Friday, February 25, 2005

Canonicity and the problem of circular reasoning

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In this two-part analysis, (1) " Canon to the right of them; canon to the left of them ," and (2) " Canon in front of them, r...

The question of authority in relation to the biblical canon

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Al Kimel, at Pontificator , offers another incisive post on the issue if canonicity, this one entitled, " Canon to the right of them; c...
Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Da Vinci Code on trial in Italy

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Dan Brown deserves far less attention than he's getting in the press these days, except for the fatal combination of (1) beguiling charm...
Monday, February 21, 2005

Hunter S. Thompson kills himself at 67

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The Denver Post (February 20, 2005) reported that Hunter S. Thompson blew his brains out with a gunshot to the head over the weekend. Pitk...

Indulgences still available!

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Our Lutheran brethren may not be aware that although Brother Martin Luther opposed the abuse of indulgences, he was not opposed in principle...
Saturday, February 19, 2005

Best introductions to Aristotle and Thomistic metaphysics

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Anyone wishing to master or even gain an elementary acquaintance of Aristotelian thinking or Thomistic metaphysics must begin by learning wh...
Friday, February 18, 2005

Liberal successor to Cardinal Ratzinger?

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Alessandro Zangrando reports in the latest issue of Latin Mass magazine (Winter 2005) that new details are emerging concerning the appointm...

The 2005 Catholic Blog Awards

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I had no idea that such a thing as these awards existed, but in a comment on one of my posts, Nathan Nelson (whose own blog is entitled Fid...

Rural pagans, suburban philistines, and urban Catholics

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I've heard it said that when the Gospel of Christ began to spread across the Roman Empire, the first significant numbers of converts wer...
Thursday, February 17, 2005

Plaintiff wins suit against abortion clinic

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In a decision of singular significance, Multinomah County (Oregon) Judge Dale Koch has signed the first judgment ever against an abortionist...
Friday, February 11, 2005

Students who don't read anymore

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Norman Mailer recently addressed the precipitous decline in reading across the nation as a national crisis. In an article entitled " O...

Yawn ... "The Vagina Monologues" ... again?

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Lenoir-Rhyne College Professor Paul Beidler is advertising a reading of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues for Valentine's Day this...
Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Spain's Catholic Church Backs Condoms? Get real! Where are the bishops?

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A good friend of mine and former student, now engaged in his doctoral program of studies, forwarded a news release to me recently reporting ...

Pope hospitalized

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CNN announced that the Pope has been hospitalized with complications from the flu and bronchitis. Please redouble your efforts to pray ...

Purgatory revisited

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Commenting on my post, Protestant defends doctrine of Purgatory , one of my students asked: "I wander how the doctrine of purgatory in ...