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All Saints Day

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Jollyblogger has initiated
the Carnival of the Reformation. The motto of the carnival is “Post Tenebras
Lux”. That’s Latin for “After the Darkness, Light”. I find it appropriate
that it was posted today, All Saints Day. Yesterday was Reformation Sunday. Today,
on the feast honoring the saints of the Church, let’s shed light on the darkness
of the Reformation. I encourage my Catholic readers to humbly and respectfully respond
to the carnival’s theme of sola scriptura.

Civic Duty

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[In response to Bishop Wuerl's weak stance against pro-choice "Catholic" politicians, Shaun Pierce wrote the following letter. He has yet to receive a reply. – Funky]

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So Happy Together

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Readers of Shaun Pierce’s article on sola fide might find this interesting.
In 1997, the Roman Catholic Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
produced this document:

JOINT DECLARATION ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION

The doctrine of justification was of central importance for the Lutheran Reformation of the sixteenth century. It was held to be the “first and chief article” and at the same time the “ruler and judge over all other Christian doctrines.” The doctrine of justification was particularly asserted and defended in its Reformation shape and special valuation over against the Roman Catholic Church and theology of that time, which in turn asserted and defended a doctrine of justification of a different character. From the Reformation perspective, justification was the crux of all the disputes. Doctrinal condemnations were put forward both in the Lutheran Confessions and by the Roman Catholic Church’s Council of Trent. These condemnations are still valid today and thus have a church-dividing effect.