Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
...I pray that all those whom I have tried to help...may rise beyond it. I shall not say only beyond my thoughts, which are nothing, but beyond all that may be presented to them by the ministry of man. And in listening only to what God tells them in their hearts concerning this prayer, I …
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One of the most militant expressions of left-wing Christianity was and is Liberation Theology, that creation of Latin American Roman Catholicism that brought Marx into the Church for so many years. One of the enduring slogans of that movement was "the preferential option for the poor," which means that the Church acts in such a …
When many people hear of the Charismatic Renewal, they roll their eyes and pray that the conversation goes another way. It is amazing that a movement that had such a wide impact in its day is not only forgotten but gleefully so. There are a few holdouts out there--the Charismatic Episcopal Church is the main …
As the orthodox Anglican alternatives to the TEC grow in strength, it has become pretty clear that the #1 division--in addition to the proliferation of purple shirts--that looms is the Anglo/Catholic vs. Evangelical divide. A little history needs to be told to put this in perspective. When Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, the control …
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Dr. Peter Toon's article on Virtue Online about the difference between the changes wrought by the Catholic and Episcopal churches in the 1960's and 1970's is essentially correct but needs some expansion, particularly on the Catholic side of things. The years preceding Vatican II were interesting ones in Catholic thought because there were two trends …
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Back in 2004, we wrote an article entitled Think Before You Convert. In it we went through the pros and cons of Anglicanism vs. Roman Catholicism. We also said the following: One thing that gets kicked around in Anglican circles is the idea of an "Anglican Rite" within Roman Catholicism. From a Roman Catholic viewpoint, …
One of our more viewed pieces is Think Before You Convert, an overview of the pros and cons of Anglicans who are thinking about "swimming the Tiber" and becoming Roman Catholics. It looks like we have yet another reason to think about it, because now we see that Rep. Mark Foley's Maltese priest at Sacred …
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Earlier this year, my wife and I got a call from an old friend who was passing through town. He wanted to meet with us, so we met him at a restaurant. He came with his wife and daughter. Things were pleasant enough until he decided to do what he liked to do best: spring …
Without a doubt one of the most hilarious pieces of literature ever written is Blaise Pascal's Provincial Letters. Written in the 1650's, it consisted of a purported series of letters written by a Parisian to his friend in the provinces. At that time the Jesuits (with the help of the French monarchy) were attempted to …
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