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Book Meme

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I’ve been tagged by Holy Fool.

1. How many books have I owned?

Roughly 300. I currently have around 200.

2. What was the last book you bought.

That’s a hard one. I tend to buy more books than I have time to read. Consequently, they end up collecting dust for a few months (or longer). as a substitution, I’ll tell you that the book I’m currently reading is Teachings of the Church Fathers> by John Willis. I’m finding it quite fascinating. 🙂

3. The last book that you’ve read.

I just recently finished Lord, Have Mercy by Scott Hahn. The content was good but the presentation was a little too simplistic for my taste.

5 books that have meant a lot to you.

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
War of the Worlds> by H.G. Wells
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldus Huxley

5. Tag five people that haven’t played yet.

Theomorph
Quo Vadis
Jollyblogger
Unspace
The Smedley Log

If you’ve already played this game, leave a comment with a link to your answers and I’ll pick someone else. 🙂

No Symbolism To See Here; Move Along

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“I was reading ‘Lord of the Rings’ the other night, trying to let
my mind escape from the impending doom that awaits us all, and I
realized that Aragorn kicked some serious Orc ass, helped defeat the
forces of evil and became king, all without even saying the word ‘God.’
The best stories are not about mystical religious powers, but men and
women with strong moral courage that they didn’t get from quoting
chapter and verse.” – Michael
Mastroianni

Perhaps a Catholic Tolkien fan ought to inform Mr. Mastroianni of the
humerous irony of his statements. 😉

The Purpose Driven Catholic?

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Does anyone know of any reviews of The
Purpose Driven Life from a Catholic perspective? I haven’t read it,
but I know millions of people have. I tend to be skeptical of anything
that popular. That’s not to say I never jump on any bandwagons, but I
like to check things out first. Also, I’ve heard some folks dismuss it
as “fluff” and others denounce it as heterodox.

I anxiously await your responses. 🙂

Pittsburgh Pride

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One of the fellas who helps out with the RCIA program at the Pittsburgh Oratory, Bob McCarthy is an author. I thought it’d be cool to give him some free publicity. Check out his books, Dualessence and Song of Autumn. Let me know if you read either book. I’m sure he’d be thrilled to get some feedback. 🙂

Since I’m promoting one Pittsburgher, I might as well promote another (though I haven’t met this one). CNN has an article on one of the best rock-n-rollers you’ve never heard of.

Rock’s best-kept secret
Joe Grushecky: Iron City legend, devoted teacher
By Laurie Ure, CNN
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Music critics place him among the best rock and rollers ever.

Seven Heresies For Seven Errors

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As many are already aware, in December Rev. Roger Haight, S.J. was notified by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that his book Jesus: Symbol of God contained errors contrary to the faith. The notification contained seven propositions concerning which Fr. Haight’s book was judged to be in error. These errors, however, were not original with Haight, nor should the Vatican’s reaction be surprising. All are in contradiction with Ecumenical Councils and other infallible teachings of the Church. Below are found the systems to which these propositions belong, and the infallible teaching which refutes them. Citations are given by the Denzinger Enchiridion Symbolorum as edited by Rev. Karl Rahner, S.J. Full discussion of these matters, and quotes with complete citations to the individual documents can be found here.

  1. Theological Method: Modernism. Proposition condemned at I Vatican in 1870 (DR 1811, 1813)
  2. Pre-existence of the Word: Arianism. Proposition condemned at I Nicea in 325 (DR 54)
  3. Divinity of Jesus: Nestorianism. Proposition condemned at Ephesus in 431 (DR 111a, 114)
  4. The Holy Trinity: Sabellianism. Proposition condemned at I Constantinople in 381 (DR 85); explicitly condemned at Florence in 1442 (DR 705)
  5. The salvific death of Christ: Pelagianism (and others). Proposition condemned officially at the Synod of Orange in 529 (DR 194; not an ecumenical council, but usually considered infallible) and at IV Lateran in 1215 (DR 429)
  6. The unity and unicity of the saving mediation of Jesus Christ and His Church: Religious Pluralism. Proposition condemned at IV Lateran in 1215 (DR 430)
  7. The resurrection of Christ: Rationalism. Proposition condemned at I Nicea in 325 (DR 54)