Infallibility, Councils, and Levels of Church Authority

Explanation of the Subtleties of Church Teaching and Debate with Several Radical Catholic Reactionaries [words of several radical Catholic reactionary opponents will be in blue] I. THE REACTIONARY POSITION STATED   I do not accept the infallibility of Vatican II. I do not because not even the Pope who promulgated it, Paul VI, denied its […]

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Conscience Must be Formed in Harmony with the Church

Proof from Holy Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: I. THE JUDGMENT OF CONSCIENCE 1777 Moral conscience, present at the heart of the person, enjoins him at the appropriate moment to do good and to avoid evil. It also judges particular choices, approving those that are good and […]

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A Conversation with Barbara Brown Taylor

Barbara Brown Taylor is an Episcopal priest, teacher, and author of thirteen books, among them the memoir Leaving Church and the New York Times–bestselling Learning to Walk in the Dark. From 1998 until her retirement last year, Taylor held an endowed chair in religion and philosophy at Piedmont College. She has also served on the […]

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Conscience: the Catholic (and Cardinal Newman’s) View

  A Catholic wrote, troubled about something he had read (his words will be in blue): *** [A self-described Catholic] columnist wrote this in a recent article in my diocesan newspaper that “the deepest strand of Catholic tradition insists that even if one’s conscience is in error one must follow the directives of conscience.” The same author […]

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Nature of Tradition & Church: (vs. Two Lutheran Pastors)

Pastor Larry A. Nichols (Lutheran – Missouri Synod, or “LCMS”) is the author of several books, including Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions, and the Occult (Zondervan Publishing House, 1993, with George A. Mather & Alvin J. Schmidt), Masonic Lodge (Zondervan, 1995; with George A. Mather & Alan W. Gomes), Discovering the Plain Truth: How the Worldwide Church of God Encountered the […]

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Anathemas of Trent & Excommunication: An Explanation

The vivid Greek term anathema, meaning “accursed,” is directed by the Council of Trent and other Catholic ecumenical councils primarily towards doctrines, rather than persons, based on the ancient practice in the Church of condemning heretical teachings — a procedure itself derived biblically from passages such as Galatians 1:8-9 and 1 Corinthians 16:22 (the latter has anathema both in Greek […]

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Healing From Old Hurts

Forgiveness is a common subject. We frequently hear “inspirational” quotes about forgiveness and letting go. But what does forgiveness and letting go really mean and what steps do we need to take to truly be able to heal from past hurts? Forgive–Forgiving doesn’t mean pretending “everything’s OK” or acting as if more healing doesn’t need […]

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