Monday, May 18, 2015
Oxford University Research Archive: Yap, Joaquin Choy, (2003). Word and wisdom in the ecclesiology of Louis Bouyer. DPhil. University of Oxford.
Abstract:
The subject of this study is the ecclesiology of Louis Bouyer of the Oratory. The basic claim of the thesis is that his doctrine of the Church is central to his theological project, second only to his preponderant gaze upon the mystery of the Trinity. Bouyer's ecclesiological vision is specifically driven by the twin motifs of 'Word' and 'Wisdom'. The deep dogmatic material that lies at the heart of his doctrine is the Church's dependence on Christ, who is both Word and Wisdom. The Church is creatura verbi divini and equally creatura sapientiae divinae. It is constituted by the divine Word, and destined by the divine Wisdom for glory and union with God. The combination of a salvation-historical and christologically sacramental 'Word-ecclesiology', and a properly trinitarian and eschatologically oriented 'Wisdom-ecclesiology', is what distinguishes Bouyer's doctrine of the Church.
Chapter One sets the stage for Bouyer's Word-based ecclesiology through an exposition of his reinforced understanding of the 'Word of God'. Chapter Two traces the Word's crucial development into the Christian 'mystery', and finds that it is none other than Jesus Christ and his saving cross. In turn, the mystery must be embodied in the liturgy, in which it is perpetually proclaimed by and actualized hi the Church. Chapter Three then presents Bouyer's Word-ecclesiology in a twofold articulation: the 'Church of the Word' and the 'Word in the Church'. Chapter Four recognizes a second mode of ecclesiological reflection in Bouyer through his Wisdom-motif which penetrates and complements the dominant logocentric perspective. Chapter Five finally argues that Bouyer's construal of the Church's principal actions (liturgical celebration, evangelical witness, and the total life of prayer and Christian discipleship) is consistent with his christological and trinitarian horizon, and that these ecclesial actions respond most appropriately to the divine initiative manifested in the Word and Wisdom.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Chiesa: The Francis of the Media and the Real Francis
Farther and farther apart from each other. The public narrative continues to depict the pope as a revolutionary. But the facts prove the contrary
by Sandro Magister
Farther and farther apart from each other. The public narrative continues to depict the pope as a revolutionary. But the facts prove the contrary
by Sandro Magister
Saturday, May 16, 2015
More with Archimandrite Gabriel Bunge
Схиархимандрит Гавриил
Что делать, еcли уходит вера? – схиархимандрит Гавриил (Бунге)
«Подлинная традиция — лишь в Православии»
+ВИДЕО +ФОТО +АУДИО
Pravoslavie
Гавриил (Бунге), схиархимандрит
Схиархимандрит Гавриил (Бунге) (books in Russian)
From 2008: "Я пришёл к вере благодаря моим ровесникам..." - интервью с иеромонахом Гавриилом (Бунге) (English)
Что делать, еcли уходит вера? – схиархимандрит Гавриил (Бунге)
«Подлинная традиция — лишь в Православии»
+ВИДЕО +ФОТО +АУДИО
Pravoslavie
Гавриил (Бунге), схиархимандрит
Схиархимандрит Гавриил (Бунге) (books in Russian)
From 2008: "Я пришёл к вере благодаря моим ровесникам..." - интервью с иеромонахом Гавриилом (Бунге) (English)
Thursday, May 14, 2015
The World Beyond Your Head
The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction by Matthew Crawford
His website.
National Review review
Articles at The New Atlantis
I am sympathetic to the book's thesis but I think it will be bad history, focusing on genealogy or intellectual history too much, rather than the social and cultural causes (the rise of the modern nation-state and industrial capitalism) that is the background of certain thinkers.
Related:
Gary Olmstead, Against Kant and Consumerism
Rod Dreher, Is This Man Dr. Evil
His website.
National Review review
Articles at The New Atlantis
I am sympathetic to the book's thesis but I think it will be bad history, focusing on genealogy or intellectual history too much, rather than the social and cultural causes (the rise of the modern nation-state and industrial capitalism) that is the background of certain thinkers.
Related:
Gary Olmstead, Against Kant and Consumerism
Rod Dreher, Is This Man Dr. Evil
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
On the Question of Mass Stipends
I remember this being argued at the seminary, with one seminarian holding that the problem of Mass stipends was an argument against concelebration. Apparently, it isn't. Fr. Hunwicke: Benedict XIV on Concelebration and Money and Concelebration.
See also: S Thomas on Concelebration and Pope Innocent III on Concelebration
See also: S Thomas on Concelebration and Pope Innocent III on Concelebration
Nit-Picking
Guest-note: Did one of the main Vatican II documents distort the Words of Our Lord in the Gospel?
John Lamont: "For non-Latinists, this claim (it is a complete sentence in the conciliar document) can be translated as follows: 'For love of God and of neighbour is the first and greatest commandment'. No Latin is needed to realise that this is a flat contradiction of the teaching of Christ. There is a deliberate allusion in Gaudium et Spes 24 to the wording of the divine teaching it is contradicting, as can be seen from looking at the Vulgate text of that teaching..."
