Friday, March 29, 2019
Giacomo Biffi on Christ
Sandro Magister: More On the Jesus “of History.” The lesson of Giacomo Biffi, a Great Theologian and Cardinal
Thursday, March 28, 2019
SSA Does Not Define the Person...
Crisis: Highlighting Same-Sex Attraction Is a Mistake by PETE JERMANN
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Accountability
Structures, traditions, and hierarchical accountability by Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille
Let us not make the mistake of looking to corporations or government bureaucracies.
Let us not make the mistake of looking to corporations or government bureaucracies.
Monday, March 25, 2019
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Considering Seminary?
via Byz, TX
From 2013
Should it incumbent on the priest to be the intermediary between people? Does he play this role in the old world? Perhaps it is part of his calling to reconcile people if there is the possibility to do so -- the Beatitudes. But this is incumbent upon every Christian in that community, as a part of fraternal charity. It is also incumbent upon them to pass and enforce those rules that make communal life possible. In so far as the parish is an instantiation of the local community, if not wholly identical to it in its members, then the priest may be a spiritual father but politically he is no different from any other (male) member of that community, who also share responsibilities and authority, even, with respect to that community.
For Latin bishops and priests, they must be very clear as to what the precepts of the Natural Law, as distinguished to opinions they may have regarding political life, whether those are truly theological opinions, or opinions taken from liberalism.
From 2013
Most of the time, serving the people is not about hearing confessions and serving the Holy Mysteries. It is about keeping the roof from leaking and the people from killing each other. If you can actually get your parishioners to like each other, you will have done a mighty act.
Many priests like to think about implementing ‘ministries’ and ‘parish activities’ and ‘more services’ without first getting to know the people and what they need to grow. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to parish life, so get that delusion out of your head right now. People are different, both as individuals and as communities.
If you must change them before you can love them, then you are not cut out for parish life. You have to love them first, and be willing to love them even if they refuse to change, because most of them will not change and will fight any kind of change tooth-and-nail. You must love them as they are, warts and all. Love is the only thing that really changes people.
Should it incumbent on the priest to be the intermediary between people? Does he play this role in the old world? Perhaps it is part of his calling to reconcile people if there is the possibility to do so -- the Beatitudes. But this is incumbent upon every Christian in that community, as a part of fraternal charity. It is also incumbent upon them to pass and enforce those rules that make communal life possible. In so far as the parish is an instantiation of the local community, if not wholly identical to it in its members, then the priest may be a spiritual father but politically he is no different from any other (male) member of that community, who also share responsibilities and authority, even, with respect to that community.
For Latin bishops and priests, they must be very clear as to what the precepts of the Natural Law, as distinguished to opinions they may have regarding political life, whether those are truly theological opinions, or opinions taken from liberalism.
Saturday, March 23, 2019
What Is Eastern Catholic Theology?: Questions and Answers Revisited and Revised
Subdeacon Brian A. Butcher, PhD
Friday, March 22, 2019
Latin Traditionalists: Whom to Believe?
Who can lead them out of their conundrum concerning Francis?
Heretical Pope: Bishop Schneider and Cardinal Burke Contradict Each Other
Edit.
Rorate Caeli: Rorate interviews Professor Roberto de Mattei
Rorate interviews Professor Roberto de Mattei regarding Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s analysis on the subject of a heretic Pope.
Heretical Pope: Bishop Schneider and Cardinal Burke Contradict Each Other
Edit.
Rorate Caeli: Rorate interviews Professor Roberto de Mattei
Rorate interviews Professor Roberto de Mattei regarding Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s analysis on the subject of a heretic Pope.
LSN Editor Needs to Write Better Headlines
Theologian claims Vatican commission on female deacons found no evidence they existed
No evidence of an order of female deacons, i.e. ordained ministers.
No evidence of an order of female deacons, i.e. ordained ministers.
A Defense of Integralism
Church Life: Integralism and the Logic of the Cross by Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist
Too much favoring of monarchy and the mixed regime that has monarchy at its center? The essay doesn't touch upon what qualifications are necessary for the one to rule, and what is to be done for the unjust ruler.
Too much favoring of monarchy and the mixed regime that has monarchy at its center? The essay doesn't touch upon what qualifications are necessary for the one to rule, and what is to be done for the unjust ruler.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
More on the Papacy
1P5: Bishop Athanasisus Schneider: On the Question of a Heretical Pope
Latins still have to untangle the theological/ecclesiological mess they've made surrounding the office of the bishop of Rome.
Related:
A Brief Word on Universal Acceptance of a Pope by Steve Skojec
Latins still have to untangle the theological/ecclesiological mess they've made surrounding the office of the bishop of Rome.
Related:
A Brief Word on Universal Acceptance of a Pope by Steve Skojec
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