"You must be wise enough to see who this woman is."
Category: Dogmatic Theology
“An ecclesiology that is not part of the Church’s Magisterium”: Open Letter to Latin Mass Catholics – Part II
“Men of Catholic views are truly but a party in that Church.”
What kind of assent is owed to the different papal statements? Fr Anton Straub SJ
"The solemn and the daily magisterium of the Church can be exercised in four distinct ways."
Collective Punishment: Open Letter to Latin Mass Catholics – Part I
"Are you not trying to be Catholics in a church which doesn’t want you?"
Could an ‘heretic pope’ impose errors upon the Church? Gregory of Valencia SJ
"Much depends on the nature of the question of faith which the pope decides."
Why the Church’s authority is indispensable for every act of divine faith – Fr Marín-Sola and St Thomas answer
"Anyone who rejects this means totally lacks faith."
Can non-Catholics have the theological virtue of faith? Fr Marín-Sola asks the question
'Is her authority an indispensable element for every act of our divine faith?'
The doctrinal authority of the episcopal magisterium – what is it? JMA Vacant answers
"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. …
Can the ordinary magisterium create new dogmas or obligations of belief? Fr Vacant explains
"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 …
We are all under the dominion of the Devil unless we are incorporated into Christ – Fr Anselm Stolz, 1938
"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) Translator's Introduction The following text is an edited translation of the third chapter of Fr. Anselm Stolz’s work Theology of Mysticism. …