview offering details as to his current career path and his thoughts on papal reform.https://t.co/tJFlq65Dpg

— Crux (@Crux) January 7, 2021

Holy John the Forerunner, Pray for Us!

Happy Nameday to all celebrating the feast of St John the Baptist today, including John M Boyer and Ioannis Arvanitis of @cappellaromana - the first 2 soloists on this 2001 recording of an anagrammatismos for Theophany by St John Koukouzeles https://t.co/F8HNaUS33M

— Alexander Lingas (@ALLingas) January 7, 2021

This is a Crux Article

The most obvious conclusion is that the Vatican, in effect, made a deal with the devil: Allow Kondrusiewicz to return, and we’ll take his job away so that he has no official standing to challenge you anymore.https://t.co/g5LkEk9k5t

— Crux (@Crux) January 6, 2021

Church of the East!

Hello, I'm @ChenHuailun and I'll be continuing to tweet about Christianity in Tang China. Yesterday, I introduced the Xi'an stele and its narration of Christianity's entrance into Chang'an. Today I'll continue the story and add some of its context. ~ahc #jingjiao /1 pic.twitter.com/KLJDRsdts4

— Tweeting Historians (@Tweetistorian) January 5, 2021

Fr. Edmund Waldstein on Thomas Howard

The latest issue of @EuroConOfficial has a little obituary on Thomas Howard from me. https://t.co/4A5hz9ILSB pic.twitter.com/m6zLvu3eWI

— Pater Edmund (@sancrucensis) January 6, 2021

An Upcoming Lecture by Andrew Louth

Upcoming lecture by Andrew Louth: "The Necessity of Platonism for Christian Theology"

(...I mean, what else?)https://t.co/Xf4EM1d84M

— Jonathan Greig (@jabgreig) January 5, 2021

"Conservative"

Gripping. @CatholicPillar has hit the ground running. https://t.co/gSFDezDeOx

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) January 5, 2021

Another 13ce Latin Icon

María, Madre de gracia, Madre de misericordia, en la vida y en la muerte ampáranos gran Señora. Amén.

(Madonna del Bordone, Siena, 1261) pic.twitter.com/p60BVm1Qiy

— Amigo de Frodo (@bpdflores) January 4, 2021

But What Will Rome Do about the German Bishops?

Cardinal Müller says “all parts of the universal Church” are coming to him concerned about the synodal path. The path, he says, is “based on anti-Catholic resentment” and stresses that bishops’ “disciplinary power should never serve to enforce heretical doctrines or immoral acts” https://t.co/qXGQaS9m1Y

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) January 4, 2021

The Final Frontier

Mysterious asteroid the size of a dwarf planet is lurking in our solar system https://t.co/oM21sXAHTE

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) January 3, 2021

This takes the breath away. https://t.co/4IGIsEtNqV

— Dr. Jonathan Foley (@GlobalEcoGuy) January 3, 2021

The Jesus Psalter

As we commemorate the Most Holy Name of Jesus, I cannot help but think of the Jesus Psalter, beloved by English Christians before the Reformation and on the lips of many of the Martyrs: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, be to me a Jesus! pic.twitter.com/21HvMgi8rN

— Fr James Bradley (@FrJamesBradley) January 3, 2021

The Motive of the Incarnation

New episode on the motive of the Incarnation. @FrDylanSchrader @kevinmclarke @dlendman2 and @thomaesplendor discuss. https://t.co/PsQP0xbRTO

— The Sacra Doctrina Project (@sacradoctrina) December 10, 2020

Thinking Orthodox by Dr. Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou

On the religious side of things, I most enjoyed @james_ka_smith’s On the Road with St Augustine and Eugenia Constantinou’s Thinking Orthodox. pic.twitter.com/fHaUA42254

— Joel J Miller (@joeljmiller) December 31, 2020

AFR

Holy Sylvester, Pray for Us and for the Bishop of Rome!

