The Tragedy of the Republic

I was honored to provide a brief preface to this brilliant essay by the great Pierre Manent. The essay is timely: Manent explores the crisis of representation in the modern republic, an inevitable consequence of modern theories that seek the elimination of virtue from politics. https://t.co/9hzs1KUJHW

— Patrick Deneen (@PatrickDeneen) November 10, 2020

Scandalous Division

The convening of a Holy or Pan-Orthodox Synod is requested by associations of theologians of #Cyprus on the occasion of the recognition of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of #Ukraine#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/x5DsphiBqL

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) November 10, 2020

Constantinople is stuck in the past, promotes liberal ecclesiology—UOC representativehttps://t.co/Of9zkpMEBf

“But you can’t turn the Church into a museum of Byzantine history,” Fr. Nikolai Danilevich said. pic.twitter.com/NjQDxjZuq4

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) November 10, 2020

Man of God

The promo poster for the Man of God film on St. Nektarios, to be released next year:#StNektarios #GreekOrthodox #OrthodoxChristianity pic.twitter.com/eUbzUmdUfY

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) November 10, 2020

Excessive Deference to Papal Authority

When proof-texting from popes alone is sufficient?

“Reading Scripture with Benedict and Francis: An Adventure with Two Popes”

Today, Prof. Lewis Ayres (Durham University) will be speaking for the TI at the University of Edinburgh. This lecture will be on Zoom.

6:30 PM GMT (1:30 PM EST)

Register here: https://t.co/dDC7uYKxBT

— Thomistic Institute (@ThomisticInst) November 10, 2020

McCarrick Report

The full McCarrick report is now online and public:https://t.co/gwpHjH7RKt

— Cindy Wooden (@Cindy_Wooden) November 10, 2020

The #McCarrickReport: Full Text and A Vatican Summary | National Catholic Register https://t.co/WF5kvpnWac @NCRegister

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) November 10, 2020

#BREAKING Vatican releases report on disgraced former Cardinal and sexual predator Theodore #McCarrick.

No press conference accompanied this document release, no statement from the #Vatican was made.https://t.co/yTCSHOMEX1 pic.twitter.com/Ztk93jJzQK

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) November 10, 2020

Statement on Holy See’s Report on Theodore McCarrick Most Reverend José H. Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: https://t.co/HzuFRE7O8l pic.twitter.com/jhq66P729i

— U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) November 10, 2020

The #McCarrickReport is a sad whitewash. Contrary to this headline, blaming JPII, the report says "3 of the 4" New Jersey bishops" provided John Paul “with inaccurate and incomplete in information…regarding McCarrick’s sexual conduct with young adults.” 1/2 https://t.co/kGAuKUh32F

— Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) November 10, 2020

It remains unknown how much Pope Francis knew about McCarrick in the five years between Francis’ election as pope and his removing the former cardinal from ministry, @ColleenDulle writes.https://t.co/QMfscDikFN

— America Magazine (@americamag) November 9, 2020

“In the case of #McCarrick, the simple fact is that pathological personalities lie and deceive people - even intelligent and saintly people - and that’s what McCarrick was able to do," said George Weigel. https://t.co/awhGiqwdR2

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) November 10, 2020

The Vatican report recognizes the history of Theodore McCarrick as a serious injury to the Catholic Church. But it does not address the crucial question of influence: the influence that McCarrick wielded, and the influence that promoted him. https://t.co/P0fMtSkqee

— Philip Lawler (@PhilLawler) November 10, 2020

My instant reaction to the #McCarrickReport: its chief purpose is to obscure the shameful role played by Pope Francis, who rehabilitated McCarrick and his cronies because they were useful to him, and acted only when the media forced him to. https://t.co/DH24ojFfDJ

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) November 10, 2020

This tells us so much about the politics of today’s @USCCB https://t.co/4WW3NGjwkv

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) November 10, 2020

First glance, the McCarrick report is a very sobering, astringent read that doesn’t hide any uncomfortable truths. It just lets the chips fall where they ....... BLAHAHAHA Nope. All blame shifted to nobodies or the deceased.

— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) November 10, 2020

Vatican’s McCarrick Report reveals crucial gaps in Archbishop Vigano’s ‘testimony’ https://t.co/C3QwmHFuer

— America Magazine (@americamag) November 10, 2020

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò issues initial response to the #McCarrickReport: pic.twitter.com/6yauaD5uGL

— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) November 10, 2020

It's truly astonishing that Francis still imagines that anyone takes him seriously. Thank God for Viganò and, quite frankly, to hell with the Vatican spin machine! https://t.co/ffWtjth1Pf

— Michael J. Matt (@Michael_J_Matt) November 10, 2020

Fr. Martin Thorton

"Parish Prayer Life":
An introduction to the life and parochial theology of Martin Thornton

Fr Matthew Dallman's talk for @TowersofFaith

Video here: https://t.co/ZfmuzAaUN0
More info here:https://t.co/Z2DvGpZWFL

— Akenside Institute for English Spirituality (@EngSpirituality) November 6, 2020

"Sacrifice"

The thing that struck me was that I couldn’t explain to her, but it was a necessity that she go. Without sacrifices like hers the homestead is not viable.

