I'm worried that Christian bloggers have lost the plot. My grandfather used to say that the habits or faults of other people that annoy us the most may be ones we are also guilty of. I guess that was his atheistic Quaker version of Luke 6:41. I am very often reminded of that lesson and …
Tag Archive: ecclesiology
Jul 07
Emergent Church?
A certain topic has come up several times on Protestant blogs I read and it has me thoroughly at a loss. What the heck is the Emergent Church phenomenon? As a Catholic, I haven’t the foggiest notion what this phrase means. Could some kind reader please explain it?
Jun 03
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." – 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) This verse seems to be a favorite among Evangelicals. It's an essential part of the Protestant doctrine of sola scriptura. It occurred to me yesterday that sola sciptura has …
May 01
An Open Question To God-Bloggers
In a comment on another blog, Mike Russell of Eternal Perspectives said something that I found very interesting. "I notice that Catholic Blogs are now included on the Blogdom of God aggregator; it's why I'm using it less and less. Not that I don't think they have thoughtful or good posts: I'm just looking for …
Apr 19
Habemus Papam!
Prior to becoming Pope Benedict XVI, Carninal Joseph Ratzinger said the following in a homily. "Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church, is often labeled today as a fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and ‘swept along by every wind of teaching,’ looks like the only attitude acceptable …