January 2: Saint Sylvester, Bishop of Rome (icon); Venerable Seraphim of Sarov; Saint Cosmas, Archbishop of Constantinople; Saint Theodota, Mother of the brothers Cosmas and Damian; Venerable Ammon of the Tabennisiot Monastery in Upper Egypt pic.twitter.com/wOjPUGFyqu

— Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada (@GO_Metropolis) January 2, 2021

The Church commemorates Saint Sylvester, Pope of Rome#orthodox_times

https://t.co/Sfpnb0TITP

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) January 2, 2021

John Cavadini on the Theotokos

Today is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. @JohnCavadini presents a renewed Marian dogmatic in this essay:https://t.co/dltqxqkZId

— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) January 1, 2021

January 1

You willed, o Jesus, to be born of a virgin maiden, Your Mother, and as man, You were circumcised on the eighth day. Glory to Your all gracious will, glory to Your providence, glory to Your condescension, o You who alone love mankind. pic.twitter.com/ZRfuVE9iHf

— Pontifical Oriental Institute (@theorientale) January 1, 2021

On the first of January we celebrate St. Basil the Great!
For the Church art thou in truth a firm foundation, granting an inviolate lordship unto all mortal men and sealing it with what thou hast taught, O righteous Basil, revealer of heavenly things. pic.twitter.com/uXIoCQ3pc5

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) January 1, 2021

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds... pic.twitter.com/FKr0W4H3ow

— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) January 1, 2021

Saint Basil the Great was born about the end of the year 329 in Caesarea of Cappadocia, to a family renowned for their learning and holiness#orthodox_times https://t.co/b8Tojcg4Ov

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) January 1, 2021

Your voice resounded throughout the world that received your word by which, in godly manner, you taught dogma, clarified the nature of beings, and set in order the character of people. Venerable father, Royal Priesthood, intercede to Christ God to grant us great mercy. pic.twitter.com/BeRctpZgL8

— Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada (@GO_Metropolis) January 1, 2021

Holy Father Basil, Pray for Us!

…and with nobody watching the clock, the 15th-c. kalophonic sticheron too https://t.co/dynYNrO6fy

— Alexander Lingas (@ALLingas) December 31, 2020

"Our Orthodox Faith"

We invite you to hear the chant 'Our Orthodox Faith' performed by the Festive Choir of St Elisabeth Convent (precentor Nun Juliania (Denisova)) at the Royal Voice Festival in 2018. The words are written by St Nicholas of Serbia.https://t.co/dDq9JkDZat#StElisabethConvent pic.twitter.com/zUSR1191fx

— St Elisabeth Convent. Orthodox Life And Chants (@StElisabethConv) December 10, 2020

Eucharistia and Prayer

Is receiving God through Holy Communion greater than receiving God through prayer? https://t.co/TwA1jepeoX

— OCN (@MyOCN) December 17, 2020

Question: Is receiving God through Holy Communion greater than receiving God through prayer?

Answer: We receive God through grace and grace comes to us in many ways. It comes when we invoke His Name with reverence and humility; when we pray and live by the word of God; when we receive Holy Communion with the testimony of a good conscience. We accumulate grace in every instant of our life, if we meet our fellows with a good heart, respect and honour. There are many means of acquiring the grace of God in order to preserve our heart alive with the sensation of God, and this is essential: for as long as our heart is warmed up by the grace of God, no alien thought can approach us and we are unassailable by the enemy.

We are able to invoke His Name with reverence and humility thanks to God's grace. The following answer has a more exact elucidation of our total dependence on God.

Question: I have a philosophical proud mind. How can we acquire stillness if we are proud?

Answer: Pride seems to accompany every our attempt to present ourselves before God in prayer and come close to Him. The most practical way to acquire humility is continual thanksgiving. The Spirit of God always inspires gratitude (1 Cor. 2:12). Father Sophrony makes a distinction between spiritual humility and ascetical humility. Ascetical humility consists of always reproaching and considering ourselves as worse than all, as we are commanded in the Gospel: ‘When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do’ (Luke 17:10). As for spiritual humility, it is indescribable. It is granted to those who have already contemplated the beauty of the Risen Lord, the Light of His Face, which wounds them with the deep conviction that they are unworthy of such a loving God as Christ is.

I do note that he doesn't really answer the first question.

Robert Grosseteste's Integralism

Robert Grosseteste’s stormy career as bishop of Lincoln offers guidance for postliberals thinking about Church and state. https://t.co/LtYqG6PiWl

— Semiduplex (@semiduplex) December 23, 2020

The Shepherd. The Warrior. The King.

