We have almost finished chapter 2, on word-fallacies. Carson’s treatment of what I would call the mystical language of St John’s Gospel is worth reading, when one wants to study […]
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Review, Exegetical Fallacies, D. A. Carson
Exegetical Fallacies, 2nd edition, D(onald) A(rthur) Carson, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1996 (142 pp. + indices) “Exegesis” is the interpretation and explanation of something. It is very often used […]
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St J.H. Newman, “The Protestant Idea of Antichrist” (second and final part)
The Protestant Idea of Antichrist, in Essays Critical and Historical (two volumes), St J.H. Newman, vol. II, pp.133-223, written in October 1840. Part II St John Henry Newman opens his review […]
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St John Henry Newman reviewing “The Protestant Idea of Antichrist”
What or who is the Antichrist? What are the biblical prophecies about him? Is the Pope the Antichrist? Does it matter? I recently had the seriously joyful experience of receiving […]
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Why Freud Was Wrong: The Catholic Connection
I have almost finished reading the massive 650 page plus Why Freud Was Wrong, the masterpiece of the late Richard Webster. It is one of the best books I have […]
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Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Spiritual Letters (Part IV)
Today we commence the Catholic letters from Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to One of his Converts (1915). First of all, as a preface […]
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Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Spiritual Letters (Part III)
This is the third part of my review of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to One of his Converts, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1915. […]
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Mons R.H. Benson, “Spiritual Letters” (Part II)
We are continuing our reading of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to One of his Converts. We are considering the Anglican Letters. We have […]
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J.H. Newman, “The Tamworth Reading Room,” (review, second and final part)
The real issue which St JHN addressed in “The Tamworth Reading Room” was, what education is needed to lift and improve ordinary people? What areas should be on the agenda […]
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J.H. Newman, “The Tamworth Reading Room,” Review (Part I)
“The Tamworth Reading Room,” pp.254-305 in Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects, edited with an introduction and notes by Gerard Tracey and James Tolhurst, Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition, 2004. The […]
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