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Clericalism and the Doctrine of Scandal
The doctrine of scandal in the Catholic church is based on the scriptural injunction ((Romans 14:13ff, for example) to avoid doing anything that would shake the faith of others, particularly those whose faith is less mature. In practice, this has … Continue reading
Peter’s Outrage
Peter was horrified by what he saw Jesus doing. When Jesus approached him, he had to ask, even though by this time Jesus’ intentions must have been obvious. Lord, are you going to wash my feet??!? It completely outraged his … Continue reading
Posted in Lectionary reflection, Liturgical year
Tagged footwashing, holy thursday, mimetic, peter, scandal
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Children, Priests, and Scandal in Church
Here’s the story: on his way to the ambo (pulpit) to give his homily (sermon), the presiding priest detoured to approach “a family with several small children under the age of four who were sitting near the front of the … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Ecclesiology, Theological anthropology
Tagged children, factionalism, priests, reconciliation, scandal, sex abuse scandal, thesis
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“Your Christianity will be Personal, or it will be Bullshit”: Beneath Grisez’s Critique of Francis
In response to Francis’ recently published interview with an atheist, Germaine Grisez had some startling criticism: I’m afraid that Pope Francis has failed to consider carefully enough the likely consequences of letting loose with his thoughts in a world that … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Theology
Tagged doubt, francis, grisez, new evangelization, pope, scandal
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Jottings on Sin: Relating feminist and mimetic hamartiologies?
I went on a database crawl last night looking for material by Mary McClintock Fulkerson, and have read lightly through a few papers that have prompted these still-embryonic thoughts about connections between the understandings of sin in traditional, feminist, and … Continue reading
Refusing to be Scandalized
So there was this big Catholic news story a couple of weeks ago about the Vatican (the CDF) and the nuns (the LCWR). You might have been wondering why I haven’t said anything about it here. I’ve been thinking. Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Theological anthropology
Tagged Alison, catholic, flamewar, lcwr, mimetic, scandal
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“Where cynics talk smut, thieves curse, and soldiers gamble”
I simply argue that the cross be raised again at the centre of the marketplace as well as on the steeple of the church. I am recovering the claim that Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two candles, … Continue reading
Rejecting the Glamor of Evil
We were blessed this weekend by a first reading from a portion of Sirach (Sir 27:30-28:7) that begins this way: Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight. The vengeful will suffer the LORD’s vengeance, for … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged 9/11, Alison, forgiveness, Girard, love your enemies, mimetic, scandal
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