Monthly Archives: September 2013

Liturgical Poems

Here’s a list of poems from the unabridged, 4 volume, Liturgy of the Hours (mostly), the prayerbook of the Catholic Church and another example, along with Daily Mass, of the answer to ‘More, Lord': Anonymous, I Sing of a Maiden, … Continue reading

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The Redemption of Suffering

Over at The Roman Road in 2011, there was an excellent little series on the theology of suffering, a topic dear to my heart from years of preaching/encouraging in a devotional service at a local nursing home. It is also … Continue reading

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Evangelical Unitarians

Hutchens wrote, on Touchstone blog in 2008, about Losing God the Father: ….In the paths I travel I have heard from time to time some muted remarks about the tendency of Evangelicals to direct their worship to Jesus rather than … Continue reading

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Recent Papal Encyclicals

Most recent: Lumen Fidei (29 June 2013) [Arabic, Byelorussian, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] Caritas in veritate (June 29, 2009) [Byelorussian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Polish,Portuguese, Spanish] Spe salvi (November 30, 2007) [Byelorussian, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German,Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish] Within Catholicism in recent times, an encyclical is generally used for significant issues, and is second in … Continue reading

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Hearsay and Gossip

While the average citizen has little access to anything other than hearsay and gossip with respect to politics, it is different with the Christian religion. It is sad that folks have set opinions, say, regarding Pope Benedict XVI or Pope … Continue reading

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Basic Christian Doctrine

I think the essentials of Christian faith can be usefully grouped into six areas: Creator Fall Israel Incarnation Crucifixion Church 1) Creator: We believe in God, the creator of heaven and earth. Not a being among beings, albeit exalted above … Continue reading

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Unreformed

The Church, the Catholic Church, can rightly be called unreformed because she is more than doctrine. Although there is development of doctrine within the Church, she remains substantial and unreformed and has no use for the will-o-the-wisp gnostic ecclesiology of … Continue reading

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