Apropos the Synod Synthesis, a thoughtful evaluation and critique by Gerry O'Hanlon SJ with some interesting points for reflection...and action!
https://jesuit.ie/podcasts/evaluating-the-synod-on-syn
I agree that intricate accounts of the variety of understandings of Atonement are discouraging. I suggest that we should give massive priority to the basic landmarks, which I would identify as Paul an
#8 From the article Joe has referred us to:
"... the precise nature of the atonement ... remains a ‘deeply divisive contemporary issue’."
Both these divisions and the complexity of that article
Thank you Peadar #6 for your interesting mentions of the potency of symbolism, especially ashes and rainbow...I had a look online at the ceremony in Plum Village.
Thank you Joe #7: your "creeping fal
Since the theology of Atonement has come up a lot on this site, mostly thanks to Sean O’Conaill, I think this review article would be of interest: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rirt.14
Soline, thanks for revealing a new theological syndrome: creeping fallibility.
Top cardinal says: lay voting at synods, women priests, change in teaching on lgbt — all UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE
Next year
Thanks Soline for referencing the webpages in your posts, I was not aware of them.
Though long familiar from my early childhood with ashes to mark the beginning of Lent it was not until I watched the
Further to my mention (#4) of Cardinal Parolin's red lines to the German bishops, here is the response of German Catholics.
https://english.katholisch.de/artikel/48983-zdk-reacts-calmly-to-parolins-l
#3 Peadar
Synod members in Rome sharing stories about their ministry to LGBTQ + people or stories about family members is not enough. There needs to be Synod members (including the ordained) who can b
Dear friends, maybe not quite an “article in praise of the synod” but outlining a positive experience by a Synod participant can be found at:
Father James Martin: My experience at the Synod - Outr
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An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023Apropos the Synod Synthesis, a thoughtful evaluation and critique by Gerry O'Hanlon SJ with some interesting points for reflection...and action! https://jesuit.ie/podcasts/evaluating-the-synod-on-syn
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023I agree that intricate accounts of the variety of understandings of Atonement are discouraging. I suggest that we should give massive priority to the basic landmarks, which I would identify as Paul an
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023#8 From the article Joe has referred us to: "... the precise nature of the atonement ... remains a ‘deeply divisive contemporary issue’." Both these divisions and the complexity of that article
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023Thank you Peadar #6 for your interesting mentions of the potency of symbolism, especially ashes and rainbow...I had a look online at the ceremony in Plum Village. Thank you Joe #7: your "creeping fal
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023Since the theology of Atonement has come up a lot on this site, mostly thanks to Sean O’Conaill, I think this review article would be of interest: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rirt.14
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023Soline, thanks for revealing a new theological syndrome: creeping fallibility. Top cardinal says: lay voting at synods, women priests, change in teaching on lgbt — all UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE Next year
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023Thanks Soline for referencing the webpages in your posts, I was not aware of them. Though long familiar from my early childhood with ashes to mark the beginning of Lent it was not until I watched the
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023Further to my mention (#4) of Cardinal Parolin's red lines to the German bishops, here is the response of German Catholics. https://english.katholisch.de/artikel/48983-zdk-reacts-calmly-to-parolins-l
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023#3 Peadar Synod members in Rome sharing stories about their ministry to LGBTQ + people or stories about family members is not enough. There needs to be Synod members (including the ordained) who can b
An open letter response to the Synthesis Report of the XVI General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2023
November 22 2023Dear friends, maybe not quite an “article in praise of the synod” but outlining a positive experience by a Synod participant can be found at: Father James Martin: My experience at the Synod - Outr
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