One of the criticisms Tyrrell made about other people is precisely what I would say about him: that he could “define a mystery” but so far as I can see, […]
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Sagovsky on Tyrrell (Part One)
Nicholas Sagovsky is a distinguished member of the Church of England. Since 1992, he has been a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC). I recently read his biography […]
Read moreReview, Wolfgang Smith, “Theistic Evolution: The Teilhardian Heresy”
Review, Wolfgang Smith, Theistic Evolution: The Teilhardian Heresy, Angelico Press/Sophia Perennis, 248pp. plus index I was wondering about Teilhard de Chardin’s pervasive influence on the modern Catholic Church, or perhaps […]
Read moreDevelopments in Jewish Religion immediately before the Incarnation
Philip Jenkins has produced an interesting work, Crucible of Faith: The Ancient Revolution that Made our Modern Religious World, Basic Books, NY (2017) His thesis is that: “So much of what we think […]
Read moreReview: The Rise of the Occult, Slaying Dragons II
Review: Charles D. Fraune, Slaying Dragons II: The Rise of the Occult, Slaying Dragons Press, 2023, 355 pp. including references This is a good book, and an opportune one at […]
Read moreReview: Taylor Marshall, Antichrist and Apocalypse
Taylor Marshall, Antichrist and Apocalypse, Saint John Press, 2022 (311 pages, including index) This a significant book, which seems to be part of a nascent movement within Christianity seeking to […]
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Changes Imposed on the Maronite Eucharistic Liturgy
This is the third in a series. The first two are the following: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/01/14/the-maronite-liturgy/ http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/01/20/0-3-the-four-known-classes-of-ancient-maronite-liturgies/ We saw in the last post that the 1592-1594 Missal issued by Rome was actually […]
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St J.H. Newman’s University Sermon on Wisdom and Faith (pt. I)
One of the most highly regarded series of St John Henry Newman’s writings is his University Sermons, being fifteen of the most important sermons he preached when he was an […]
Read moreCredibility and Behaviour: Mass Exodus
For Part One: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/11/03/stephen-bullivant-mass-exodus/ For Part Two: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/11/12/bullivant-mass-exodus-part-two/ I now come to a more theoretical side of Bullivant’s work. I am not in favour of the tendency to invent theories and then […]
Read moreWhy Do Catholic Children Leave the Faith? (Mass Exodus)
For Part One: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/11/03/stephen-bullivant-mass-exodus/ Part Two: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/11/12/bullivant-mass-exodus-part-two/ Why do children raised in good Catholic families today, leave or otherwise stop being part of the Church? This questions has a special poignancy when […]
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