I. The Two Ways of Viewing the ChurchThere are two ways of looking at the Church. I don’t mean here “visible v. invisible,” but rather the fundamental way that orthodox and heterodox Christians differ in their conception of the Church. They are, broadly: As a divinely-ordained body created by Christ, entrusted with a sacred and… Continue reading The Two Views of Church
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Maureen Dowd Goes a Bit Nuts Against the Pope
A friend of mine asked me on Sunday what I thought of Maureen Dowd’s piece in the New York Times. She’s convinced that since there’s an Apostolic Visitation of Women Religious, and there’s no priestesses, the Vatican must hate women. I’ve been working sporadically on a response, and may post it eventually, but Michael Sean… Continue reading Maureen Dowd Goes a Bit Nuts Against the Pope
Dr. Hunt, “Catholic,” Against the Welcoming Home of Anglicans
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