"You must be wise enough to see who this woman is."
Tag: Ecclesiology
“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?'
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. …
John Henry Newman, Anti-Ecumenist
"Catholics and Protestants, as bodies, hold nothing in common in religion, however they may seem to do so." Image: Newman kneeling before Fr Dominic Barberi, who received him into the Church in Littlemore in 1845. From the parish of Littlemore. Editors' Notes What follows is an extract from the fifth of Newman’s series of discourses …
Short essay: The Agony in the Garden and the unity of the Church
"... and the world may know that thou hast sent me."