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As an addendum to the earlier post below, Dulles quotes Luther and Melancthon in a footnote in his Josephinum article: Luther, in his 1535 Commentary on Galatians 3:10, distinguishes between faith in the abstract and concrete, embodied faith. Of the … Continue reading →

I will get to that quote and who said it in a bit. First, last night I was teaching my Last Things course for Anima Education and we were addressing the particular judgement at the time of death. Three texts … Continue reading →

Well, Kiran asked for it, so here it is: Luther on Purgatory 1. Explanation of the 95 Theses (1518) “If purgatory is only a workshop of punishment, why not call it “punitory” rather than “purgatory”? For the meaning and force … Continue reading →

Last night I watched the first episode of “Darwin’s Brave New World” on the ABC, a docu-drama style program on the life and work of Charles Darwin. Can I just say that I have rarely seen such an anachronistic and … Continue reading →

Sooner or later, the National Catholic reporter is going to have to “let John Allen go”. He might have started off where the editors of this ultra-liberal, practically dissident, magazine is at, but his years of experience covering the Vatican … Continue reading →

Here is an interesting and talented blogger from within the Traditional Anglican Communion. Deborah Gyapong is a Canadian Traditional Anglican, journalist and author. I found her blog while trying to find out if Bishop Robert Mercer, proposed by the UK … Continue reading →

May I direct your attention to a discussion I have been having with Mark Henderson on is “Glosses from an Old Manse” blog concerning Indulgences. I admit that at first I over-reacted with a bit of a rant. Mark reckons … Continue reading →

What would you do if you were a Catholic politician (or, more accurately, a politician who was a member of the Catholic Church) and you got an invitation from the Pope to a meeting of international Catholic political leaders to … Continue reading →

Barney Zwartz, the religion editor at The Age, is always best when he is writing what he really thinks, and not when he is fulfilling the dictates of his overlords and writing what sells newspapers. There are times, when he … Continue reading →

That’s how one online commentator reacted to ACU Vice-Chancellor Greg Craven’s piece in The Age today “A plague of atheists has descended, and Catholics are the target”. Last week, The Age’s sibling, the Sydney Morning Herald, ran a couple of … Continue reading →