Monday, January 05, 2015
Because I Have to...
Had a very brief discussion with someone about prayer a couple of years ago; what reason should we give for praying? Yes, prayer should be motivated by caritas, but even if caritas is present in us as an infused habit, we nonetheless have to bring ourselves to prayer sometimes (especially during periods of spiritual aridity), whether it is because one recognizes that it is a duty of the virtue of religion, or because it is morally necessary as a means to God.
Related:
Christopher J. Malloy on the Filioque Statement
Thomistica.net
Pontificial Council for Promoting Christian Unity - THE GREEK AND LATIN TRADITIONS REGARDING THE PROCESSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Filioque: A Church Dividing Issue?: An Agreed Statement
The Roman ‘Clarification’ of the Doctrine of the Filioque by David Coffey
AN ORTHODOX RESPONSE TO THE CLARIFICATION ON THE FILIOQUE by Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon
Pontificial Council for Promoting Christian Unity - THE GREEK AND LATIN TRADITIONS REGARDING THE PROCESSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Filioque: A Church Dividing Issue?: An Agreed Statement
The Roman ‘Clarification’ of the Doctrine of the Filioque by David Coffey
AN ORTHODOX RESPONSE TO THE CLARIFICATION ON THE FILIOQUE by Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon
Sunday, January 04, 2015
Saturday, January 03, 2015
Coming in April 2015
The Glory of God's Grace
Deification According to St. Thomas Aquinas
by Daria Spezanno
If it is good I think that the weaknesses of some of St. Thomas's conclusions (and the subsequent development of sanctifying grace) will be highlighted, though perhaps unintentionally.
Deification According to St. Thomas Aquinas
by Daria Spezanno
If it is good I think that the weaknesses of some of St. Thomas's conclusions (and the subsequent development of sanctifying grace) will be highlighted, though perhaps unintentionally.
Friday, January 02, 2015
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Spiritual Communion?
Spiritual Communion, an Unknown Quantity
At the synod it was proposed for the divorced and remarried, who are unable to receive the Eucharist. But everyone sees it his own way, and the confusion is great. In “Nova et Vetera” a theologian surveys the controversy
by Sandro Magister
At the synod it was proposed for the divorced and remarried, who are unable to receive the Eucharist. But everyone sees it his own way, and the confusion is great. In “Nova et Vetera” a theologian surveys the controversy
by Sandro Magister
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Sunday, December 28, 2014
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