Rodney Stark begins with a ridiculous strawman -- the alleged widespread belief that the Church believed the earth was flat and so discouraged Columbus. He lists as "distinguished bigots" Gibbon, Jame
"Antisemitism, Dark ages, Crusades, Spanish Inquisition, anti-scientific, slavery, etc."
There is plenty of historical substance in all of these. There may be some "misconceptions" to be corrected, b
" ...the widely discredited belief that if something is explained properly that Catholics will automatically accept it. They won’t”.
Not just Catholics!
I'm reading "Bearing False Witness: Debun
We see the courageous hope of an outsider approaching in humility one who she perceives as a true man of God.
And Jesus in His humanity walking in “faith” responds in humility to the “Truth” H
Wisdom is a word that is rarely seen written or heard today.
So, it is a joy to see the wisdom of the ACP in calling on dioceses to hold off on the introduction of the Permanent Diaconate at this time
I always think of the forgetting as a letting-go of all the hurt and pain and miserable feelings which can surface every time we look back on a certain bad event in life. Remembering it is necessary i
So True. The same could apply to lack of insight by the Church to the question of Humanae Vitae. The Theory sounds noble but the actual reality of living out the ideal is very different for many cou
Interesting article. Thankfully I've always felt the local clergy/religious on the ground at parish level were very clued into how life is experienced by people on a daily basis.
I suppose it can chan
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Lazy, hazy days with a good book
August 14 2017Diarmaid MacCulloch says Stark's book is a model of how not to write history: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/anti-catholic-history/
Lazy, hazy days with a good book
August 14 2017http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lectio/2016/05/debunking-the-debunking-a-review-of-rodney-starks-bearing-false-witness/
Lazy, hazy days with a good book
August 14 2017Rodney Stark begins with a ridiculous strawman -- the alleged widespread belief that the Church believed the earth was flat and so discouraged Columbus. He lists as "distinguished bigots" Gibbon, Jame
Lazy, hazy days with a good book
August 14 2017"Antisemitism, Dark ages, Crusades, Spanish Inquisition, anti-scientific, slavery, etc." There is plenty of historical substance in all of these. There may be some "misconceptions" to be corrected, b
Lazy, hazy days with a good book
August 14 2017" ...the widely discredited belief that if something is explained properly that Catholics will automatically accept it. They won’t”. Not just Catholics! I'm reading "Bearing False Witness: Debun
20 August. 20th Sunday in O. T.
August 20 2017We see the courageous hope of an outsider approaching in humility one who she perceives as a true man of God. And Jesus in His humanity walking in “faith” responds in humility to the “Truth” H
Association of Catholic Priests Statement on the Permanent Diaconate
August 11 2017Wisdom is a word that is rarely seen written or heard today. So, it is a joy to see the wisdom of the ACP in calling on dioceses to hold off on the introduction of the Permanent Diaconate at this time
Remember and forgive
August 21 2017I always think of the forgetting as a letting-go of all the hurt and pain and miserable feelings which can surface every time we look back on a certain bad event in life. Remembering it is necessary i
A sense of entitlement
August 21 2017So True. The same could apply to lack of insight by the Church to the question of Humanae Vitae. The Theory sounds noble but the actual reality of living out the ideal is very different for many cou
A sense of entitlement
August 21 2017Interesting article. Thankfully I've always felt the local clergy/religious on the ground at parish level were very clued into how life is experienced by people on a daily basis. I suppose it can chan
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