Faith and Trust

A thankful heart is a trusting heart, even when it seems like God isn’t answering our prayers or when things aren’t going as we had hoped. I’m sure when Joseph was betrothed to Mary, he never dreamed his life would end up as it did. https://t.co/UIgHozYUJR

— OCN (@MyOCN) December 19, 2020

Metropolitan Hilarion Presents the MosPat Perspective

A Political Structure and an Unwanted Autocephalyhttps://t.co/GwJr3KDtLc

An interview by Kathimerini with Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev). Part 2
Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)

How did any autocephaly in Church history begin? With this or that Church declaring its desire t... pic.twitter.com/x3d7BCdljB

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 22, 2020

Lord Have Mercy

Greek-Constantinople priest joins Russian Church due to Ukrainian crisis (+VIDEO)https://t.co/EJ5kPzA3zZ

Yesterday, Fr. Ioannis, who was previously a fervent supporter of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, published a video explaining why he changed jurisdictions. pic.twitter.com/Gr55VAnIsE

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 30, 2020

Having Gratitude to Whom?

Expressing gratitude for good things is a part of certain strains of environmentalism; is it New Age in its origins? Green religion. To whom is one expressing gratitude? To one's self? To the "universe"? Is this some sort of pantheism, or an implicit desire for God?

Please take a moment today to thank God for His blessings. Pray for those who are weeping today for whatever reason. https://t.co/7XucyfyGRt

— OCN (@MyOCN) December 29, 2020

Help me to understand what that even means. Guide me to make an honest evaluation of my challenges and opportunities. Help me to set goals I can achieve and to see the opportunities for growth and Your glory even in my challenges. Amen. https://t.co/xD9Nzn2abo

— OCN (@MyOCN) December 29, 2020

Lord, thank You for the many gifts You give to me, not only at Christmas but throughout the year. Thank You that I am alive today. Thank You that I am reading this message through technology I am blessed to own. https://t.co/EDI4q6ZijS

— OCN (@MyOCN) December 30, 2020

Nativity Message from the Orthodox Metropolitan of Cyprus

https://t.co/1vmVKsUf9Y

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 30, 2020

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Iconography School at the Moscow Theological Academy. Part 2

Archimandrite Luke (Golovkov): “Today, many are brought to the Church through icons.”https://t.co/wBArYXsead

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Iconography School at the Moscow Theological Academy. Part 2
Archimandrite Luke (Golovkov)

The depth o... pic.twitter.com/UVeMHDsTfq

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 29, 2020

OrthoChristian

Biological Classification Still Controversial

If David Barash really thinks "biological classification conforms perfectly with patterns of evolutionary relationships evidenced by.. genetics," he must have missed all the literature on gene tree discordance (e.g.https://t.co/InesFpzmzC).https://t.co/LviaKqC3WO via @WSJ

— Douglas Axe (@DougAxe) December 30, 2020

Polemical?

Mysticism in the Orthodox Church
In this short video, Fr. Panayiotis explains how the Orthodox Church has preserved the Mystical aspects of Christianity, which have been mostly lost in Western Christianity.https://t.co/k7NrlhRbYj

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) December 30, 2020

Mysticism in the Orthodox Churchhttps://t.co/k7Nrli8NmT
"...the wise providence of God orders our affairs in many different ways and lovingly bestows on each one of us what is appropriate and profitable both for virtuous deeds and the mysteries of faith."
Gregory Palamas pic.twitter.com/EYwUJWhqbI

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) December 30, 2020

On Mysticism https://t.co/k7NrlhRbYj
The Lord came to send fire upon the earth, and through participation in this fire He makes divine not just the human substance which He assumed for our sake, but every person who is found worthy of communion with Him.
Palamas pic.twitter.com/FgT57GH9cL

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) December 30, 2020

Related:

What makes a person saintly is love.
- St Porphyrios of Kafsokalivia pic.twitter.com/yRbQX3mpTM

— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) December 30, 2020

"Self-Described Conservative"

Such self-serving BS.

In a wide-ranging interview, the head of the German bishops’ conference called for far-reaching changes to the Catholic Church and criticized the Vatican’s treatment of the church in his country. https://t.co/k5vxbjijeB

— America Magazine (@americamag) December 29, 2020

#BREAKING: “Dubia” Cardinal Publicly Challenges German Bishop’s Conference on Ordination of Women.

Cardinal Brandmüller’s challenge was published in German by @KatholikenNet calling for +Georg Bätzing to account for his statements this year.

