Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Monday, June 09, 2014
It Could Only Be Written by a Latin Traditionalist?
The debate on intelligibility continues... Let us tease apart the different parts: the texts of the prayers, the translations, and the not-so-sacred music - intelligibility that is based on pandering to the "lowest common denominator" is wrong-headed, but this is not a sufficient argument for retaining everything in Latin or keeping the EF as is.
Can Comprehension Be a Disservice? by Peter Kwasniewski
Can Comprehension Be a Disservice? by Peter Kwasniewski
Roundtable on the Meeting of the Pope and the Patriarch
The Pope and the Patriarch
Kevin Allen and his guests discuss the joint statements made in Jerusalem by Pope Francis I and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and their potential impact on Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox relations. Kevin is joined by Fr. Matthew Baker (Greek Archdiocese of America) and Fr. John Whiteford (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia).
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Kevin Allen and his guests discuss the joint statements made in Jerusalem by Pope Francis I and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and their potential impact on Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox relations. Kevin is joined by Fr. Matthew Baker (Greek Archdiocese of America) and Fr. John Whiteford (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia).
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Labels:
ecumenism,
Matthew Baker,
Orthodox,
Patriarch Bartholomew,
Pope Francis
Sunday, June 08, 2014
Saturday, June 07, 2014
CWR: Because the Shepherds Need Joy
Father Joseph Illo discusses plans to open the San Francisco Oratory of St. Philip Neri
Father Joseph Illo discusses plans to open the San Francisco Oratory of St. Philip Neri
Friday, June 06, 2014
Thursday, June 05, 2014
The Principle
Galileo Was Wrong
blog
And the internecine strife between American Latin (i.e. Roman-rite) apologists continues...
Respectable (Liberal) Professional Catholics’ Attempt to Sack Film Backfires
A Contradiction?
The common good proper to a political community? That requires integration. The common good that exists
between communities? That requires respect and justice - and refraining from exploitation. So what do the Gypsies offer
in legitimate trade?
between communities? That requires respect and justice - and refraining from exploitation. So what do the Gypsies offer
in legitimate trade?
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Monday, June 02, 2014
Chiesa: The Myth and Reality of Second Marriages among the Orthodox by Sandro Magister
There is a widespread opinion that the Eastern Churches permit a new marriage after divorce, and give communion to the remarried. But this is not the case, as Nicola Bux explains. Only the first marriage is celebrated as a true sacrament
(Bux's essay is also at Rorate Caeli)
There is a widespread opinion that the Eastern Churches permit a new marriage after divorce, and give communion to the remarried. But this is not the case, as Nicola Bux explains. Only the first marriage is celebrated as a true sacrament
(Bux's essay is also at Rorate Caeli)
Labels:
divorce,
marriage,
Nicola Bux,
Orthodox,
Walter Kasper
Fr. Hunwicke responds to Archimandrite Taft regarding which councils are to be considered ecumenical? (via NLM) See also his subsequent posts.
Labels:
ecumenical councils,
John Hunwicke,
Robert Taft SJ
Patristics
Fr. Jungmann locates a split between "classical" Christianity and ... what is the label he uses? Anyway, just because the Byzantine Chalcedonian Christians may be more "Patristic" does not mean that they would escape his criticism of how Christian liturgy evolved. (Does his criticism apply to the history of Christian spirituality as well?)
Labels:
Church Fathers,
Greek Orthodox,
Josef Jungmann SJ,
Orthodox
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