The second can be considered a part of first, in so far as the first provides the justification and the motivation for the second.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae II II 44, 2:
"The love of God is the end to which the love of our neighbor is directed. Therefore it behooved us to receive precepts not only of the love of God but also of the love of our neighbor, on account of those who are less intelligent, who do not easily understand that one of these precepts is included in the other."
See also II II 25, 1.
An embarrassing critique. Latin traditionalists really should be more circumspect, lest their zeal to conserve what they think to be Catholic teaching leads them to errors such as this. (A poor foundation in theology? Even a good conservative Thomist, or a good Thomist of "strict observance" would no better than to offer this.)
John Lamont: "For non-Latinists, this claim (it is a complete sentence in the conciliar document) can be translated as follows: 'For love of God and of neighbour is the first and greatest commandment'. No Latin is needed to realise that this is a flat contradiction of the teaching of Christ. There is a deliberate allusion in Gaudium et Spes 24 to the wording of the divine teaching it is contradicting, as can be seen from looking at the Vulgate text of that teaching..."
The second can be considered a part of first, in so far as the first provides the justification and the motivation for the second.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae II II 44, 2:
"The love of God is the end to which the love of our neighbor is directed. Therefore it behooved us to receive precepts not only of the love of God but also of the love of our neighbor, on account of those who are less intelligent, who do not easily understand that one of these precepts is included in the other."
See also II II 25, 1.
An embarrassing critique. Latin traditionalists really should be more circumspect, lest their zeal to conserve what they think to be Catholic teaching leads them to errors such as this. (A poor foundation in theology? Even a good conservative Thomist, or a good Thomist of "strict observance" would no better than to offer this.)
Groundbreaking for St. Elias Church (Brampton)
more great pictures- R. Dashko
Posted by Saint Elias Church Brampton, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, May 12, 2015
groundbreaking!https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.972647492779520.1073741829.959006327476970&type=1
Posted by Saint Elias Church Brampton, Ontario Canada on Sunday, May 10, 2015
Related:
New photos!http://www.sainteliaschurch.tumblr.com/latestphotos
Posted by Saint Elias Church Brampton, Ontario Canada on Sunday, May 3, 2015
Pascha at St.Elias [2015] Parish in Brampton Ontario Canada.Пасха [2015] в церкві Святого Пророка Божого Іллі в Канадіhttps://youtu.be/veK5g_Wp0Lg
Posted by Saint Elias Church Brampton, Ontario Canada on Saturday, April 25, 2015
PART 2Pascha at St.Elias [2015] Parish in Brampton Ontario Canada.Пасха [2015] в церкві Святого Пророка Божого Іллі в Канадіhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sZn8Ns6F94&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
Posted by Saint Elias Church Brampton, Ontario Canada on Thursday, April 30, 2015
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Las Vegas -- if I'm ever in Vegas again...
Salutation of the Theotokos at St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Las Vegas.
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Contemplation as "Silence"
Seeking Silence: An Interview with Kevin M. Johnson - The Inner Room (FB)
BC
An emphasis on nous; no such thing as Catholic silence or Catholic contemplation? What about Christian contemplation? There is no real mysticism without Christ. Too much of an "interfaith," interdisciplinary approach to contemplation that tries to engage modern Western philosophy as well? I prefer explanations by Fr. Bouyer, Archimandrite Gabriel Bunge or Fr. Jean Corbon. Contemplation is not the same as meditation, though it may make use of it.
The Liturgy Lived: The Divinization of Man | Jean Corbon, O.P. (from The Wellspring of Worship) [excerpt recently republished here]
Dialoguing About Silence
In Pursuit of Silence - FB
Our current director, Kevin M Johnson was involved in a long interview about silence and The Inner Room with Artur Sebastian Rosman.
Posted by The Inner Room on Tuesday, May 12, 2015
BC
An emphasis on nous; no such thing as Catholic silence or Catholic contemplation? What about Christian contemplation? There is no real mysticism without Christ. Too much of an "interfaith," interdisciplinary approach to contemplation that tries to engage modern Western philosophy as well? I prefer explanations by Fr. Bouyer, Archimandrite Gabriel Bunge or Fr. Jean Corbon. Contemplation is not the same as meditation, though it may make use of it.
The Liturgy Lived: The Divinization of Man | Jean Corbon, O.P. (from The Wellspring of Worship) [excerpt recently republished here]
Dialoguing About Silence
In Pursuit of Silence - FB
We're finally getting around to posting our first trailer that we put together last year. Hope you'll take the time to watch and share. #pursuitofsilence
Posted by In Pursuit of Silence - A Documentary Film on Monday, March 2, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Toxic Charity
Can certain kinds of charity be toxic?
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Monday, May 11, 2015
Primarily a First World Problem?
Do you want to be healed?
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, May 12, 2015
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