The real gut check is the mapping of that onto oneself

Our lives are a blip and if we live well it is in our sacrifices https://t.co/Q6MKVbuSEj

— Joe Norman (@normonics) November 9, 2020

As One Could Guess, This is a Roman Catholic Essay

One that ignores Eastern Catholic canons and theology regarding marriage and ecclesial divorce. Latins need to stop speaking of the Church when they are really referring just to the patriarchate of Rome.

To see what the Church understands marriage to be, we must look to divine revelation in Holy Scripture and the Apostolic Tradition.https://t.co/3J4RDqAA5n

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) November 9, 2020

First Things

The Cathedral of St. John Lateran

Did you know that the Pope’s chair does not reside in Saint Peter's Basilica, but in the church of Saint John Lateran?

Today marks the dedication of Saint John Lateran, the oldest Western archbasilica commissioned by Constantine and seat of the Bishop of Rome. pic.twitter.com/TkkSnxbkfF

— IHE (@HumanEcologyCUA) November 9, 2020

Scotus on the Public Good

Scotus on the primacy of the political common good pic.twitter.com/rvsln4vu8O

— Jamie McGowan (@LegemPoneMihi) November 9, 2020

Bishop Bätzing Should Be Excommunicated

Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, has reaffirmed his view that intercommunion with Protestants should be possible, despite Vatican objections. https://t.co/d4QDIQ1XqA

— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) November 9, 2020

Not Politically Correct

The Church helps sexual minorities overcome unnatural attractions—Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)https://t.co/bYLjZ4WJji

The Orthodox Church treats people with non-traditional orientations pastorally, not by expelling them from churches, but by helping them overcome their un... pic.twitter.com/ZVlKYWidtW

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) November 6, 2020

Hebraic Exceptionalism

Hebraic Exceptionalism and Western Exceptionalism (essay by Paul Krause) https://t.co/TQlJbUYjFJ

— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) November 8, 2020

Imaginative Conservative

Byzantine Triumphalism

How much more do they have to lose before they learn the lesson? Lord have mercy. All jurisdictions will have to re-evaluate their notions of primacy and ecclesial authority before there can be full reconciliation. Matthew 20:25.

"The Church of Constantinople was blessed by God to be the guardian of the Tradition of the Apostles and the Fathers" #orthodox_times @EcuPatriarch

https://t.co/yQQ1syRyZZ

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) November 8, 2020

The Problem with Snippets

Is that they are too short and if they are valid, they must be understood within orthodoxy. One could read this from a Pelagian view, or from an orthodoxy synergist view.

Blessed Sunday☦️

"Think nothing and do nothing without a purpose directed to God. For to journey without direction is wasted effort."
-St. Mark the Ascetic pic.twitter.com/CacZ6K7ahX

— Ortho.Bro ☦️ (@bro_ortho) November 8, 2020

Nina Shea on the Sino-Vatican Agreement

This partnership comes at a very high price—for the Chinese Catholic Church and for the Vatican’s moral authority.https://t.co/r1t8cKutLk

— First Things (@firstthingsmag) November 8, 2020

Not a Fan of This Mosaic

It's as bad as the mosaic of Christ in the National Shrine. I am having a difficulty finding out from which temple this mosaic is; the photo itself has been used a lot without attribution.

Walter Hilton: "It is commonly said that a soul shall see our Lord within all things and within itself. True it is our Lord is within all creatures, but not on that manner as a kernel is hid within the shell of a nut, or as a little bodily thing is holden within another larger.》 pic.twitter.com/eCsoXyQBnr

— Akenside Institute for English Spirituality (@EngSpirituality) November 8, 2020

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on St. Gregory of Nyssa

From our video archive, an exciting talk from Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on Saint Gregory of Nyssa - wonderfully entitled ‘Perpetual Progress, or Felix the Cat’! 🐈 https://t.co/BaDzqoIP6h

— IOCS - Cambridge (@IOCS_Cambridge) November 6, 2020

Oxford University Byzantine Society Call for Papers

#CallforPapers #CFP #Byzantinebrigade #Byzantine #History #conference @OxUniStudents @camedieval @CRASSHlive @kingshistory @clamskcl @IMEMSDurham @DumbartonOaks https://t.co/45m31FhqkL

— Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research (@OxfordByzantine) November 6, 2020

Sveta zaupokojena liturgija Hram Hristovog Vaskrenja Podgorica