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The New Jansenism: A Pessimism That Would Canonize All

Jessica M. Murdoch

One of my students, in a paper concerning the Church’s doctrine on the four last things, made the curious comment that God had not “incentivized” salvation appropriately, and thus...

Creeping Infallibility

Jessica M. Murdoch

The Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, issued by Pope Francis at the close of two recent synods on the family, has stirred up more controversy than any other papal document...