The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, William Cardinal Levada, together with the Secretary for the Congregation for Divine Worship, Abp. Augustine DiNoia, OP, announced the forthcoming Apostolic Constitution directed toward the establishment of permanent Personal Ordinariates for Anglican Christians to be brought into full, visible communion with the successor to [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 20, 2009
St. Paul of the Cross, Bl. Dominic Barberi, and Ven. John Henry Card. Newman, ora pro nobis
October 6, 2009
Try again
TF takes pains to try to respond to my criticism, and fails.
He says I am confused about his argument. Let us see. His post was titled “What did the Early Church think of Prayer for the Dead?” [emphasis mine]. He cites Lactantius talking about 1) pagan rituals, 2) worshipping images of dead men, 3) reverencing [...]
October 5, 2009
Response to TF on Lactantius
St. Jerome, whom you enjoy quoting when the occasion suits, said of Lactantius, “If only Lactantius, almost a river of Ciceronian eloquence, had been able to uphold our cause with the same facility with which he overturns that of our adversaries!” Lactantius was not a good theologian; indeed, he was, in the words of those [...]
October 5, 2009
A continuation of a brief discussion
which was begun at Reginald de Piperno’s The Supplement, here. My next response follows:
Very well. But perhaps you could actually clarify? Because it seems that your position amounts to:
1. All that is necessary for salvation is clearly revealed in Scripture.
2. The list of all that is necessary for salvation is not clearly revealed in Scripture.
#2 could [...]
