The Church, it is said, thinks in centuries. Part of this is the commemoration of centenaries and decades, which becomes a method of stitching church history together, lending it an imposing coherence
Joe@5, in his wonderful book, Eating Together, Becoming One, Tom O’Loughlin maintains that if Aquinas was around today he would not have used the philosophy of Aristotle to try and explain the Real
Sean, Joe and MJT, thank you all for your contributions to my understanding of clerical ontological superiority or not.
Imagine, Joe, you are more powerful than 10,000 angels!!!
Joe, do know anything
Number 17 above has in great part changed the subject of this thread and the digressions are more complex than as presented. I request to depart from the thread with the following.
I find it attra
Aquinas had a terrific devotion to the Real Presence. If I remember his discussion in the Summa correctly, he invoked Aristotelian categories only to show that none of them fit the Eucharistic presen
In Sean's 1st comment we read "The challenge of St.Francis to true poverty was an obvious counterpoint - but who was to say so when talking out of turn could mobilise the inquisition as well, authoris
"There is no clarity regarding the telos of the exercise [i.e. synodality], apart from the intention to change elements of Church teaching."
Is that 'telos' not clearly evident in 'Evangelii Gaudi
Does the fact that ambition and rivalry helped to produce the great cathedrals justify overlooking the obviously related fact that ambition and rivalry also powered the imperial rivalries that culmina
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November 16 2025Sean, Joe and MJT, thank you all for your contributions to my understanding of clerical ontological superiority or not. Imagine, Joe, you are more powerful than 10,000 angels!!! Joe, do know anything
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November 16 2025Number 17 above has in great part changed the subject of this thread and the digressions are more complex than as presented. I request to depart from the thread with the following. I find it attra
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November 23 2025Aquinas had a terrific devotion to the Real Presence. If I remember his discussion in the Summa correctly, he invoked Aristotelian categories only to show that none of them fit the Eucharistic presen
Brendan Hoban: Media frenzy in Carey case was distasteful
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Joe O’Leary: Thoughts on Christ the King, 23 November 2025
November 23 2025In Sean's 1st comment we read "The challenge of St.Francis to true poverty was an obvious counterpoint - but who was to say so when talking out of turn could mobilise the inquisition as well, authoris
Brendan Hoban: Resistance to synodal church is now evident
November 16 2025"There is no clarity regarding the telos of the exercise [i.e. synodality], apart from the intention to change elements of Church teaching." Is that 'telos' not clearly evident in 'Evangelii Gaudi
Joe O’Leary: Thoughts on Christ the King, 23 November 2025
November 23 2025Does the fact that ambition and rivalry helped to produce the great cathedrals justify overlooking the obviously related fact that ambition and rivalry also powered the imperial rivalries that culmina
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