Schism! Dissent! Donatism! Image: St Augustine in his study. Wiki Commons CC A priest suggested to us that we break our extended essays into shorter, more manageable pieces. We are quite committed to long-form essays, but are willing to try this – with a few extra points added or developed to make it worthwhile! This …
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"The fierce eagles do not give birth to the timid and cowering dove." Fr Henry James Coleridge wrote prolifically about the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In this extract, he considers how Catholics may know the Church in the final days – gathering around her like the eagles around the body, as Our Lord …
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"Their instincts are more keen and more certain than those of the eagles." Fr Henry James Coleridge wrote prolifically about the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In this extract, he considers how the Church may appear in the final days. Image: Demir's Lightning. Wiki Commons CC From The Return of the King – Discourses …
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"The custom of the Church stands for these things: and the Church cannot err." Image: Pope St Leo II, Wiki Commons CC Don't worry! This article appears twice as long on a browser than it actually is, due to the footnotes. This is the concluding part of my reply to Professor Edward Feser, who recently …
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"We would contend that Mr Hall is submissive to Francis in precisely the same way that we are." Image: Wiki Commons CC In a recent Crisis Magazine article, Mr Kennedy Hall has submitted a respectful “sedevacantist wager,” as an explanation as to why he thinks that it is more “fitting” to live and act as …
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“Men are not bound to scrutinize hearts." Photo by Sayak Bala on Unsplash Following a revision and expansion of an earlier essay, I thought that it would be worthwhile re-publishing this edited section containing more detail on the profession of faith. The topics expanded include: How formal professions of faith can be a red herring …
"What is the "material object of faith," and where can we find it proposed?" Photo by DDP on Unsplash Editor's Comments Many essays on The WM Review refer to "professing the faith" as a condition for membership of the Church - and to heresy, the corresponding failure to profess the faith, which entails loss of …
"None of this is relevant to membership of the Church – and therefore, it has nothing to do with Francis' legitimacy." Image: Wiki Commons Public Domain This essay is written in response to Mr Michael Lofton's comments on a debate hosted by Mr Matt Fradd on Pints with Aquinas on 20 September 2022. (We have …
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"This unity consists principally in the common profession of the same faith." Photo by Mike Kenneally on Unsplash In this essay I will begin explaining the following two points: The Church is, among other things, a visible unity of Faith; she is a visible society which is visibly one, or united, in faith. Membership of the …
"How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? How long dost thou turn away thy face from me?" This is based on a 2016 article, edited and expanded throughout by S.D. Wright, with the permission of the author. A more extended addition is indicated with square brackets. Photo by Austrian National Library …
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