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Heretics
September 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Probably the craziest religion-oriented website I’ve ever seen is that of the self-styled “Most Holy Family Monastery” of Fillmore, NY. To hear these folks tell it, they are the only genuine Catholics left on the planet: literally everyone else has fallen into heresy. Some of us have fallen into particularly grave heresies, such as wanting [...]
Sep
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Bisho-whaaaat?
September 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Bob Sungenis, falling all over himself to try to keep the funds rolling into his Catholic Apologetics International, offers a rambling cri de coeur cum mea culpa, during the course of which he declares:
Third, the present prelature is God’s ordained authority over us and we should show them the honor and respect they deserve, at [...]
Sep
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Even Homer Nods….
September 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment
For a long time now I have been attracted to Benedictine spirituality. About a year ago I got myself a copy of the Rule with commentary (Benedict’s Rule: A Translation and Commentary by Terrence G. Kardong, Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996) and have been having a good time working my way through it (for [...]
Sep
30
Anselm on the Temporal and Atemporal
September 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Here is a passage from St. Anselm’s De concordia, section 5, that addresses very nicely the assymetry between the temporal and the atemporal that I was talking about in this post.
When St. Paul says that God foreknew, predestined, called, justified, and glorified his saints, none of these actions happen before or after on God’s part. [...]
