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  • Posting Comments on ACP Website

    February 22 2018
    Kevin Walters

    Correction to my post @ 5 to this phrase “I stand by my post in @7 given in the article above” Should read I stand by my post @ 7 + 17 given via the link (discussed previously) in the article abo

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Anselmian rationalism about who Jesus "pays" the ransom to is the sort of bad metaphysics that gets in our way.Jesus is the ransom. Sin is a reality that weighs deeply on humanity, and Jesus steps f

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    Sean, I would not be too hard on Irish priests -- priests over here in Scotland do not have much to say about Atonement either.Yes, Joe, Hebrews is certainly one of the most polished works in Scri

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Pádraig McCarthy

    "How A Poor Theology Of The Cross Created America's Broken Justice System" is an article tracing bad theology to bad justice systems: https://sojo.net/articles/how-poor-theology-cross-created-americas

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  • Pope orders new investigation into allegations against Bishop Barros

    January 30 2018
    Frances Burke

    This is the biggest 'load of baloney' I've heard in a long time. Who does this guy think he is kidding?According to Caffo, the new PCPM are going to lend the rest of the world their expertise on dea

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    The Letter to the Hebrews is one of the most thorough-composed and beautiful works in Scripture. It uses all the typology of sacrifice from the Torah and uncovers in it a spiritual meaning or a spirit

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Sean O'Conaill

    #5 A 'ransom' is paid by a rescuer to a third party, the captor or slave owner. Who was the captor in the case of the ransom paid by Jesus? It is clear from John 3: 16 that for Jesus it cannot have b

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    That Christ died for our sins, in our place, is very central for Paul and for our faith today. Jesus himself declares he came to give his life as a ransom for many, and that his blood will be poured

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    I want to thank Padraig and Sean for sharing their thoughts inspired by today's readings. Not many of us would have heard a sermon today as insightful and thought provoking as what we have just read a

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Sean O'Conaill

    Can we not see an obvious biblical progression in the very idea of 'acceptable sacrifice' - a progression that leads us to an understanding of 'Holy Sacrifice' - the sacrifice that God DOES sanctify

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