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A Response to Jason's Charge of Injustice
So, I have now been accused of an injustice. I might take that as a bit of a rhetorical flourish on Jason’s part since I haven’t really impinged on anyone’s rights or oppressed them, perhaps something along the lines that I have been unfair. I’ll be the first to admit that it is possible that…
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Missed my point entirely, Bob
While Joel and Rod may have spoken about the issues of salvation and the gospel, my point is exactly this: I must say I haven’t read primary Catholic authors writing after Vatican 2. But in what I’ve heard and read about Vatican 2 it never abrogates the Council of Trent and it doesn’t change church…
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Deficient theology, Indeed!
Going to try to maintain the most charitable tone possible here. In a post reviewing a book about homosexuality, Bob Hayton threw in this bit of a sidebar comment about Roman Catholicism: I have but one small reservation with this book. Hill details both a Roman Catholic’s and Greek Orthodox’s struggle on this issue with…
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Commercial for God – Doctrine of Retribution Abused (VFTTB)
I just finished teaching through the Book of Proverbs in my Wisdom Literature class and thought I’d share this video. It is exactly what the title of the post says a “commercial for God.” Basically, these two girls read Proverbs 3:9-10 verbatim. Just be careful because it might give you a sickening feel in your…
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A great new book on Inspiration
Yesterday I went to the library at Notre Dame Seminary after class and saw Denis Farkasfalvy’s book Inspiration and Interpretation: A Theological Introduction on Sacred Scripture on the cart of new arrivals. I checked it out and pretty well couldn’t put it down. Farkasfalvy covers some of the same ground that Peter Enns does in…
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Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament – Review
This review is of the Kindle edition of Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament edited by Vanhoozer (print edition here). In terms of the layout of the text, everything in the Kindle version is pretty user friendly. The Table of Contents is all linked up nicely, which makes the text easier to navigate in many…
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Lenten Reflections 2010
Last night I started a series of Lenten Reflections in my church parish. These are intended for lay people in my parish, so hopefully they are free from academic jargon. If you are in a tradition that celebrates Lent, or even if you are not, you might want to give them a listen. There will…
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Jesus, Mary, and Joel Watts
Okay that title is a little misleading, but I couldn’t resist. Yesterday, a secondary writer on Joel’s blog posted about attending mass on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (Check the comments – I think Joel might agree with what I’m saying here). Unfortunately, he appears to have gotten a poor sampling of Catholic…
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"Absorption with the past is …" (QOD)
I was reading Paul Tillich’s Theology of Culture again today and was struck by this quote, for which he is drawing on Heidegger who in turn was drawing on Nietzsche: Mere historical knowledge is not man’s real role as an historical being. Absorption in the past is an estrangement from our task as the makers…
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Benedict XVI (Ratzinger) on Faith
Joel has written a post entitled “Faith Beyond Thought” in which he links to one of my previous posts. He discusses the idea of faith being a pledge or commitment. I thought this quote from Benedict the XVI (in his previous days as Cardinal Ratzinger was a fitting follow up). It comes from his…