Author Archives: Schutz

While in Bendigo recently, visiting Pastor Fraser Pearce, I happened to pick up his copy of Walther’s “Law and Gospel” (the basic theses, without the expanded commentary, are here). I have ever detested Walther–even as a Lutheran–despite having a convinced … Continue reading →

Jeff Tan and LP Cruz are discussing an event non-Filipinos know little about: the Feast of the Black Nazarene. I thought I would look up what Wikipedia had to say about “superstition” (some would regard the idea that Wikipedia can … Continue reading →

Poor old Pete’s been fighting a battle up north on the issue of whether it is appropriate to descrive the presence of Christ in the Eucharist as “physical”. He’s got Paul VI on his side, but unfortunately not many others. … Continue reading →

No, he isn’t celebrating the Extraordinary Form (“Pre-Vatican II Mass”)–he’s doing the novus ordo versus crucifixum, as he has always recommended in his liturgical writings. Reuters reports that the Pope used the Sistine Chapel’s ancient altar set right against the … Continue reading →

Lucian discovered this. No. It is NOT me. Fraser Pearce thinks it could be though…

You will remember the long discussion last year on this blog about the phrase “Sentire Cum Ecclesia” (see here and here and here and here for examples). Of course, the phrase which I use as the title for my blog … Continue reading →

about the process of entering into the diaconate, which I formally began yesterday by attending an interview with the director of the Office for the Diaconate. It would be a fascinating story–one to rival my year of grace journal–but I … Continue reading →

I have always shared the opinion of one of Jane Austen’s fictional characters that to be “a person of information” is a thing to which one might reasonably aspire. However, when one achieves this exalted rank, the pressure to always … Continue reading →

There is a thoughtful piece on the “poping” of ex-prime minister of Britain, Tony Blair on the America website (free registration required for whole article) “From Thames to Tiber“. Of all that has been written on this not insignificant event, … Continue reading →

Mike asked in the Combox to the last post: What is it like at your wife’s Lutheran parish? Tell us more! Would her services be fairly liturgical, solemn etc, and if so, how does the evangelisation operate in that framework? … Continue reading →