I think Paul (Rom 5: 12-21) is explicit in portraying the “tragic consequences of the first disobedience.” CCC 404 poses the question as to how “the sin of Adam became the sin of all his desc
Peter Clifton, I suggest that shaking off this obsessive unease about celibacy is a first step to some daylight and common sense in the Catholic Church.
The French Jansenists were persecuted by State and Church. Some Jansenist ideas were condemned by the popes, notable in the bull Cum Occasione 1643 that controversially condemned five propositions sup
I don't agree with Sean's blanking out of the sacrificial death of Jesus which is the core of the Pauline Gospel -- indeed he makes no reference to the exemplary life of Jesus.
The Augustinian idea of
Padraig@1 speaks of the 'enrichment' flowing from having both married and celibate priests. Certainly,
the experience of having married former Anglican priests in the Catholc church in England and Wa
Why has it become customary for bidding prayers to be centrally scripted and published in this way? To obviate the need to have lay liturgy groups in parishes?
Too often the result is a routinised pro
Statue : I don't know the person's name, someone pulled out of the history archives. It's a grim frowning visage. From what I can gather the Jansenists or the Calvinists with their grim outlook and
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I don't see that St Paul's references to the effect of 'sin of Adam' must be interpreted as anything more than an allusion to the often disastrous power of bad example, generation to generation.
Was the statue of Florence Conry (Conrius), Archbishop of Tuam, who was a friend of Jansenius and highly regarded by Pascal? I would think it a good idea to celebrate him. http://www.newadvent.org/ca
I agree with Sean -- our sexuality and our mortality are natural, and indeed good -- they belong firmly to the created order. Francis of Assisi speaks of Sister Death as part of God's good creation: "
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‘Irish Catholic Catechism for Adults’ and ‘the Fall’
June 24 2014I think Paul (Rom 5: 12-21) is explicit in portraying the “tragic consequences of the first disobedience.” CCC 404 poses the question as to how “the sin of Adam became the sin of all his desc
Married priests and their return to public ministry: some considerations
June 27 2014Peter Clifton, I suggest that shaking off this obsessive unease about celibacy is a first step to some daylight and common sense in the Catholic Church.
International Network of Reform Movements
June 25 2014The French Jansenists were persecuted by State and Church. Some Jansenist ideas were condemned by the popes, notable in the bull Cum Occasione 1643 that controversially condemned five propositions sup
‘Irish Catholic Catechism for Adults’ and ‘the Fall’
June 24 2014I don't agree with Sean's blanking out of the sacrificial death of Jesus which is the core of the Pauline Gospel -- indeed he makes no reference to the exemplary life of Jesus. The Augustinian idea of
Married priests and their return to public ministry: some considerations
June 27 2014Padraig@1 speaks of the 'enrichment' flowing from having both married and celibate priests. Certainly, the experience of having married former Anglican priests in the Catholc church in England and Wa
Presiders Pages for July Sundays published
July 3 2014Why has it become customary for bidding prayers to be centrally scripted and published in this way? To obviate the need to have lay liturgy groups in parishes? Too often the result is a routinised pro
International Network of Reform Movements
June 25 2014Statue : I don't know the person's name, someone pulled out of the history archives. It's a grim frowning visage. From what I can gather the Jansenists or the Calvinists with their grim outlook and
‘Irish Catholic Catechism for Adults’ and ‘the Fall’
June 24 2014# 29 I don't see that St Paul's references to the effect of 'sin of Adam' must be interpreted as anything more than an allusion to the often disastrous power of bad example, generation to generation.
International Network of Reform Movements
June 25 2014Was the statue of Florence Conry (Conrius), Archbishop of Tuam, who was a friend of Jansenius and highly regarded by Pascal? I would think it a good idea to celebrate him. http://www.newadvent.org/ca
‘Irish Catholic Catechism for Adults’ and ‘the Fall’
June 24 2014I agree with Sean -- our sexuality and our mortality are natural, and indeed good -- they belong firmly to the created order. Francis of Assisi speaks of Sister Death as part of God's good creation: "
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