Author Archives: Schutz

Pastor Weedon has blogged on a piece of writing from proto “evangelical catholic” Lutheran theologian Rev. Dr. Arthur Piepkorn. The piece, called “Why still be a Lutheran?” was written in 1965, and, as Pastor Weedon acknowledges, a lot of water … Continue reading →

One of the bigger surprises awaiting those venturing into the interfaith arena for the first time is that there are many Jewish people who fully claim their Jewish identity, but who are, in fact, atheists. They even have a name … Continue reading →

One of my more embarrasing areas of ignorance is in the area of Thomism. Blame it on my Lutheran theological education, I guess. One of these days my ignorance of St Thomas Aquinas’ works will need to be remedied. When … Continue reading →

An Open Letter to the Catholic Laity of Australia Dear Brother/Sister in Christ, I write to you as an Australian brother in Christ to express my deep concern about several key challenges that are facing us all as Catholics. As … Continue reading →

No plot spoilers (well not many), in case you still haven’t read the seventh book. But I figure if you haven’t already, you never will. First, some reviews that I think get it fairly right (which do contain spoilers, so … Continue reading →

Apropos of nothing, I saw a good film on the telly last night that made quite an impression on me, called “The Village”. Apparently when it opened in the cinemas in 2004 it got bad ratings (see the Wikipedia entry–but … Continue reading →

For those of you following my conversion retro-blog, there is a new entry at Year of Grace.

“The Petition” calls for the bishops of Australia to “Acknowledge that there is no doctrinal or theological barrier to the ordination of married men”. I stated in the blog below that while it is possible to acknowledge this, we should … Continue reading →

I have been a bit slow of late getting onto this matter. I was alerted to the Petition “A Letter to the Catholic Bishops of Australia” when it came out, but have only just gotten around to reading it because … Continue reading →

Well, here’s a surprise. One of the most scholarly books on the issue of the Roman Primacy and Ecumenism has appeared on Google Books–or at least some of it. Adriano Garuti’s “The Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and the … Continue reading →