The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
Posted in Catholic, Christianity, Religion, Theology on May 30th, 2008
I’m on Dr. Ambrosio’s email list, and today’s mailing included an article on Faith vs. Works. Dr. Ambrosio happens to be a member of my parish, and used to be a professor at the University of Dallas, but now he’s primarily a conference speaker, and he has his website which is full of good articles [...]
Posted in Christianity, Religion, Theology on May 10th, 2008
I’m studying for my Patristic and Byzantine Theology final, and I’m rereading First Principles written by Origen between 220 and 230. Here is a passage I have marked as “The Rule of Faith”.
When we find many who think they hold the doctrine of Christ, some of them differing in their beliefs from the Christians of [...]
Posted in Catholic, History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, Theology on Apr 27th, 2008
It’s been several months now since the latest encyclical letter from Pope Benedict was issued. This was the first encyclical that I read all the way through, and it is very good. The theme is that we need hope, and that ultimate hope can only be found in Christ. That’s nothing new for anyone who [...]
Happy Easter everyone! Since I posted yesterday about Holy Saturday, I felt like I should at least post something for Easter. This is the Exultet, a hymn dating back at least to the 7th century, which is always sung in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, the night before Easter [...]
Today is Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday, when Jesus was executed, and Easter Sunday, when Jesus rose from the dead. This is the day that Jesus spent in the tomb. In the Catholic Office of Readings for today, there is an ancient homily for Holy Saturday which is very inspiring, and I think [...]
Yesterday was the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. I ran across these notes from a blog I read written by a Benedictine Monk. He doesn’t provide much explanation, but I was still impressed.
I have heard Tim Staples make the connection between the virgin Earth , unstained by sin, from which the first Adam [...]
Posted in Ecclesiology, Theology on Sep 6th, 2007
I just want to quickly point out a blog article that articulates something I’ve been thinking about for a while, and that is the necessity of a living teaching authority in the Church, which we Catholics call the Magisterium. Please check it out if you’re interested. Also, here is the complete Answers to Main [...]
Posted in Theology on Jul 24th, 2007
I read the following this morning in John 1:12-13 (RSV):
But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
I’ve known of this passage for [...]
Posted in Catholic, Philosophy, Theology on Jan 24th, 2007
I saw the following quote from the opening paragraph of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) on the Intentional Disciples blog:
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know [...]
Posted in Catholic, Free Software, Philosophy, Theology on Dec 28th, 2006
As someone who works in computer technology, I find it interesting that religion is a term that is now often used in reference to issues that have nothing to do with God. Some people who like the Apple Macintosh or Free Software are sometimes labeled as religious, even though they may in fact be atheists. [...]