Monthly Archives: May 2012

Divergent Lists

Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, pharmakeia, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. - Galatians 5:19-21a But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, … Continue reading

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Into the Halfway House

One of the most eloquent testimonies I’ve read recently is Michael Rennier’s Into the Half-Way House. Michael received a BA in New Testament Literature from Oral Roberts University in 2002 and a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School in 2006. … Continue reading

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On Marriage Equality

Speaking of equality in marriage, the Church holds that marriage is a sacrament and hence indissoluble both by men and by women, indissoluble both by commoners and by kings. In this regard, an article from 1972 by Joseph Ratzinger on … Continue reading

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On Erik Peterson

In 2011, Stanford University Press published Michael J. Hollerich’s English translation: Theological Tractates, by Erik Peterson. I think the best short introduction to the work of Erik Peterson is via the translation of an introduction which Pope Benedict XVI gave, … Continue reading

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