Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
From here, relative to his visit to France: It seems obvious to me today that laïcité (the French policy of exclusion of any religious content in the life of the state) in itself is not in contradiction with the faith. I would even say that it is a fruit of the faith because the Christian …
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I noted here that Jonathan Martin has written a paper entitled, "Spirit, Apocalypse and Ethics: Reading Catholic Moral Theology as a Pentecostal" in The Journal of Pentecostal Theology. (The abstract is here.) First: congratulations are in order. It's great to be a published author. It's not always easy either, because everyone else wants "a piece …
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There are some in (well, maybe) the Roman Catholic Church who are taking matters into their own hands: A few weeks ago, a group called Roman Catholic Womenpriests staged what it called an ordination, vesting three Boston-area women in white chasubles and red stoles. It told the local papers that the ordinations were valid, despite …
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On the other hand, Edwards, the greatest Reformed theologian between Calvin and Barth, systematically integrates justification and sanctification, faith and works, election and perseverance, forensic righteousness and mystical participation. This is significant not only for relations between Reformed and Catholic theology, but also for evangelicals and Catholics. Evangelicals have had their own problems putting asunder …
This week, Kendall Harmon featured two pieces on the Roman Catholic Church that caught my attention: one which made more formal some of the language used in the Mass, and another which forbids the use of "Yahweh" as the divine name. A few notes for the uninitiated: all Catholic liturgies are composed in Latin as …
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From John McKenzie's The Power and the Wisdom: Yet the gospel is in some ways revolutionary, and no other word seems to do it justice. Efforts to conventionalise the gospel and to curb its dynamism take away much of its effect...The world, we said, both of men at large and the individual person, is irreparably …
This story has intrigued me for a long time and actually seems to have some forward movement, according to Ruth Gledhill: Rome is taking seriously the prospect of 'corporate unity' with traditional Anglicans but the message is: 'Not yet.' So says Cardinal Levada, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in this …
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I recently received a message from +Alan Munday regarding both the recent decision by the Church of England to ordain women bishops, the Traditional Anglican Communion's ongoing discussions with the Vatican, and my article Think Before You Convert. I'll reproduce this in its entirety (it was broadcast in a couple of newsgroups) along with some …
Evidently things are coming to a head in the centre of the Anglican Communion with secret talks between bishops in the Church of England and the Vatican over a "Plan B" in a church facing the ordination of women bishops and expanding the role of open homosexuals. Senior Church of England bishops have held secret talks …
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I get on a regular basis contacts from people who find themselves "betwixt and between" on their "Christian tradition." The reason for that is that they see that I'm "betwixt and between" myself! The most recent one comes from a woman who I'll answer while reproducing her email message: As an Anglican who is also …
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Positive Infinity 