The End of the Affair is my favorite novel and helped me to find God again. Pray for us, St. Sarah. With respect, I think you really fumbled the ball in overlooking it so conspicuously.
I’m an atheist but I loved this discussion. I’ve heard many critics give mixed reviews of Greene, but I read The Power and the Glory and found it quite compelling
Great discussion! I've hadn't heard of Greene, although I've heard of many of the other authors you discussed like McCarthy and Flannery. Have you read A Canticle for Liebowitz? It is probably the best Christian (specifically Catholic) science fiction novel I've ever read. Highly reccomend! Another discussion on literature like this would be great!
Oh, Danny Olinger. Nice! He wrote an introduction to a republication of Geerhardus Vos' "The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church" that I briefly worked on with a team of editors. I enjoyed his introduction, which came out a little before his full length work on Vos, and will never forget the story of Vos visiting a Methodist church during his summer sabbaticals in Roaring Branch, PN because it was the only church around those parts. Overall it was a fascinating, humanizing, and occasionally humorous, portrait of the man. In any case, good to get an opportunity to learn even more from Olinger here! Glad you had him on.
It was Graham Greene who first drew the attention to something as simply and uniquely beautiful as a woman washing her brassiere. We were always expected to read every word of him in any spare moment at Catholic school.
Pope John XX 111 "What is needed at the present time is a new enthusiasm, a new joy and serenity of mind in the unreserved acceptance by all of the entire Christian faith, without forfeiting that accuracy and precision in its presentation which characterized the proceedings of the Council of Trent and the First Vatican Council." This is the problem most Reformed scholars have with this Catholic position is on the attestation of scripture over methodology of reinvented the gospel for different people in changing scholastic times. Yet, in the protestant churches, we give a pass on false teachings just because the teachings are not Catholic.
Rubbish! Female priests and homosexual marriage are against Church dogma. That part is unchangeable. Yes, marriage for priests is a tradition and not dogmatic and could be permitted. These are differences that need to be understood by people who take on the task of explaining Catholicism. Many things are open to interpretation and the Church is an evolving theology. However, dogma consists of universal truths. This whole thing is sloppy and psuedo.
The I found it church cant deal with the I lost it I found it again of william james or the paradox of living in the material world with a spiritual conviction. in sum redemption. Oh I guess they forgot about the Redemptorist order. John 23rd the venetian once had a conference with post war bishops where he brought the " programa" the doctrine and laid it on the table and then said " now let us talk "
The End of the Affair is my favorite novel and helped me to find God again. Pray for us, St. Sarah. With respect, I think you really fumbled the ball in overlooking it so conspicuously.
I’m an atheist but I loved this discussion. I’ve heard many critics give mixed reviews of Greene, but I read The Power and the Glory and found it quite compelling
Great discussion! I've hadn't heard of Greene, although I've heard of many of the other authors you discussed like McCarthy and Flannery. Have you read A Canticle for Liebowitz? It is probably the best Christian (specifically Catholic) science fiction novel I've ever read. Highly reccomend! Another discussion on literature like this would be great!
Oh, Danny Olinger. Nice! He wrote an introduction to a republication of Geerhardus Vos' "The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church" that I briefly worked on with a team of editors. I enjoyed his introduction, which came out a little before his full length work on Vos, and will never forget the story of Vos visiting a Methodist church during his summer sabbaticals in Roaring Branch, PN because it was the only church around those parts. Overall it was a fascinating, humanizing, and occasionally humorous, portrait of the man.
In any case, good to get an opportunity to learn even more from Olinger here! Glad you had him on.
It was Graham Greene who first drew the attention to something as simply and uniquely beautiful as a woman washing her brassiere. We were always expected to read every word of him in any spare moment at Catholic school.
Pope John XX 111
"What is needed at the present time is a new enthusiasm, a new joy and serenity of mind in the unreserved acceptance by all of the entire Christian faith, without forfeiting that accuracy and precision in its presentation which characterized the proceedings of the Council of Trent and the First Vatican Council." This is the problem most Reformed scholars have with this Catholic position is on the attestation of scripture over methodology of reinvented the gospel for different people in changing scholastic times. Yet, in the protestant churches, we give a pass on false teachings just because the teachings are not Catholic.
It's possible this is true in some cases, but liberalism and pragmatism is a problem is EVERY church whether it's P, RC, or EO.
Greene gave me permission to give up the church.
Rubbish! Female priests and homosexual marriage are against Church dogma. That part is unchangeable. Yes, marriage for priests is a tradition and not dogmatic and could be permitted. These are differences that need to be understood by people who take on the task of explaining Catholicism.
Many things are open to interpretation and the Church is an evolving theology. However, dogma consists of universal truths.
This whole thing is sloppy and psuedo.
The I found it church cant deal with the I lost it I found it again of william james or the paradox of living in the material world with a spiritual conviction. in sum redemption. Oh I guess they forgot about the Redemptorist order. John 23rd the venetian once had a conference with post war bishops where he brought the " programa" the doctrine and laid it on the table and then said " now let us talk "
God will say it in war, wrath and destruction, the hard way to learn.