Wednesday, September 30, 2020

St. John of Damascus and "Filioque"

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St. John Damascene is frequently brought up in the filioque debate. Edward Siecienski recounts in his excellent book that Damascene's s...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Did the Council of Vienne Rule Out Substance Dualism?

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I recently received a message from a reader, asking whether the Council of Vienne rules out the view in philosophy of mind known as "su...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Richmond Lattimore's Conversion

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A short eulogy  written for Richmond Lattimore, perhaps the most famous modern English translator of Homer, by Father George Rutler, the pr...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Vatican II on the Historicity of the Gospels

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Sancta Mater Ecclesia firmiter et constantissime tenuit ac tenet quattuor recensita Evangelia, quorum historicitatem incunctanter affirmat...

Contradiction Between Luke and Matthew on Judas' Field? Part II

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In the previous post , I began discussing the apparent contradiction between Luke and Matthew on who purchased Judas' Field of Blood. I...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Contradiction Between Luke and Matthew on Judas' Field? Part I

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One difficulty in the New Testament is the apparent contradiction between Ss. Matthew and Luke in the recounting of Judas' death and th...

Literary Forms and Catholic Teaching on Inerrancy

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Magisterial documents clearly show that biblical inerrancy is  the teaching  of the Catholic Church, including of Vatican II. Nevertheless,...