As we once again start down the path of Holy Week, it is a good opportunity to ask ourselves what assumptions we bring along with
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As we once again start down the path of Holy Week, it is a good opportunity to ask ourselves what assumptions we bring along with
Read moreLast week, I wrote about two tempting primrose paths in thinking about the sacraments. If you didn’t read that one, I’d encourage you to go
Read moreCatholics use the language of “sacrament” very frequently. We are a sacramental people, with a sacramental imagination. But what exactly that means is something that
Read moreThe first of a series on the Sacrament of Order. This piece begins to consider why the sacrament has that name and why the latin name is singular (“order”) and not plural (“orders”).
Read moreA sacramental understanding of the church is necessary to any contemporary reform movement because without it we cannot separate loyalty to the institution from fidelity to Christ, even when those institutions become poisonous.
Read moreToday Pope Francis made a visit to Switzerland that he has described as an “Ecumenical Piligrimage.” It has been a full day of meetings and
Read moreAs we enter into another Holy Week and bring our Lent to a close, it is worth considering to what extent the church’s posture, its lex supplicandi, has formed our lives and our communities.
Read moreDavid Turnbloom’s impressive study of how Thomas Aquinas understands the Eucharist to produce it’s effects, and what those effects are, is both an important new work of sacramental theology and an important investigation of how differing theologies can profitably dialogue.
Read morePaying attention to what it means to call God “creator” forces us think some really odd things. Doing so can help us prepare to celebrate the upcoming celebration of the Incarnation.
Read moreWhere do we go from here? We have not yet reached the goal of our journey towards unity. DW recommends four major ways that for the churches continue to move forward together.
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