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Possessed by the devil, they did not understand anything…
The Fathers of the Second Council of Constantinople, that is. “As we said earlier, I repeat once more: If anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you have received, let him be accursed. Since the Lord declares that the … Continue reading
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Tagged dogma, heresy, theology, This is Denzinger, truth is the best ecumenism
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Poor students make for poor teachers…
“Studying fundamental theology is one of the most boring things on earth.” @pontifex to me this morning #reevaluatinglifechoices — Michael Rogers, SJ (@mrogerssj) February 17, 2014 Francis Speaks, Scalfari Transcribes, Brandmüller Shreds As a Church historian, the German cardinal refutes … Continue reading
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Tagged celibacy, crazy like a fox, history, Poor Mr. Magoo, Scalfari, theology, This isn't Denzinger
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Your somewhat daily Summa… #Aquinas #theology
Read the following from Aquinas’ Summa theologiae and then challenge yourself to i) rebut each objection and ii) articulate your own explanation of the truth, before reading how St. Thomas does so. ST I-II, q. 71, a. 2. — Whether vice is contrary to nature? … Continue reading
Your somewhat daily Summa…
Read the following from Aquinas’ Summa theologiae and then challenge yourself to i) rebut each objection and ii) articulate your own explanation of the truth, before reading how St. Thomas does so. III, q. I, a. 1 – “Is it fitting for God … Continue reading
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Tagged disputatio, Scholastic method, Summa theologiae, Summa Theologica, theology, Thomas Aquinas
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Plop! Plop! Fizz-fizz!
2. … [Today we] find [preachers of the Word] more numerous perhaps than they have ever been before. … [Yet if] We examine the state of public and private morals, the constitutions and laws of nations, We shall find that there is a … Continue reading
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! (Khristós Anésti!)
Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Alithós Anésti!) My wife and joked last night that, while Christ rose from death last night, we’d have to wait until this morning to do so. Handling two infants under three years old for the entire Easter vigil, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter, Keefe, memoirs, movies, sacraments, The Catholic Thing, theology
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A brief argument against sola Scriptura…
“16 He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. 17 And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord, the devils also are subject to us … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, cruciform triumphalism, The Catholic Thing, theology, This is Denzinger
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“Don’t cross the streams.”
“An error which is not resisted is approved; a truth which is not defended is suppressed.” — Leo XIII, Inimica Vis (1892) Given the devil-may-care claims afoot these days about the non-overlapping nature of dogma and discipline (or “doctrinal” creed … Continue reading
A game changer…
In high school and college, I would have accepted the slur (or praise, as it was then) of being a devotee of liberation theology. I read fairly extensively in the field, and “lived out” what was taken to be its … Continue reading
“Ohhkay, that was prob’ly a bit much…”
HT To Fr. Blake. And here is the same conversation with, if you will, a few sheets to the wind: . Meanwhile, I have been cutting loose in my own ways. While we’re on the topic of St. Patrick’s Day, … Continue reading
Call me a dumb sheep, but…
…I can’t fathom how someone could be a sedevacantist. The following comes from Session IV of the First Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, chapters 1-2, which predates any supposed apostasy at Vatican II by almost one century (cf. … Continue reading
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Tagged papacy, solemn nonsense, theology, This is Denzinger, This isn't Denzinger
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Silly fellow, the world is not so black-and-white anymore…
“’I am Jesus Whom thou persecutest.’ Saul is persecuting the Church of Damascus and Christians of Damascus, and Christ says to Saul: ‘Why persecutest thou Me?’ Christ and the Church, are they the same thing? Precisely, the Church is Christ … Continue reading
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Tagged God, solemn nonsense, The Catholic Thing, the Incarnation, theology
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New Policy Day!
“1 It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. 2 All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits. 3 Lay open thy … Continue reading
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Tagged bloggorhea, Elliam Fakespeare, solemn nonsense, special pleating, theology, words
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Like a sore thumb…
“[1] I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship [την λογικην λατρειαν / ten logiken latreia]. [2] Do not be conformed to this … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Ents, Catholicism WOW!, grace and truth, indiffer, theology, theology of the body
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The God of little daily matters
“The choice of one’s vocation, the plan of some business of great consequence, of some work occupying much time, of some very great expenditure, the change of abode, the choice of society, and the like, deserve to be seriously pondered, … Continue reading
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Tagged quotations, St. Francis de Sales, the will of God, theology, vocation
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