“Official” Catholic Use of “Convert” to Describe New Catholics

This was originally posted on the Coming Home Network board, where I was head moderator from 2007-2010. My esteemed friend and fellow moderator, David W. Emery wrote: You will see me speaking of becoming Catholic, for instance, or better, entering into full communion with the Catholic Church. To avoid confusion, I try to reserve the […]

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Potential Catholic Converts: My “Hands Off” Approach

It seems that I am sometimes unjustly associated with others who do not share my ecumenical approach to possible conversions from non-Catholic brands of Christianity. It is a rather well-known fact, after all (for anyone who has followed my work to any appreciable degree) that I never pester people about their possible or actual conversions, […]

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A Conversation with Karin Coonrod

The current issue of Image (#96) features a profile of innovative theater director Karin Coonrod, whose projects range from Shakespeare and medieval mystery plays to adaptations of Flannery O’Connor. Her latest play, now running in New York, is an adaptation of the classic Isak Dinesen short story “Babette’s Feast” (famous for the 1987 film version), […]

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Agree & Be Loved / Think for Yourself & Disagree & Be Hated

In our postmodern culture today, the notions of “tough love” or a rebuke done in love for the good of another, are almost incomprehensible. To disagree with someone now is to “hate” them. It can’t possibly be otherwise, because now people are their opinions (x = y); not separate from them (x has opinion y). The people […]

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Lawler Hypocritically Acts Like He Claims Pope Francis Does

. . . That is, He Deliberately Sows Confusion, When it Need Not Be So At All Phil Lawler has engaged yet again in condescending rhetoric regarding Pope Francis, in his latest hit-piece: “Yes, the Pope is a Catholic. But he’s confusing other Catholics.” (4-26-18). Recently (15 days ago), I announced a self-imposed moratorium on articles about […]

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Dialogue: Contraception & Natural Family Planning (NFP)

This is a follow-up discussion with “Grubb” (Reformed Baptist), concerning my previous post, Biblical Evidence Against Contraception. Grubb’s words will be in blue. Words from an older paper of mine that Grubb cites, will be in green. *** I didn’t hear good teaching about having lots of children until about two years ago Which, of course, gives indication […]

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Use of “Anti-Catholic” in Non-Catholic Scholarly Works

Many Protestant polemicists (themselves not coincidentally also often anti-Catholic) have contended that the use of this term is completely arbitrary and essentially a defensive invention of Catholic apologists and polemicists, for their own ends. In fact, the term has a long pedigree in scholarly circles. I aim here to document its use amongst non-Catholic scholars […]

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