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2014-11-23T13:46:19+01:00

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

Last updated on: November 23, 2014 at 1:46 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Today is the Solemnity of Christus Rex, Christ the King. On this day, Christians are called to reflect upon the Kingship of Christ–Kingship over their lives, but also Kingship over the social order. What would it look like if His will was done on Earth as it is in Heaven? Today’s Gospel reading, Matthew 25:31-46, gives us a hint: And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon... Read more

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2014-12-02T19:02:04+01:00

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Should Bishops Live In Luxury?

Last updated on: December 2, 2014 at 7:02 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Bishops foregoing their palaces has become the New Hotness since Francis took over (although it has repeatedly happened historically, of course). The Trad blog Rorate Caeli published an op-ed denouncing this practice. To be a bishop is to hold high office, and it is fitting that this high office be accoutered with splendor. Okay. Well, as a good Vatican II Catholic, I want to begin by affirming the elements of truth and sanctification we see here. The first is that, yes,... Read more

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2014-11-19T22:20:45+01:00

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Why We Need To Recover The Classical Doctrine Of Sin

Last updated on: November 19, 2014 at 10:20 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

So, as y’all know, I’ve been thinking about penal substitutionary atonement lately. While I do think that it’s very hard for the doctrine to not open itself up to some of the most popular criticisms, e.g. it turns God into a cosmic child abuser, etc., the main focus of my critique, the one which I think is not only fatal, but most important, is the doctrine of sin and evil as having absolutely no existence, but as rather being the lack... Read more

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2014-11-19T17:39:22+01:00

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Thoughts Against Penal Substitutionary Atonement

Last updated on: November 19, 2014 at 5:39 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

The great blog Mere Orthodoxy has a great podcast called Mere Fidelity. Because I am an anti-Protestant troll on Twitter, they invited me to do an episode of their podcast on the topic of the atonement theory of penal substitution. A lot of fun was had by all–or at least by me. I was arguing against PSA and the guests were arguing for. While we were preparing for the podcast, I sent out to the other guests some thoughts on the... Read more

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2014-11-17T14:59:13+01:00

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

Last updated on: November 17, 2014 at 2:59 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Cue the outrage machine. Cardinal O’Malley was asked about the LCWR Intervention and called it a “disaster.” When you watch the actual interview, it’s clear that O’Malley is referring to the public relations optics of having on the one hand a bunch of humble nuns working with the poor, and on the other hand a bunch of (male) bishops from the Vatican putting them in receivership. And on that score, he’s absolutely right. From everything I’ve read, it seems clear to me that many... Read more

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2014-11-16T13:16:10+01:00

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The Jesus Quest And Bad Science vs True Religion

Last updated on: November 16, 2014 at 1:16 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

The best one-sentence summary of the Catholic position on the issue of science and religion is “If you see a conflict between science and religion, you’re either dealing with bad science or bad religion.” But it seems to me that if we’re hyper-aware of the problem with the latter (bad religion), we are less well-aware of the problem with the former (bad science). And it’s very easy to produce bad science. This is intrinsic to the scientific process. The scientific process produces... Read more

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2014-11-15T11:32:35+01:00

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The Self-Interest Case For Better Ministry To Gay People

Last updated on: November 15, 2014 at 11:32 am By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it. Matthew 19:12 He who marries does right, but he who does not marry does better. 1 Corinthians 7:38 If any one saith, that the marriage state is to be placed above... Read more

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2014-11-14T13:34:13+01:00

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The Rosary As Bible Study

Last updated on: November 14, 2014 at 1:34 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.” He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” Luke, 11:27-28 Here, rather than portraying Jesus dismissing his mother, Luke is portraying him doing the exact opposite, by setting up an explicit parallel with another well-known passage: And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace,... Read more

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2014-11-14T12:00:47+01:00

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In Defense Of Flagellation

Last updated on: November 14, 2014 at 12:00 pm By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Fellow Patheosi Billy Kangas is a co-founder of the excellent theology website Theologues and its podcast Roundtable. I am listening to this episode, which deals with the “problem passages” of the Bible. This is not what this post is about. During the podcast, the guests made several in-passing negative references to the monastic practice of self-flagellation, which were never challenged. In particular, they made a couple points: the first is that God, being fundamentally non-violent and opposed to suffering, could not... Read more

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2014-11-14T07:31:20+01:00

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

Last updated on: November 14, 2014 at 7:31 am By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

I have tried to stay silent on the so-called Benedict Option because, as I suspected from the start, most of the debates around this topic have been reduced to semantic debates, with opponents (or “opponents”) taking it to mean “withdrawal from social life”, and with respondents angrily responding that, no, no, that’s not what it’s about, and everyone using that term as a Rorschach Test. But I got into a discussion about it on Twitter, and I am listening to the (excellent)... Read more

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