Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
The Archdiocese of Miami's response to Father Cutié's bailing out on the RCC is understandable: According to our canon law, with this very act Father Cutié is separating himself from the communion of the Roman Catholic Church (c. 1364, §1) by professing erroneous faith and morals, and refusing submission to the Holy Father (canon 751). …
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Recorded 29 August 1975 These are unreleased recordings as opposed to a polished production. But some explanation is necessary. The Answer is Jesus Christ was started by M.B. Flippen (that's right, "Flip" Flippen, the motivational speaker) as a Christian counselling centre in College Station, Texas, in 1972. At the same time it was a coffeehouse …
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Now that the day has arrived for Barack Obama to give his speech and receive his honourary doctorate at Notre Dame, it's time to clear the ideological blather out (like this) of the way and get to some reasonable explanation as to why such a wide swath of American Catholicism--with the tacit approval of the …
This is an outstanding video (HT to David Brody.) The one thing that no one seems to want to verbalise is that, if Barack Obama goes ahead and implements his requirements that medical facilities and practicioners perform abortions, that he would be shoving his idea down the throats of the Catholic medical system. The Catholic …
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Two events this past weekend ran together to illustrate what is, for me, the central dilemma of living in this world--the fact that authority no longer reflects what we know to be true. Let's start with the church. In reaction to my posting of George Conger and Kevin Kallsen Put a Wrap on the Anglican …
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This is Maundy Thursday; our podcast is the institution of the Eucharist (along with the acclamation,) from Roger Smith's album Who Shall Spread the Good News.
Today's Holy Week podcast exploration looks forward to Good Friday. It's the Kairosingers' Cross of Shame, from their album Of One Accord.
This podcast is a new addition to an already popular page: it's a video from the 1983 National Catholic Charismatic Conference for Young People and Youth Ministers, featuring the group Emmanuel. https://youtu.be/LbQom4-P8bw
Thad Stevens wonders why it's hard to get people out of the Episcopal Church: Most Common Cause parishes don’t compare favourably with neighbouring Episcopal parishes in worship and the Sacraments. In most cases, the problem isn’t due to size or limited financial resources, but to attitude–‘snake-belly’ low services and sloppy celebrations of the Eucharist don’t …
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This, under the Roman Emperor Gelarius: But that which gave rise to public and universal calamity, was the tax imposed at once on each province and city. Surveyors having been spread abroad, and occupied in a general and severe scrutiny, horrible scenes were exhibited, like the outrages of victorious enemies, and the wretched state of …
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