The recent "proposal" to eat babies recently set forth at one of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' town hall meetings reminds me of a memorable quote from the great Chinese author Lu Xun. I've used this quote before (once in relation to the Chinese themselves) but it bears repeating with all of the cheap moralism that comes …
The Persecution of Christians is Nothing New
Another interesting passage from Trevor Gervase Jalland's The Church and the Papacy: It is, of course,unnecessary to point out that the Roman Catholic Communion as it is to-day, and possibly as it has been from the beginning, is bound up with the belief that the Roman see, as the see of St. Peter the Apostle and of his …
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Richard Hooker on the Incarnation — Ad Orientem
To Christ we ascribe both working of wonders and suffering of pains, we use concerning him speeches as well of humility as of divine glory, but the one we apply unto that nature which he took of the Virgin Mary, the other to that which was in the beginning. (V, 53, i) If therefore it […] …
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Morning Prayer — Ad Orientem
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The Polyepiscopacy of the Early Church
An intriguing (and sensible) suggestion from Trevor Gervase Jalland's The Church and the Papacy: Though there are, as we believe, adequate grounds for rejecting the view that Clement formally identifies episcopi with presbyters, yet in the face of this evidence it appears equally impossible to deny that he refers to the episcopate in a way …
Appeal for the Abaco Islands, and Mercy Chefs — Chet Aero Marine
Readers of this blog will know that my family goes back a long way visiting the Bahamas in general and the Abaco Islands in particular. We had some exciting times, almost sending our ship to the bottom and riding out a storm. This beautiful paradise, which looked like this when we visited: Now looks like […] …
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Elevations on the Mysteries VI: On Original Sin — The Bossuet Project
This is the sixth journey of Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries, the elevations are as follows: All men in one man. First foundation of God’s justice in original sin. The father rewarded and punished in children, second foundation of God’s righteousness in original sin. The original justice of which Adam was deprived for himself and […] …
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Book Review: Herbert Mortimer Luckock’s Studies in the History of the Book of Common Prayer
For some reason, I've suddenly become the defender of things and people Anglo-Catholic. I've always been ambivalent about Anglo-Catholicism, from the "unEnglish and unmanly" aspect to their implicit lack of confidence in their own sacraments.  I think what's changed is the fact that I find myself locking horns with Reformed types both inside and outside …
A vegan claims that eating tofu is cultural appropriation — The Logical Place
Originally posted on Why Evolution Is True: I’ve written a fair bit about accusations of cultural appropriation, and I do so for several reasons. First, these accusations are almost always totally misguided, mistaking admiring imitation for bigotry and theft. Second, they clearly show the folly of the Authoritarian Left, both its virtue-flaunting and its adoption… via …
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“I honestly wept when I listened to it.”
Received this comment on my YouTube posting of the Word of God's New Life album: I am so grateful that you put this up. I honestly wept when I listened to it. I was all of 10 years old when I first heard this. I make no comments about the excellence of the music (it's …
Positive Infinity 