Monthly Archives: April 2010

Renaissance Polyphony

Renaissance polyphony flourished in 15th and 16th century Europe with some notable composers being: Dunstable, John (c1390-1453) British Dufay, Guillaume (c1398-1474) Franco-Flemish Obrecht, Jacob (c1450-1505) Franco-Flemish Missa de Sancto Donatiano Desprez, Josquin [des Prés, etc.] (c1440-1521) Franco-Flemish Taverner, John (c1490-1545) … Continue reading

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The Body of Faith

R.R. Reno concludes an article on Wyschogrod’s The Body of Faith, having the catchy title of The Carnal Reality of Revelation, with the admonishment: . . . Christians believe that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob raised Jesus of … Continue reading

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Common Hymns

Here is a list of all the hymns that appear in each of the four volumes of the unabridged Liturgy of the Hours, forming the closest one can come to a common list of hymns recognized by the whole Catholic … Continue reading

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Nothing Justifies Schism

Brett McCracken writes: N.T. Wright, who is currently working on a massive tome on Paul, to be released “no sooner than 2012,” spoke about unity a lot during the conference at Wheaton. Apparently the overarching theme or argument of his … Continue reading

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Identifying Evangelicalism

David Mills, in an article on Identifying Evangelicalism remarks that: It is easy to see, from the outsider’s perspective, how a long friendship and a common heritage, culture, and ideals can bring all these people together, but hard to see … Continue reading

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Music for the New Roman Missal

ICEL has made publically available text and music for the new Roman Missal. There’s is a good bit of attention to detail in the materials. For example, notice in Credo III the way three notes are given to “one” God. … Continue reading

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Contra Mechanism

Edward Feser writes: . . . But the mechanistic conception of nature that leads to reductionism and eliminativism is in any event incoherent. For the mind that does the “projecting” in question cannot itself coherently be either reduced or eliminated … Continue reading

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