Author Archives: Schutz

Past Elder made this comment amid all the ruckus of the duel: Go back to the church you left. I’m sure it’s bloody awful as an ecclesiatical body. They all are, even the pre conciliar Roman church, and most certainly … Continue reading →

It occured to me this morning (at 5:30am while lying in my youngest daughter’s bottom bunk after she had pushed me out of the matrimonial queen-size…), that Past Elder, who is “not a traditionalist or a member of the SSPX”, … Continue reading →

There are some very pretty pictures of the ordination of our two new Melbourne auxiliary bishops, Peter Elliott and Tim Costelloe, on the Archdiocesan website. It was a marvellous show on Friday night (yes, I do mean a “show”–there’s nothing … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, there is hardly anything such as a new thought these days. I have been reflecting upon the parallels between the “Creation and Evolution” debate in biological science and the “Development of Doctrine” debate in dogmatic theology. It seems to … Continue reading →

Having laid down the gauntlet (see my challenge to a duel/dialogue below) in which one of the rules are that, after nomination of a specific “new” official teaching of the Catholic Church which contradicts her earlier stated official teaching, I … Continue reading →

Since there are 26 comments on the Cyprian post already… I’m going to continue this here. And the time has come to throw down the guantlet. Faith is very important to me as a Catholic. I have faith in the … Continue reading →

Sounds like something from Mark Twain, but here it is, as reported by John L. Allen, Jnr. Apparently Lutheran theologican Michael Root, addressing the Catholic Theological Society of America, found “internal tension, incoherence or contradiction” in Catholic ecclesiology and ecumenism. … Continue reading →

Mons. Peter Elliott will be ordained a bishop tommorrow night at St Patrick’s Cathedral at 7:30pm along with Bishop-Elect Tim Costelloe. “The Mons” (as he has been affectionately known up until now) gave an interview on Zenit recently in which … Continue reading →

Maisy Ward said of her father that he would have been happy to have a “papal encyclical to read at breakfast” every morning. Me? I’m satisfied with reading The Age. It always gives me something to get grumpy about, and … Continue reading →

I have just finished reading a brilliant book by Sister/Dr. Sara Butler called “The Catholic Priesthood and Women: A Guide to the Teaching of the Church“. Sr Butler is professor of dogmatic theology at St Joseph’s Seminary in New York, … Continue reading →