“The first General Assembly of the Reformed Church of Scotland met in 1560, shaped and inspired by the violent genius of John Knox, the apostate priest.” With this stirring and […]
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Benson: Non-Catholic Denominations, The Broad Church
https://archive.org/stream/tnoncatholicdenom00bensuoft/tnoncatholicdenom00bensuoft_djvu.txt (for the text of this book) The “Broad Church” party of the Church of England was the subject of chapter 6 of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Non-Catholic Denominations. […]
Read moreMonsignor R.H. Benson, “Non-Catholic Denominations”, the Low Church
Chapter 5 of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Non-Catholic Denominations is a very fair treatment of the Low Church party within the Church of England, as it was in 1910, the […]
Read moreChesterton as Theologian: Seventh and Final Part
Chapter 7 of Fr Aidan Nichols’ excellent book G.K. Chesterton: Theologian is headed “Chesterton’s Christology.” If this seems to me to be the weakest chapter, it is because where Chesterton […]
Read moreG.K. Chesterton: Theologian, Pt 6
Chapter 6 of G.K. Chesterton: Theologian is headed “Man in the Image of God.” Nichols states that creation of man in the image of God is the “foundational doctrine of […]
Read moreA Questionable Perspective on Maronite Identity
Even if I am quite sceptical of her conclusion, Claude Boueiz Kanaan’s Lebanon 1860-1960: A Century of Myth and Politics, published by SAQI in 2005 presents some interesting ideas about […]
Read moreChesterton’s Theology, Pt V, “The Philosophy of Joy”
In this part, we look at chapter V, “The God of Joy.” According to Nichols, Chesterton effectively produced a new argument for the existence of God: we feel or can […]
Read moreSamson as an Antetype of Christ (Part One, the Samson narrative)
Yesterday (1 July 2021, the Feast of Pope Gregory X), I received a copy of St Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Samson, trans. Dana Miller, edited with notes and an […]
Read moreG.K. Chesterton, Theologian, Pt 4 (Paradox)
The fourth chapter of Aidan Nichols’ G.K. Chesterton, Theologian is headed “The Role of Paradox.” Now, the word “paradox” comes from the Greek paradoxos, meaning “contrary to expectation, incredible.” However, […]
Read moreReview, “Slaying Dragons,” Part 3
Review, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See & What We Should Know, Charles Fraune, 2nd edition, Slaying Dragons Press, 2019, 172 pp, plus additional material Note: I discussed the contents of […]
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