Arbuckle describes the impacts of the pandemic through the lenses of cultural anthropology, scripture, and the writings of Pope Francis.
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Arbuckle describes the impacts of the pandemic through the lenses of cultural anthropology, scripture, and the writings of Pope Francis.
Read moreHow can we be the Church together?
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 moreThe topic of the church remains an issue over which Lutherans and Catholics do not yet fully agree. But where are we on the road towards unity?
Read moreThe Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry, and Eucharist (DW), is a document of the US Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue. It is an attempt to review
Read moreNewly published material, all of it predating the Second Vatican Council, illustrates a wide range of views on liturgical development and change.
Read more“What is the Church?”
Simon Peter said to the other disciples, “I am going fishing.”
Simon Peter, the passionate. “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”
Simon Peter, the spokesman. “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
Simon Peter, the failure….
Read moreBy all means, let us look again at power and authority in the Church, and consider ways to reform its use and avoid abuses. But not by relinquishing the real strength of our tradition, which holds Eucharist as central.
Read moreMy own impression of the purpose of [the increasinlgy speculative, abstract] development in his work was that it served to support the practical, clerical, highly conservative ecclesiology he promoted in his writings, lectures, and not least through his formative influence on an inner circle of students he nurtured in 1970s Paris, including (the later cardinals) Lustiger (Paris) and Shoenborn (Vienna) … .
Read more“Community is not formed by fellowship, familiar faces, and coffee and doughnuts after Mass; community is formed when all of the congregation lifts up our hearts and voices in praise of God. That is the deep and timeless fellowship that the Mass offers to each of its participants. Through the action of the Mass, the strangers and saints gathered together at Mass become a community.” — Renee Roden
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