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Charitable Interpretation
Harmonious interaction between bloggers, particularly Christian bloggers, is very important to me. Blogs have tremendous potential for bringing folks of diverse backgrounds together. They can also contribute to fracturing the Body Christ. One courtesy I ask of my commenters is to use "interpretive charity" (aka charitable interpretation). It means, among other things, that we […]
Language and Order
Witnessing all the recent hubbub about new English mass translation that's just been approved by US bishops and the ever-present tensions between rival Bible translators, I thought the following quite from Peter Berger's The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion might provoke interesting discussion.
"The social world constitutes a nomos both objectively and […]
They're Coming to America
I feel the need to write a political post, for a change. I've been observing the recent debate over immigration, and it's got me thinking. The part of the debate I dislike the most is the idea of a guest worker program. First of all, this system is in place in Germany (you know, […]
A Case for Female Priests?
"Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners; they are prominent among the apostles and they were in Christ before me." - Romans 16:7
Were there female apostles? Were all apostoloi also prebyteroi and/or episcopoi? Were there once female episcopoi/presbyteroi in the Church?
Investigating NFP: Sidebar on Definitions
Thisentryis part 5 of 11 in the series Investigating NFPIn response to a debate in the comments to my first investigative post about NFP, I've decided to query my readers for their opinions. Please consider answering these surveys. I'd like Catholics and non-Catholics alike to participate.
Survey link: Do you believe that "birth control" and "contraceptive" […]