See thread for background. pic.twitter.com/chsDR4e7Ho

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) December 30, 2020

Article on one of many statements made by the President of the German Episcopal Conference, in the name of “Synodality”https://t.co/fwTxCZKzxZ

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) December 30, 2020

An article on this in English, from @cnalive https://t.co/NV2Cr0Ji9P

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) December 30, 2020

Here is @Pontifex in 2020, reaffirming that women will not be ordained—even to the Diaconate.
Will the German Episcopal Conference (@dbk_online) address this public correction from Cardinal Brandmüller?#CatholicTwitter https://t.co/nYOxbu3iSM

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) December 30, 2020

Meanwhile in Rome...

Pope Francis Issues Law Reorganizing Vatican Finances https://t.co/fzW1vPxYO6

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) December 30, 2020

Deserving of a Popular Cult

And the modern Roman saint-making machine wasn't involved in his canonization so there's that for the credibility of the cult.

But this is a take that will be unpopular among the Latin integralists: St. Thomas Becket was a victim of a theology of ecclesial authority that hadn't been fully worked out and yet was nonetheless asserted and practiced as dogma. Was a conflict between a Christian secular authority (especially in the form of a over-grasping monarchy) and ecclesial authority inevitable? Probably. Could it have been resolved by other means? What if the Church had not assisted in the development of Christian monarchy in the first place, and had chosen a different path?

I found this post from The Josias which perfectly reflects how St. Thomas Becket wouuld be portrayed by Latin integralists:

St. Thomas Becket, Integralisthttps://t.co/rNWrwLkX3y

— The Josias (@josias_rex) December 30, 2020

German Catholics Continue Their March

The head of the German bishops' conference: Rome does not understand Eucharist and Ecumenism, and has to change the catechism. Calls for a universal council. https://t.co/u51Q5SB8hW

— Ulrich L. Lehner (@ulrichlehner) December 28, 2020

Cowardice and Magnanimity

Of Cowardice And Magnanimity https://t.co/JVPaCU0kNb via @QuintusCurtius

— QuintusCurtius (@QuintusCurtius) December 28, 2020

Creation

Rebecca Cross on the creation of the universe in issue 106:

"The first moment
is this moment, this one right now. There is
nothing but me."https://t.co/o1tUnIsIIw

— Image_Journal (@Image_Journal) December 29, 2020

Medieval Dominican Chants for Christmas

Medieval Dominican Chants for Christmas https://t.co/XXrSizIKyL pic.twitter.com/koGsbURppm

— NLM (@NLMblog) December 29, 2020

NLM

Latin Icons Done by Byzantine-trained Iconographers?

St Thomas Becket (to the right of St Silvester)
Apse Mosaic
Monreale Cathedral, Sicily
c. 1184
Becket was martyred in 1170, canonized in 1173 pic.twitter.com/KIIEz1vW2T

— Amigo de Frodo (@bpdflores) December 29, 2020

Reverence, Not a Lack of Originality?

Medieval prayer recycling. ♻ https://t.co/Sow0tFSZbg

— Gregory Schnakenberg (@GSchnakenberg) December 29, 2020

A Correct Ecclesiology

Patriarch of Alexandria calls for “correct ecclesiology,” respect for boundaries of Local Churches in Nativity epistlehttps://t.co/xRh6N96QJY

The Patriarch’s epistle becomes more pointed: “The infinite Church, as the Body of Christ, has the bounds of the sacred regulations o... pic.twitter.com/qBcsLksTZd

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 25, 2020

Thomas Becket's Little Book?

Absolutely fascinating - https://t.co/z3EmMDNEvF

— Fr. Matthew Cashmore (@matthewcashmore) December 27, 2020

Why Is He Getting Coverage in a Latin Periodical?

Only because he is saying something with which they agree and promote?

Celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christians should remember that he is present in each person who is sick, homeless, frail, neglected or needs help, said the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. https://t.co/GOiH0VW5LM

— Pontifical Oriental Institute (@theorientale) December 27, 2020

Anniversary of the Inauguration of Hagia Sophia

When Hagia Sophia was inaugurated, Justinian was so impressed and excited that after he thanked God he is said to have cried ‘’Glory to God who has deemed me worthy of accomplishing such a work! O Solomon! I have vanquished thee’’ implying the height of the dome. pic.twitter.com/33AHlS09VY

— Rome & Byzantium (@romebyzantium) December 27, 2020

#Onthisday in AD 537, the construction of the new church of Hagia Sophia was completed and inaugurated by Justinian I who supposedly exclaimed "Oh Solomon, I have outdone you!".

