Saturday, January 4, 2014

"The intimate logic of the New Testament . . . imposes" the whole of that familial analogy of the Trinity according to which Adam stands for the Father; Eve for the Son; and Seth or Abel for the Holy Spirit

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     “The familial analogy of the Trinity can be broken down into two aspects:  the paternity-filiation aspect, and the conjugal aspect.  I...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

"what imaginary world you're skipping through"

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Louis:  “Where’s your gatekeeper?  Any Tom, Dick, or Harry can just waltz right in.” Harvey:  “Well, I don’t see any Toms or Harrys here,...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

"Every man is not a proper Champion for Truth, nor fit to take up the Gauntlet in the cause of Verity. . . ."

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"I have no Genius to disputes in Religion, and have often thought it wisedome to decline them, especially upon a disadvantage, or when ...
Monday, December 30, 2013

"The preaching of grace can only be protected by the preaching of repentance."

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"The promise of grace is not to be squandered; it needs to be protected from the godless.  There are those who are not worthy of the sa...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

"'With your splendid theological armor and your upright German figure, should you not perhaps be almost a little ashamed at a man like Heinrich Vogel? . . .'"

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"Dear Colleague! "You can deduce from the very way in which I address you that I do not regard your departure for England as anyt...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

"I was certainly cleverer than they, but they had the immeasurable advantage that they were right—an advantage that they did not throw away by resorting to the bad philosophy and apologetics then sometimes taught in Catholic schools.

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      Peter Geach, as quoted by John Schwenkler on dotCommonweal, 24 December 2013.  Schwenkler cites "Philosophical Autobiography,...
Monday, December 23, 2013

"The confessor . . . is always in danger of being either too much of a rigorist or too lax. Neither is merciful. . . ."

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" the ministers of the church must be ministers of mercy above all. The confessor, for example, is always in danger of being either too...