I. Introducing Dr. HuntI try and avoid calling into question anyone’s claim to be Catholic. I might say that they’re a dissident, theologically liberal, or even heterodox Catholic, but I don’t like saying “Catholic” with quotation marks. God knows their heart, and if we start parsing through everything they’ve said to compare it with Church… Continue reading Dr. Hunt, “Catholic,” Against the Welcoming Home of Anglicans
Tag: apologetics
The Price of Converting to Catholicism
I’d wondered how anyone could oppose the Vatican’s action in making things easier for Anglicans to convert. After all, they sent a letter stating their collective desire to become Catholic, but wanting to keep their flock together. Certainly, you can legitimately think that the right thing to do is for these Traditional Anglicans to patch… Continue reading The Price of Converting to Catholicism
Bella: A Great Movie With Some Great Actors
There’s a tendency to hold anything and everything coming out of Hollywood to the lowest moral standards. As religious people, the Hollywood desert of secularism and godlessness can be so dry that we’re lap up anything. Patricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond is a good example. She’s great on a whole slew of life issues:… Continue reading Bella: A Great Movie With Some Great Actors
The Vatican’s Shaking Things Up!
Dr. Jeff Mirus over at Catholic culture puts the pieces together, arguing that the Church is “on the prowl.” Rather than sitting back and waiting until the next scandal hits, or focusing on maintaining the Status Quo, we see the Vatican reaching out actively in a number of areas: Vatican diplomats at the UN have… Continue reading The Vatican’s Shaking Things Up!
The Traditional Anglican Communion Responds
Catholic and even secular newssources have been abuzz with news of a coming Apostolic Constitution that sounds as though it was all Anglicans to become fully part of the Catholic Church while maintaining the distinct elements of their liturgy which they hold dear – in short, something similar to what was done in the creation… Continue reading The Traditional Anglican Communion Responds
Protestant Answer to Ignatius on the Eucharist
One of the things I find bizarre in Catholic/Protestant relations is the things which seem to be huge issues to Protestants (Catholics views on justification and our alleged over-devotion to Mary) compared to the things which are shrugged off (Catholics worshipping the Eucharist). I don’t see how someone can simultaneously think it’s so gravely sinful… Continue reading Protestant Answer to Ignatius on the Eucharist
Welcome Home, Anglicans!
This is astonishing news. Pope Benedict XVI has created an entirely new Church structure for disaffected Anglicans that will allow them to worship together – using elements of Anglican liturgy – under the pastoral supervision of their own specially appointed bishop or senior priest.The Pope is now offering Anglicans worldwide “corporate reunion” on terms that… Continue reading Welcome Home, Anglicans!
The Papacy: Answering Common Objections (#3-5)
Answering some more of the Reymond Questions on the papacy today. His questions are available here, and you can find all of my answers by using the Reymond Question tag at the bottom of the post. Enjoy! Question 3. Why can the disciples after the Caesarea Philippi incident still dispute among themselves concerning who was… Continue reading The Papacy: Answering Common Objections (#3-5)
Cool Brazilian Blog on Faith, Apologetics, and the Psalms
O Ancião said… Joe, Congratulations for this excellent site. It has indeed extensive apologetic resources. On past weeks, I´ve been following your texts and must say Shameless Popery has raised between my favorite catholic sites. I write also for a catholic site in portuguese(http://jornadasespirituais.blogspot.com/ – In english, “Spiritual Journeys”). It is dedicated to biblical exegesis,… Continue reading Cool Brazilian Blog on Faith, Apologetics, and the Psalms
NY Times Article on Pro-Lifers
I. The Good NewsThe New York Times ran a pretty fair front-page, above-the-fold article about pro-life protesters: specifically, the ones who use graphic signs, of the kind that got James Lawrence Pouillon martyred last month. The piece was sort of a personal view into the motivations of four members, and they had some interesting stories.… Continue reading NY Times Article on Pro-Lifers