Image 4: Mosaic panel depicting Justinian holding a model of Hagia Sophia, dated to around AD 1,000. pic.twitter.com/5A8QAXzK8b

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 27, 2020

December 27th, 537 - Agia Sofia is inaugurated. https://t.co/ERlVJJW1gM pic.twitter.com/FGi3treyFE

— Greekcitytimes (@greekcitytimes) December 27, 2020

Sunday of St. Stephen

ORTHODOX CALENDAR

🌿 Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen

🌿 Saint Theodore the Confessor

🌿 Sunday after the Nativityhttps://t.co/rj1EAM47Nd pic.twitter.com/0MyUU7am1O

— Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) December 27, 2020

The Sunday after the Nativity of Christ is dedicated to the memory of the First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen, who martyred by stoning, about three years after the Ascension of the Lord#orthodox_times https://t.co/3iOJwcq6ad

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) December 27, 2020

For the struggles you endured for Christ God, a royal diadem crowns your head, O First Champion of Martyrs. For you refuted the folly of the Jews and beheld your Savior on the right of the Father. Ever beseech Him, therefore, for our souls. pic.twitter.com/AnuMFJTDAx

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) December 27, 2020

A Quote of St. Gregory Palamas

All divinely inspired Scripture was written because of the Virgin who brought forth God incarnate.
— Saint Gregory Palamas pic.twitter.com/jiSwBLfmeI

— Jacob Sherman (@Shermanicus) December 26, 2020

Monaci Basiliani - Abbazia greca di San Nilo

Pondering St. Joseph

'Uton gefaran to Bethleem, and geseon þæt word þe geworden is.'

An Anglo-Saxon Christmas sermon, the wonder of words and the Word: https://t.co/V9tcb0Np1q pic.twitter.com/PzKWzCSx0K

— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) December 25, 2020

Another 13th ce Depiction of Old Joseph

Retablo de la Virgen
Jaume Serra
c. 1375
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunyahttps://t.co/dL49nw6Zx1 pic.twitter.com/id7M00Vofx

— Amigo de Frodo (@bpdflores) December 25, 2020

Fr. Panayiotis on the Nativity of Our Lord

A Christmas Message from Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou2018https://t.co/h4bfOPiWCv
The birth of Jesus is a milestone event in the history of the world. This was not just like every other birth of a child but rather an event that changed history and affected the world in a major way pic.twitter.com/0Dk6oySuyD

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) December 24, 2020

Old Joseph

Adoración de los pastores
Taller de los hermanos Serra
c. 1370
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunyahttps://t.co/dL49nw6Zx1 pic.twitter.com/Z9xKth2kEk

— Amigo de Frodo (@bpdflores) December 25, 2020

Dear friends: I believe this is the single most beautiful piece of writing to come out of Pope Francis’ pontificate: It’s about the origins of Nativity scenes (invented by his regnal namesake) and why every Christian home should have one. https://t.co/7nJDU9bEoa

— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) December 24, 2020

Franciscan devotion to the Christ-child.. . is that what the Church Universal needs?

Psaltikon: A Byzantine Christmas

https://t.co/pHr81sPs3N

Rebroadcast of highlights from ten years of Byzantine Christmas #psaltikon #byzantinechant #earlymusic #vr #ar #acousticmuseum @mymusea

— Psaltikon (@Psaltikon) December 19, 2020

The Byzantine Royal Hours

The Byzantine Royal Hours of Christmas https://t.co/uHvhxfadR5 pic.twitter.com/mgiQqBO80d

— NLM (@NLMblog) December 24, 2020

NLM

Fr. Panayiotis on Salvation and Redemption

Salvation & Redemption -- The Early Christian Understanding
Fr. Panayiotis discusses the early Christian understanding of Salvation and Redemption.https://t.co/9pll4ac1qX pic.twitter.com/IlUTsJ6oMg

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) December 18, 2020

But Note the Differences

This is not alien to the Orthodox tradition.
Panaghia Galaktotrophousa
Παναγία Γαλακτοτροφούσα icons pic.twitter.com/yFxPyUQjk4

— Lāwāgetās (@ArcGreek) December 23, 2020

Baby Jesus in art and the long tradition of depicting Christ as a man-child

Thomas Joseph White, OP: Why did God become human?

