Reviewing some correspondences with members of the sacred hierarchy recently, I came across multiple references to the dogma, extra ecclesiam nulla salus, which referred to it, not as a dogma or a doctrine, but as a “principle.” Does that word … Continue reading
Category: Theology
Archbishop Victor Fernández and ‘Setting Limits’ to Theology
There has been a lot of coverage in Catholic circles of recent remarks made by Archbishop Victor Fernández, the newly named but not yet appointed head of the Holy See’s doctrinal office, the DDF (previously known as the CDF, and … Continue reading
Lack of Clarity and ‘the Greatest Generation’
The YouTube conference embedded below by Father Chad Ripperger is very much worth your careful attention. Father goes a long way in explaining the reasons for what might be called “emotional thinking,” i.e., the kind of low-quality thought that many … Continue reading
Wrestling with the Fate of the Unbaptized
“One man’s trespass led to condemnation for all men” (Rom. 5:18). With these somber words, St. Paul expressed one of the truths that govern human history. On account of what St. John Henry Newman called the “aboriginal catastrophe”—namely, the Fall … Continue reading
Lex Orandi: Why What Happens in Church Matters outside of Church
This past weekend, I was a presenter at the third annual “Crusader Knights Congress” put on by Mike Church and sponsored by the Crusade Channel and LifeSite. Here is the text of that talk.
Yes, Limbo is Church Teaching
Father Thomas Crean, O.P., has authored a brief and excellent article for Catholic Answers called Wrestling with the Fate of the Unbaptized. (Update [May 11, 2023]: The article is now published on Catholicism.org with the kind permission of the author … Continue reading
The Power of Forgiveness and the Beautiful Conversion of a Jew
Some recent research on the subject of aeviternity led me to Life Everlasting, by the celebrated Dominican, Père Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange. Tangential to his main purpose in distinguishing time, aeviternity, and eternity, the learned friar tells of the conversion of a … Continue reading