Saturday, September 23, 2017

"You do not pay any attention to what you are praying, yet you want God to?"

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Σὺ οὐκ ἀκούεις τῆς εὐχῆς σου, καὶ τὸν θεὸν θέλεις εἰσακοῦσαι τῆς εὐχῆς σου;       Pseudo John Chrysostom, De Chananaea ( On the Canaanites...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

Cardinal Bellarmine warns Pope Clement VIII in 1602 that he is no theologian

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From the autobiography of 1613: "Nevertheless [Bellarmine] himself often warned [(admonuit)] the Pope that he should beware of self-d...
Saturday, September 16, 2017

The primary sources on Cardinal Bellarmine's slap-down of Pope Gregory VIII in 1602

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Letter to Pope Clement VIII (1602) : * Italian original: Beiträge zur politischen, kirchlichen und culturgeschichte der Sechs Let...
Friday, September 15, 2017

Semper ambigua

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"The concept of the semper reformanda has been popular with persons of very different views.  And this popularity lies undoubtedly in t...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

interior intimo meo

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Communio "Although being is not irrational, it is nonetheless always more than what a mind can comprehend just by looking at it.  ...
Sunday, September 10, 2017

redemptio-libertas, adoptio-hereditas

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"O God, by whom we are redeemed and receive adoption, look graciously upon your beloved sons and daughters, that those who believe in C...
Monday, September 4, 2017

Mahlmann, quoting Dittmer, on the phrase ecclesia semper reformanda

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The traditional dichotomous division . . . of [the] church into [a] spiritual community (inward, eccl[esia] abscondita, proprie, community...