Catholic Project Podcast on the McCarrick Report

It was my pleasure to discuss the McCarrick Report with my friend ⁦@KarnaLozoya⁩ and the Sphinxian ⁦@Stephen_P_White⁩ for this ⁦@CatholicProj⁩ podcast. https://t.co/3rI5rGX7NF

— Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) December 23, 2020

Taylor Patrick O'Neill: Maritain on Grace and Predestination

I so enjoy joining @jderosa1990
on the Classical Theism Podcast and have been honored to have been on again, this time discussing Jacques Maritain on grace and predestination. https://t.co/YM1sYTHJCr

— Taylor Patrick O'Neill (@thomaesplendor) December 23, 2020

A New Science of PHYSIKE?

I'll be teaching articles from The New Atlantis in my "World" class this spring, because they help restore the more comprehensive understanding of Physics that Aristotle first gave us. https://t.co/mJPb6S0Juh

— James Matthew Wilson (@JMWSPT) December 23, 2020

Jewish Ritual Bath

A ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been uncovered on the Mount of Olives at the site tradition says is the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus experienced the Agony in the Garden before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion.https://t.co/oHLa3NlpFu

— Crux (@Crux) December 23, 2020

Sacred Art, Maybe, But Not Iconography

Time-bound historical realism over the Eternal Reality Who is Christ.

i love all Virgo Lactans iconography as it is a very Christmasy tradition, but these are my favorite bc they feature our lord horsing around, wiggling, fidgeting, & being otherwise uncooperative, which makes them very relatable from a mom standpoint pic.twitter.com/UYOHVj09js

— Christmas Cheer Liz Bruenig! (@ebruenig) December 23, 2020

What Sort of Latin Theology of Grace Is This?

As if any aspect of the Saving Mystery Who is our Lord Jesus Christ could be separated from Him?

Christmas, and the other Feast Days of the Church, participate in the power of the keys.
That is to say, the Church’s calendar binds on earth and in heaven in such a way that the grace of the event designated arrives by God’s will, and renews those who wait upon it.

— Amigo de Frodo (@bpdflores) December 23, 2020

Fr. Panayiotis on the Date of Christmas

"The Date of Christmas" by Father Panayiotis, Ph.D.https://t.co/fjtaOCanFT
“Christ was made man that we might be made God.”
― Athanasius of Alexandria pic.twitter.com/5HTGiDhvCg

— Trisagionfilms (@TrisagionFilms) December 22, 2020

A Reflection by Fr. Alexander Schmemann on the Nativity of Our Lord

The Divine Child - A Reflection from Alexander Schmemann | Christ said “become like children” (Mt 18:3). What does this mean? What are adults missing, or better, what has been choked, drowned or deafened by a thick layer of adulthood? https://t.co/9mL2JwNBMs pic.twitter.com/GR0pCMXEEe

— Pravmir.com (@Pravmir_English) December 23, 2020

Eternal Memory

Memory eternal to Bishop Ruben, who was also Apostolic Administrator of the Greek Catholic Exarchate of Constantinople. https://t.co/ieenl0HIo6

— St. Michael's (@NYCRusCath) December 23, 2020

Aquinas, Original Sin, and the Challenge of Evolution by Daniel W. Houck

I have just finished reading this, by @DanielWHouck. It is terrific. Here is a work on theology and science that is as thoroughly grounded in one as it is in the other, which is by no means universally true of writing in the field. @CambridgeUP @CUPBookshop pic.twitter.com/aHAm8hxlQ3

— Andrew Davison (@AP_Davison) December 22, 2020

Cambridge University Press

Social Justice

94—Understanding Postmodern “Social Justice”—Darel Paul | Catholic Culture https://t.co/n9GfjTbuSp

— James Matthew Wilson (@JMWSPT) December 22, 2020

94—Understanding Postmodern “Social Justice”—Darel Paul | Catholic Culture https://t.co/n9GfjTbuSp

