Alyssa Lyra Pitstick

Fr. Edward Oakes has been thinking about what constitutes a heretic . Let us take the next step with him in upping the ante of precision for the use of the word.He is right that “unthinkingly hurling accusations” is counterproductive. But if heresy concerns dogmas with “objective . . . . Continue Reading »

Alyssa Lyra Pitstick: In his reply in last month’s issue of First Things to my investigations of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Fr. Edward Oakes says his “chief worry” is that, in the traditional doctrine of Christ’s descent into hell, I have offered “an alternative vision of the gospel,” in . . . . Continue Reading »

Alyssa Lyra Pitstick Hans Urs von Balthasar once keenly observed what makes someone an ecclesial theologian: “It is quite clear that anyone who practices theology as a member of the Church must profess the Church’s Creed (and the theology implicit in it), both formally and materially. This . . . . Continue Reading »