Author Archives: Schutz

Readers of Pope Benedict’s “Jesus of Nazareth” will find that the name of Rabbi Jacob Neusner has a familiar ring. He is, of course, the author of the book “A Rabbi Talks with Jesus”, with which Papa B. entered into … Continue reading →

Okay, it takes me a little while to catch on to some things. “That Catholic Show” is probably old hat for most of you, but I just discovered it today following the link from Zenit. And they had this little … Continue reading →

Here is an idea we don’t want to encourage: A deacon is one who serves, listens with diaconal heart, and is able to do this better because he is married. According to this local report, it comes from the homily … Continue reading →

There is a very confused article in today’s Herald Sun (not a rag I read regularly–thank you Cathnews for alerting me) regarding whether the responsibility for reporting crimes such as child abuse extends to the priest who hears confession of … Continue reading →

I have blogged a bit on Sing Lustily, my music blog, and was getting ready to add another entry on a recent reference Benedict made to Taize music. I could have sworn that the reference was in his Q&A session … Continue reading →

Forgive me for not having blogged much in the past week or so. Blame it entirely upon Tracey Rowland’s latest book “Ratzinger’s Faith” which she has kindly given to me to review for the Kairos (stay tuned for the full … Continue reading →

Here is the full article on by John G. Strelan, Theologia Crucis Theologia Gloriae. Just quickly summarising, while broadly agreeing with the basic distinction between a Theology of Glory and a Theology of the Cross, there are two points on … Continue reading →

There is an article that was published some time ago in the Lutheran Theological Journal (unfortunately not on line–I will try to fix that tomorrow at work) by John G. Strelan, one time professor at Luther Seminary and Vice-President of … Continue reading →

There is a new posting on my Year of Grace blog. For those of you following the story of my entry into the Catholic Church.

One of the aspects of Luther’s theology I value the most is his insight into what he called the “Theologia Crucis”, the Theology of the Cross. It is important to understand that when he contrasted this with a “Theologia Gloriae” … Continue reading →