Thursday, July 04, 2019
Wednesday, July 03, 2019
A Snapshot of the Current State of Things
for Latin traditionalists?
1P5: Enthronement of the Sacred Heart: The Spiritual Anchor of the Domestic Church by Matthew Karmel
In a homily delivered at Chartres on Pentecost Monday in 2015, His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider offered to the pilgrims gathered there both an analysis of the most pressing challenge facing the Church today as well a strategy for meeting …
Also: Should Traditional Catholics ‘Move Past’ the Liturgy Debates? by Peter Kwasniewski
1P5: Enthronement of the Sacred Heart: The Spiritual Anchor of the Domestic Church by Matthew Karmel
In a homily delivered at Chartres on Pentecost Monday in 2015, His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider offered to the pilgrims gathered there both an analysis of the most pressing challenge facing the Church today as well a strategy for meeting …
Also: Should Traditional Catholics ‘Move Past’ the Liturgy Debates? by Peter Kwasniewski
Franciscan Curial Reform
CWR Dispatch: Analysis: New Vatican constitution to centralize power in state secretariat
“The [new constitution’s] preamble says a lot about collegiality and subsidiarity,” one long-serving curial official told CNA, “but this is just the total centralization of power in the office of the Secretary of State.”
Ending the authority of the Roman Curia by recentralizing it in the Pope? How likely is it for Pope Francis to divest himself or repudiate that authority, with respect to the patriarchate? (There should be no authority whatsoever for the Roman Curia with respect to the Church Universal.)
NCReg: Analysis: New Vatican Constitution to Centralize Power in State Secretariat by Ed Condon/CNA
The most dramatic reform proposed in the current draft of Praedicate Evangelium is the effective ending of any curial department’s ability to exercise papal governing authority on a stably delegated basis.
“The [new constitution’s] preamble says a lot about collegiality and subsidiarity,” one long-serving curial official told CNA, “but this is just the total centralization of power in the office of the Secretary of State.”
The most dramatic reform proposed in the current draft of Praedicate Evangelium is the effective ending of any curial department’s ability to exercise papal governing authority on a stably delegated basis.
The draft text lays down that a curial department “cannot issue laws or general decrees having the force of law, nor can it deviate from the prescriptions of the universal law” except on a case-by-case basis “approved specifically by the Supreme Pontiff.” It further provides that any “important, rare, and extraordinary affairs” cannot be treated by the prefect of the dicastery unless and until he has cleared the matter with the pope and received his approval.
Legally, this means that the pope must personally approve every authoritative decision to emerge from a curial department – an historic recentralization of Roman power into the person of the pope.
Ending the authority of the Roman Curia by recentralizing it in the Pope? How likely is it for Pope Francis to divest himself or repudiate that authority, with respect to the patriarchate? (There should be no authority whatsoever for the Roman Curia with respect to the Church Universal.)
NCReg: Analysis: New Vatican Constitution to Centralize Power in State Secretariat by Ed Condon/CNA
The most dramatic reform proposed in the current draft of Praedicate Evangelium is the effective ending of any curial department’s ability to exercise papal governing authority on a stably delegated basis.
Introducing "St. Thomas for Today"
CWR: Why St. Thomas? by Joseph G. Trabbic
Introducing a new CWR column, titled “St. Thomas for Today”, which will offer a Thomistic perspective on topics of current interest, review works by Thomists, interview contemporary Thomists, and offer portraits of great Thomists of the past.
Introducing a new CWR column, titled “St. Thomas for Today”, which will offer a Thomistic perspective on topics of current interest, review works by Thomists, interview contemporary Thomists, and offer portraits of great Thomists of the past.
Tuesday, July 02, 2019
Monday, July 01, 2019
"Doctor Ecclesiae"...
I suppose this honorific won't be retired any time soon, as it is a conceit of the patriarch of Rome.
Is there any example of "development of doctrine" that isn't a form of theological reasoning? Certainly this is the case with the development of moral teaching. If we set aside the 7 ecumenical councils, what will we find if we look for the premises yielding some of the doctrines put forth by various Latin synods (reckoned to be ecumenical by some Latins) of the second millennium?
Is there any example of "development of doctrine" that isn't a form of theological reasoning? Certainly this is the case with the development of moral teaching. If we set aside the 7 ecumenical councils, what will we find if we look for the premises yielding some of the doctrines put forth by various Latin synods (reckoned to be ecumenical by some Latins) of the second millennium?
What role for deacons in the Latin churches?
Forget married priests - what changes would there have to be to make full-time deacons possible?
A Generous Gesture
Considering the size of the community of Constantinople today.
Ecumenical Patriarchate: Pope Francis of Rome gave relics of Saint Peter to the Church of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarchate: Pope Francis of Rome gave relics of Saint Peter to the Church of Constantinople
Rules for Christian Intellectuals, Part 3
CWR: Rules for Christian Intellectuals, Part III by Dr. Kelly Scott Franklin
The world is falling apart. Gunmen kill civilians in office buildings and schools; babies die in wars and in abortion clinics. People suffer poverty, sexual violence, hunger. Our planet is rife with racism and tyranny [...]
The world is falling apart. Gunmen kill civilians in office buildings and schools; babies die in wars and in abortion clinics. People suffer poverty, sexual violence, hunger. Our planet is rife with racism and tyranny [...]
Why One Must Be Careful with Figurative Language
The Church as the Bride of Christ, and individual Christians as "brides" of Christ -- but if the latter is an appropriate application of the first statement, taken literally, that would mean that the Theotokos is both the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ and His bride. (One of many.) Do you see a problem with that?
(Then there is the Latin title of Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit... this will have to be addressed in a separate post.)
(Then there is the Latin title of Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit... this will have to be addressed in a separate post.)
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