Dec
10
Allegorical Aslan
December 10, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I have not seen the new Narnia movie, nor will I: I’m one of those freaks for whom the reading of books is too special to ruin by going to see how some other putz has imagined what I’ve already determined looks like this. I did make an exception for The Lord of the Rings, [...]
Dec
9
Getting It Backwards
December 9, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Just the other day I was listening to the Diane Rehm Show on my local public radio station, WOUB FM. The guest that day was Bart Ehrman, the chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at one of my many almae matres, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Among other things, he discussed [...]
Dec
8
All We Are Saying Is Give War a Chance
December 8, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Talk about your wishful thinking: here’s a guy who says that, had he lived, John Lennon would have become a pro-Bush conservative. “Imagine” that.
To get the full effect, it helps if you drop a little acid before reading the post.
Dec
7
It’s a Start, but…
December 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment
CNS announces a new magazine for girls that’s supposed to be radically different from all the crap one finds in supermarkets. This one is is supposed to be “a faith-based publication.” What does that mean, exactly? Well, no beefcake, for one thing. (I wondered why my phone calls had been tailing off of late.) But [...]
Dec
7
Subsistit in
December 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Yet another clarification of the traditional teaching, this time from Jesuit Father Karl Josef Becker. Clarifications are only required for those who keep forgetting that dogmatic truths don’t change over time.
I’m often puzzled by the readiness with which certain folks seem to accept the possibility that truths of this nature could change over time. An [...]
Dec
6
Natural Ends
December 6, 2005 | Leave a Comment
In a recent post I described the Church’s traditional view of what I called the “causal structure of the world”. Some of what I had to say there attracted the attention of one of my former students, who wrote a lengthy response in the comments section of a subsequent post. He raises a question about [...]
Dec
4
Last Things
December 4, 2005 | Leave a Comment
First Things is far and away my favorite print-medium, non-technical journal. I always have a copy in my backpack, whether I’m just heading in to the office or flying off to a conference somewhere, because I know that I can always find something worth a careful read in there. In particular, I’ve been a fan [...]
Dec
4
I’m Always the Last to Know
December 4, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I’ve only just discovered John Heard’s blog Dreadnought–it’s wonderful. I guess it’s been around for a long time, but nobody ever tells me anything. It’s not a family friendly site, if you know what I mean, but it is a very important site, and I think anyone who is willing to be courageously compassionate and [...]
Dec
3
Development of Doctrine Department
December 3, 2005 | Leave a Comment
An excellent post on the teaching on usury by Mike Liccione at Sacramentum Vitae.
Dec
3
Unless Someone Else Causes Its Death
December 3, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Hawaii high court says fetus not a person, reverses mother’s manslaughter charge
