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December 2014

December 15, 2014

A Good Example Of Being On The Offense

"My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking." -...

December 15, 2014

“Solidarity” vs “Charity” in the Social Doctrine of the Church

A long time ago, I bought, and read (or "read") the document known as the Compendium...

December 11, 2014

More On Santa (I Will Murder The Fat Bastard With My Bare Hands)

Imagine trying to strike up a conversation with someone at a social function and saying...

December 11, 2014

Flier At The Parish Of PEG

When they finally allow married priests (LOL) and I become head pastor of Our Lady...

December 10, 2014

#AntiSanta Contra Mundum

Every year, I write a thing on the internet telling parents they shouldn't lie about...

December 10, 2014

Torture and the Gospel

The release of the new report on CIA torture highlights the peculiar "convenience" of being...

December 08, 2014

Pope Francis: Do More To Ban Nuclear Weapons

In the post-Cold War world, most people don't spend too much time thinking about nuclear...

December 05, 2014

How Shameful Is Shame?

I have been starting to get into the thought of the great 20th century Catholic...

December 03, 2014

It’s Not The War On Christmas, It’s The War Of Christmas

The first verse of the Gospel of Mark: "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ,...

December 02, 2014

Book Review(ish): David Bentley Hart, “The Beauty of the Infinite”

If you are an Anglophone Christian with the internet and theological pretentions (and a taste...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Clearing Up The Most Common Two Misconceptions About Transubstantiation

You often see silly things said or written about the doctrine of the transubstantiation of...

November 27, 2014

Was Ayn Rand A Secret Altruist?

"No one will hate this book [Atlas Shrugged] as much as the Catholic Church. Not...

November 27, 2014

Of Course Shakespeare Was Catholic

It seems that a new discovery (h/t YIMCatholic) might be (rather, ought to be, though almost...

November 27, 2014

The Ancient Art of Reading And Biblical Interpretation

The 20th century philosopher Leo Strauss is perhaps best known for his reflections on "esotericism",...

November 26, 2014

The Meaning of the Renaissance Popes

Whenever a Catholic dares to critique the all-too-frequent supineness of non-Catholic Christian religious bodies towards...

November 25, 2014

What Is “Biblical Morality”?

Over at the Patheos Atheist Channel, the blog "Rational Doubt" has a post titled "The...

November 24, 2014

Eckhart and Preaching From the Heart of the Church

These days I am reading an anthology of sermons of Meister Eckhart. They're wonderful. One...

November 23, 2014

What Should We Think About Immigration Amnesty? Let’s Ask A Biblicist!

Today is the Solemnity of Christus Rex, Christ the King. On this day, Christians are called...

November 22, 2014

Should Bishops Live In Luxury?

Bishops foregoing their palaces has become the New Hotness since Francis took over (although it...

November 19, 2014

Why We Need To Recover The Classical Doctrine Of Sin

So, as y'all know, I've been thinking about penal substitutionary atonement lately. While I do think...

November 19, 2014

Thoughts Against Penal Substitutionary Atonement

The great blog Mere Orthodoxy has a great podcast called Mere Fidelity. Because I am...

November 17, 2014

Is The LCWR Intervention A “Disaster”? Yes, And Here’s How To Fix It

Cue the outrage machine. Cardinal O'Malley was asked about the LCWR Intervention and called it a...

November 16, 2014

The Jesus Quest And Bad Science vs True Religion

The best one-sentence summary of the Catholic position on the issue of science and religion...

November 15, 2014

The Self-Interest Case For Better Ministry To Gay People

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who...

November 14, 2014

The Rosary As Bible Study

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is...

November 14, 2014

In Defense Of Flagellation

Fellow Patheosi Billy Kangas is a co-founder of the excellent theology website Theologues and its...

November 13, 2014

It’s Not The Benedict Option, It’s The Benedict Options

I have tried to stay silent on the so-called Benedict Option because, as I suspected...

November 04, 2014

Be Polite

Not that long ago, Pope Benedict XVI visited Westminster Abbey and the then-Archbishop of Canterbury,...

October 2014

October 25, 2014

Did the Archbishop of Monrovia Blame Ebola on Gays?

A very unsettling report from Reuters. I saw this report about "churches" in Liberia blaming...

October 17, 2014

Will We Find Signs Of Intelligent Life In Religion Media Coverage?

The search for intelligent life in religion media coverage continues, and even though we've always...