"Anyone who rejects this means totally lacks faith." Photo by Alex Does Pictures This is Part II. Click here for Part I. Editors' Notes This is the second part of an extract of Fr. Francisco Marín-Sola's work The Homogenous Evolution of Catholic Dogma, which was first published in 1923 and very well received. Critics went …
'Is her authority an indispensable element for every act of our divine faith?' Photo by Efrem Efre, St Peter's Basilica This is Part I. Click here for Part I. Editors' Notes "You are judging, sir," answered Mr. Morley, "let me say it, of things you do not know. You do not know what the Catholic …
"We may call this the authority of doctrinal providence." Photo by Karl Fredrickson on Unsplash Editors’ Notes In the aftermath of and period since Vatican II, it has been common to try and explain the situation with reference to these ideas. When faced scandalous sermons or interviews given by popes and included in the Acta …
Continue reading Does everything coming from Rome enjoy an “infallibly safety”? – Franzelin’s text
"Organized warfare is more advantageous for the soldier than were he forced to fight this duel, alone." Image: Wiki Commons Editors' Notes As previously noted, it is not so easy to find pre-conciliar material on "The Angelic Warfare Confraternity" of the Cord of St Thomas Aquinas. We are glad to have the permission of Dominicana …
"I am quite determined to become a Catholic; but I should like to have a hint of what that means." As we read Benson's account of what the Church has to offer weary Anglicans and other protestants, let’s relish the priest’s beautiful description of the Catholic Church, to which we have the privilege of belonging. …
Continue reading What does the Church have to offer? – an extract from Mgr R.H. Benson
"The body of the episcopate can never perish or err, but each bishop can fall into error and even separate from his brothers through schism or heresy." Image: Bishops at Vatican II, Wiki Commons As we already noted, the author J.M.A. Vacant was the initial director of the Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique and was a seminary professor. …
"Is a solemn definition by a Pope or a Council necessary to make a doctrine heretical?" Image: The Immaculate Conception, Wiki Commons As we already noted, the author J.M.A. Vacant was the initial director of the Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique and was a seminary professor. This short work was awarded the prize for the theological competition in La …
"One triumphs completely over an enemy when one penetrates into his realm, even into his own house, and takes away his throne and his possessions." Image: Follower of Bosch, Christ in Limbo (Wiki Commons) Translators' Introduction The following text is an edited translation of the third chapter of Fr. Anselm Stolz’ work Theology of Mysticism. …
"What are the signs that identify a doctrine taught infallibly by the ordinary and universal magisterium?" This is the first half of Vacant's long Chapter IV, which considers again the different ways in which the Church's ordinary magisterium teaches us, and the obligations corresponding to these ways. As we already noted, the author J.M.A. Vacant …
"Would He drive away the Herodian princes as He had scattered the money-changers?" Image from Wiki Commons. Some line breaks added below, with some headings taken from the original Table of Contents. Fr Coleridge's book on St John the Baptist takes us up to the close of the saint's ministry, but not his life. Nonetheless, …