Really Eddie? People make mistakes. Deacons do. Even Priests to. And Bishops do. And it’s not the end of the world. No sense in getting ourselves into a twist about it.
Parish life doesn’t always
Pól@2 & Liamy(for Brendan)@8:
Alright to dismiss this as insane and silly season angel counting if we're all agreed that this church is an insane institution which now and again gives us all a b
Brendan Hoban writes:
Pól @ 2 is spot on. This IS insane. The silly season equivalent of ‘How many angels on the head of a pin?’ Whatever happened to Ecclesia supplet - the Church supplies?
I fear this article is correct. It is especially noticeable in the 'States, where the extreme right-wing catholic movement seems to be very much tied up with wealthy corporate benefactors and right-
Seamus, I didn't catch sight of your triple-Augustine paragraphs till now, near the end of my 77th birthday and I'm glad to hear from Joe that I share mine with Goethe. I began to discover Augustine a
The croc was so polite and seemingly tamed for all those years when it lured the church into turning its back on reason, common sense, learning, lay experience, and the imperatives of Vatican II. Now
Eddie@6, once again I stand/sit in awe of your knowledge and erudition.
There are two things that I have learned from reading the late, great Raymond Brown about Apostolic Succession that made me sit
Seamus, I hope your brother priests do regard this as "our Forum as ministers and as church". But do they?
Or is Eddie nearer the mark when he speaks about " ...the few who tune in to this forum". N
A blessed feast of St Augustine to you and your confreres!
I always remember as well that it's Goethe's birthday (1749) and how he aimed to be a counter-weight to the Saint.
Could one sum up Augusti
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The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Really Eddie? People make mistakes. Deacons do. Even Priests to. And Bishops do. And it’s not the end of the world. No sense in getting ourselves into a twist about it. Parish life doesn’t always
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Thanks Brendan. I really don't think the CDF have thought this through.
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Pól@2 & Liamy(for Brendan)@8: Alright to dismiss this as insane and silly season angel counting if we're all agreed that this church is an insane institution which now and again gives us all a b
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Brendan Hoban writes: Pól @ 2 is spot on. This IS insane. The silly season equivalent of ‘How many angels on the head of a pin?’ Whatever happened to Ecclesia supplet - the Church supplies?
Facing down the Catholic Church’s crocodile – the weekly Western People article from Brendan Hoban
August 28 2020I fear this article is correct. It is especially noticeable in the 'States, where the extreme right-wing catholic movement seems to be very much tied up with wealthy corporate benefactors and right-
Seamus Ahearne in one of his regular columns – George Bernard Shaw, Covid, Messi, Dara Calleary, Augustine and of course the Heron and Indi…
August 27 2020Seamus, I didn't catch sight of your triple-Augustine paragraphs till now, near the end of my 77th birthday and I'm glad to hear from Joe that I share mine with Goethe. I began to discover Augustine a
Facing down the Catholic Church’s crocodile – the weekly Western People article from Brendan Hoban
August 28 2020The croc was so polite and seemingly tamed for all those years when it lured the church into turning its back on reason, common sense, learning, lay experience, and the imperatives of Vatican II. Now
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Eddie@6, once again I stand/sit in awe of your knowledge and erudition. There are two things that I have learned from reading the late, great Raymond Brown about Apostolic Succession that made me sit
Seamus Ahearne in one of his regular columns – George Bernard Shaw, Covid, Messi, Dara Calleary, Augustine and of course the Heron and Indi…
August 27 2020Seamus, I hope your brother priests do regard this as "our Forum as ministers and as church". But do they? Or is Eddie nearer the mark when he speaks about " ...the few who tune in to this forum". N
Seamus Ahearne in one of his regular columns – George Bernard Shaw, Covid, Messi, Dara Calleary, Augustine and of course the Heron and Indi…
August 27 2020A blessed feast of St Augustine to you and your confreres! I always remember as well that it's Goethe's birthday (1749) and how he aimed to be a counter-weight to the Saint. Could one sum up Augusti
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