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Tag Archives: Moral questions
Capital Punishment
My reflections continue on this theme of human evil and goodness, and everything in between. I come to the subject to the way the law in some countries deals with a criminal considered as to be so evil as to … Continue reading
Human Goodness
Writing my last article on the “aesthetic gospel” has made me think carefully about the real underlying issues. The real issue is the notion of humanism – the idea according to which humans are capable of the greatest good as … Continue reading
Church Hopping
I was certainly a little uncharitable about jibing someone for church-hopping when I have done it myself. I was originally Church of England, was Roman Catholic for about fifteen years, was in the traditionalist fringes for a little under ten … Continue reading
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In Medio Stat Virtus
In medio stat virtus is a Latin expression taken from Aristotle (and translated from Greek) by St Thomas Aquinas. It isn’t quite the Via Media of Hooker and some of our present-day enthusiasts of “classical Anglicanism”. It simply means that … Continue reading
Article by Fr Jonathan Munn
Creeping Calvinism and Ambiguous Anglicanism Fr Jonathan Munn has just written this article in which he contends that man isn’t totally depraved. I won’t go into all the theology of it, the various theories of grace and sin from Saint … Continue reading
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The Fatherly Aspect of the Holy Father
I don’t write much about the Roman Catholic Church since the polemical days when the Ordinariates were founded and the muddy waters of the TAC became clear to the satisfaction of some and the disappointment of others. I followed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Moral questions, Pope Francis, Roman Catholicism, Spirituality
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Conversion and Falling in Love
Fr David Chislett has written a very interesting article – Conversion – real and ongoing – on conversion and the way Christians are committed to their faith and more so to the person of Jesus Christ. The different ways people … Continue reading
War against Syria?
Hat tip to Fr Stephen Smuts for linking to What moral theologians say about getting involved in Syria by Thomas Reese. This would not be a just war, since Syria has not attacked the United States or France. Moreover, the … Continue reading
Mainstream versus Marginal
I would just like to get a couple of reflections in during a brief blog session. I remember as a kid in the 1960’s being brought up in a very straightforward kind of family, not very religious but highly respectful … Continue reading
Being Poor, Non-Pelagian and Re-oriented
There’s a lovely article on Fr Ray Blake’s blog Poorer Church, a non-Pelagian Church, a re-Orientated Church. He naturally bases his ideas on what he has been hearing from Pope Francis. Poor Church? Few things make me more angry than … Continue reading
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Tagged Liberalism, Moral questions, Pastoral matters, Roman Catholicism
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The Blue Flower 