Saturday, September 25, 2021

"the construct of 'gender' is the ultimate 'morning-after' pill because it hides all the tell-tale signs of our being 'whence and whither.'"

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Pontifical John Paul II Institute, Washington, DC      Margaret H. McCarthy, "The emperor’s (new) new clothes:  the logic of the new ...

Christians today "are the lonely custodians of realities that are not technically speaking matters of faith, even as they are dismissed as [such]."

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Pontifical John Paul Institute of Washington, DC "We should not fail to notice the unique situation that Christians are in today:  they...

"a more basic distinction, prior to cultural variety"

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Pontifical John Paul II Institute of Washington, DC "I do not dispute that there is a distinction between [1] the fact of being sexuall...
Sunday, September 19, 2021

A second perfection consisting in operation, not form

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Commissio Leonina "'There was matrimony in Paradise, and yet there was no carnal intercourse. Therefore carnal intercourse is not...
Friday, September 17, 2021

He "who does not resolve the doubt" he "instills" is a false prophet

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     "We find some people who study philosophy and say some things that are not true according to the faith.  And when someone tells th...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Trust the saints on what you haven't yourself experienced

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"Although the tri-hypostatic nature of the Godhead—that is in no way destroyed by the principle of unity—was in later times revealed to...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

"the twofold perfection which is required of the student of [the science of mystical theology]"

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     "The sort of people to whom this kind of teaching ['which is entitled Mystical Theology' ] is meant to be addressed is all...