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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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Why I read the NAB
It’s taken me a while to put up this link. But, I recently wrote a guest post at the invite of Chad and Rodney about why I read the New American Bible. I’ll sum up the main points, but I hope you’ll head over and check it out. First, I do not love the NAB. …
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Newsweek: Priests unfairly targeted …
An article from NewsWeek has been posted over at The Sacred Page – Newsweek: Priests Unfairly Targeted as Abusers dealing with the scandal of abuse in the Catholic Church. These are things that I have known or thought about before, but for many of the readers of this blog perhaps may not be. Even though…
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There is more scripture at the Easter Vigil …
than you probably get in many churches in a month. You can check out the readings for Easter here. The Easter vigil is probably my favorite mass of the year as it is for many people. Unfortunately, we’ll be unable to attend this year. In our parish it is from 8-11pm (or round about), which…
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On Seeing Members of My Former Denomination
If you are a consistent reader of my blog, you may know a little of my background. I grew up Roman Catholic. Long story short … I left the church a year after I started college. I joined a Southern Baptist Church and soon after left a path that was going to lead me to…
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"Bible Alone" – I Ain't No Ox Moron
Doug Chaplin has written a post asking whether “Bible Alone” is an oxymoron. For my title, I couldn’t resist. It is one of my favorite lines from the movie Renaissance Man when he is trying to teach his students about oxymoron. Check it out: Anyway, I agree with Doug. I know … surprise, surprise (I…
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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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Roman Catholic Understanding of Faith (QOD)
Here is a quote of the day from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It is in response to the question of how Roman Catholics define faith, which I get from time to time: Faith is a personal act – the free response of the human person to the initiative of God who reveals himself.…