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Election

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Since tomorrow’s Election Day in the U.S., I thought it’d be interesting to discuss
election of a different sort. I wanted to write a lengthy post about the Elect of
God and the Rite of Election, but didn’t have time. Perhaps when the latter occurs
during the course of RCIA, I’ll give it proper coverage. In the meantime, here’s
what the Catholic Encyclopedia has to say about issues related to election. I’d
be very interested to hear Protestants comment on these articles and tell me a bit
about how their churches define election.

Elect
Justification
Salvation
General Judgment
Particular Judgment
Predestination
Grace

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.

Going It Alone

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There was a very interesting Marty Minto show recently. His Catholic producer, Shaun "Powerball" Pierce, received a booklet by R.C. Sproul called "Justification by Faith Alone". In it, Sproul examines what justification is according to Scripture, compares the Roman Catholic and evangelical stances on this core doctrine, and discusses the relationship of faith and works–all to show why "by faith alone" is so essential. As Sproul puts it, "The crucial issue of infusion versus imputation remains irreconcilable. We are either justified by a righteousness that is in us or by a righteousness that is apart from us. There is no third way." Pierce’s Catholic sensibilities were offended and a two-page response was the result. I’ve obtained his permission to reprint it here. I’d like to hear your reactions to it.

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God Save Us From Liturgists

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Take a wild guess how much I appreciated what this guy had to say about the liturgy.

Polarisation and liturgy

…My second suggestion would be to strengthen the force of the abrogations of Paul VI, and make the old rite available only to elderly priests who celebrate it in private…

Tongue Tied

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William Oddie, in a Spectator
article, tells the English-speaking world a little about the new mass translation
in the works.

“The effect of hundreds of such changes
– impossible to convey without more space – has had a massive cumulative effect
not merely on the accuracy of the translations, but on their beauty. They now have
a meditative quality that had been all but destroyed by the fanatical economy of
language – often leading to a sense of indecent haste – of the Seventies paraphrase.
The Latin text is allowed to breathe its full meaning into the new English version.
Ideological interferences have been dealt with: the Creed now begins ‘I believe’.”