Archive for the ‘Catholics’ Category
Scholarship, Roman Catholics, Evangelicals, and the Use of Doubt
Before beginning, yes, that is an Oxford comma in the title. While some have done away with it, I find it still has merit. So sue me.
Today, a friend of mine brought this article to my attention. The title told me that I would likely disagree with the article. While I land decidedly not Roman Catholic...
August 16th, 2011 | Catholics, Evangelicals, Featured, Religion | Read More
On the proper care and feeding of a church secretary
Hello, my name is Rachel, and I am a burnt out former church secretary.
The Stuff Christians Like blog had a post on the church secretary, the most powerful person in the church some time ago. It’s eerily accurate, but I laughed especially hard when I read this in the comments section:
When the...
January 19th, 2011 | Apologetics, Catholics, Evangelicals, Protestant, Religion, The Gospel | Read More
A Creed of Creeds
Article 1: Concerning the Symbolic Nature of Creeds
Creeds are significant both to Christian theology and history. Saint Thomas Aquinas identified the Nicene Creed as the object of faith. The Apostles Creed is frequently presented in orthodox Christian catechisms. The significance of creeds,...
November 30th, 2009 | Catholics, Evangelicals, Religion | Read More
Internal Excommunication
Confronting discipline is uncomfortable. Walk by a person in the process of getting a traffic ticket. It’s awkward. Some pretend to be invisible. Others look with curiosity until the unfortunate driver sees them, then hurry away. In that situation, I often find myself feeling indignant towards the...
November 11th, 2009 | Catholics, Evangelicals, Protestant, Religion | Read More
RIP: Fr. Richard John Neuhaus
Sad news today, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus has died. I read many of Fr. Neuhaus’ essay at First Things and appreciated his thoughtful arguments and winsome tone. One such essay was titled “Born Toward Dying” and was written by Fr. Neuhaus shortly after he nearly lost his life in 2000....
January 8th, 2009 | Catholics | Read More
What Evangelicals Owe Catholics: An Appreciation
As a child I had almost no direct contact with Catholicism. My family attended a small backwoods fundamentalist congregation — The First Church of Hellfire and Damnation, or something to that effect — and the preacher would often mention the Pope and Catholicism in one of his “Identifying...
March 12th, 2007 | Catholics | Read More
Truly Catholic:
Reflections on the Death of John Paul II
I was nine-years-old the first time I heard about the Pope. My family attended a small backwoods fundamentalist congregation ‘
April 2nd, 2005 | Catholics | Read More
Has Kerry Been Excommunicated?
Earlier this year Marc Balestrieri, a Los Angeles based expert in Canon Law, the legal code used by the Roman Catholic Church, filed a formal “case for heresy” against Kerry for his support of the right to abortion. After being brushed off by the Boston Diocese, Balestrieri travelled to Rome...
October 18th, 2004 | Catholics | Read More
The Indiana Jones of Saints
An aristocratic Brit who was kidnapped by pirates at the age of 16, sold into slavery, escapes, becomes a priest, returns to Ireland and face off against hordes of Druids ‘
March 17th, 2004 | Catholics | Read More
Mary Ann Glendon, Cultural Warrior
Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard law professor and member of the President’s Bioethics Council, has been chosen by Pope John Paul to lead the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences making her the highest-ranking female adviser in the Catholic Church.
Glendon, who specializes in comparative constitutional...
March 10th, 2004 | Catholics | Read More