— James Matthew Wilson (@JMWSPT) December 22, 2020

Latin Kabbalah Revisited

Important piece by Andrew Kuiper. Increasingly we realise, as Balthasar already did, that the deployment of Kabbalah by Giles of Viterbo etc was perfectly orthodox. We need to return to Catholic Renaissance theology which now matters more than Reformation or Counter Reformation. https://t.co/MOvjX8qDNP

— john milbank (@johnmilbank3) December 20, 2020

Join us on Tuesday, December 22 at 8:00 pm for a Zoom conversation featuring @biillyb and @matthewwalther in conversation with @Chris_arnade, @mk_skehan, and Andrew Kuiper.https://t.co/bICOdXvWgH

Meeting ID: 927 8521 1121
Passcode: 931358

— The Lamp (@thelampmagazine) December 20, 2020

Related:

Sharing this essay from our @ChurchLifeND in advance of #AllSoulsDay tomorrow: "Tracing Ghosts in the Theological Tradition" by Andrew Kuiper. https://t.co/Sjk5BQu3uH

— McGrath Institute (@McGrathND) November 1, 2020

St. Nicholas "the Shot"

Unique icon of St. Nicholas “the Shot” blessed in Moscowhttps://t.co/aQkF93blmZ

The peculiarity of this icon of St. Nicholas is that a flattened bullet is inserted into it. pic.twitter.com/AMaWQ82ofr

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) December 22, 2020

Leonardo Boff

“Boff proposes an ecclesial revolution that would lead to the end of the Catholic Church as we have known it for two thousand years and to the emergence of a new Church…basically a human institution that can be changed at will.” https://t.co/LNjcnGUX6F

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) December 18, 2020

Anniversary of Religiosam Vitam

22 Dec 1216: Honorius III issues the papal bull Religiosam Vitam, establishing the #Dominican order #otd pic.twitter.com/PMIGZDBlsc

— John McCafferty (@jdmccafferty) December 22, 2020

The Dominican Order turns 804 years #OTD. A number of years ago I had a chance to see the papal bull (Religiosam vitam) of 22 Dec 1216 by Honorius III approving Dominic's community. The papal seal is still intact and the document is in very good shape at the library in Toulouse. pic.twitter.com/SJChNFu0GC

— Gregory Schnakenberg (@GSchnakenberg) December 22, 2020

Happy 804th Birthday Dominicans!

Leandro da Ponte, "Pope Honorius III Receives the Rule of Dominic, December 22, 1216" (Venezia, St Giovanni e Paulo) pic.twitter.com/dEaHRJQXGH

— Professor Pecknold (@ccpecknold) December 22, 2020

A Crisis That Has Nothing to Do With Him, Obviously

#PopeFrancis Urges Roman Curia to Confront the ‘Ecclesial Crisis’ https://t.co/JJPsLgSbFq @cnalive

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) December 21, 2020

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It is like ecclesiastical gaslighting; a system that demasculates the priest, and hallows his authority, since he is always fearful of exercising his priesthood in a way the bishop doesn't like. https://t.co/gzPXuNCKjv

— Ryan Grant 🚬⛪🥃 statism is evil (@chesterbelloc3) December 21, 2020

William Byrd, "Rorate caeli"

Here is Rorate caeli by William Byrd. We performed this piece as part of a series of short recitals for the season of Advent, recorded at Boxgrove Priory.https://t.co/ipqrt22x8G#AdventSessions

— The Gesualdo Six (@TheGesualdoSix) December 20, 2020

Western Notion of Sacrifice

‘The Christian is required to use the whole of his existence as sacramental material; offer it and consecrate it at every point, so that it may contribute to the Glory of God’. (Worship)

— Evelyn Underhill (@underhill_eve) December 20, 2020

Last But Not Least?

Never noticed before that the last line in the Creed of the 4th Lateran Council (1215) speaks of married persons:

"For not only virgins and the continent but also married persons find favor with God by right faith and good actions and deserve to attain to eternal blessedness."

— Gregory Schnakenberg (@GSchnakenberg) December 20, 2020

A Precious English Psalter

Indeed an amazing treasure at the @ParkerLibrary at Corpus Christi College Cambridge. You wouldn't want to touch it with your fingers, but if you want to "thumb through" the manscript virtually, here is the link:https://t.co/mmy8mgsEzG https://t.co/iBC1pPfNUa

— Fr Timothy Finigan (@FatherTF) December 20, 2020