Robert P. Imbelli

Dogma is neither dull nor dusty—it is the very person of the redeemer, in whom truth and charity form a seamless garment.  Continue Reading »

The governing principles of Pope Francis's Evangelii Gaudium remain inchoate and uncertain.  Continue Reading »

Fr. Robert Imbelli reflects upon his “purgatorial” experiences in theological writing.  Continue Reading »

We need festal time, to express our full joy at the coming of the Holy Spirit. Continue Reading »

The devoutly Catholic Bruckner dedicated his last symphony to “the dear God,” and prayed in his final illness that the Lord would allow him to finish his masterwork. In the event, his prayer was not granted. Yet in a deeper sense the three movements he lived to complete could hardly be surpassed. The sublime and harrowing third movement makes any further statement, this side of heaven, redundant! Continue Reading »

Thomas Joseph White contends that many modern Christologies, by scanting ontological reflection, lack sufficient resources to undergird the New Testament confession of Christ’s uniqueness and its elaboration in the Church’s creedal and conciliar Tradition. Continue Reading »

As in all authentic discernment, one comes to recognize both light and shadow. Only thus can one learn and move forward. Continue Reading »

Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation: The Mediation of the Gospel through Church and Scripture by matthew levering baker academic, 384 pages, $44.99 M atthew Levering’s prodigious scholarly output, his editing of significant theological handbooks, and his co-editorship of the English edition of . . . . Continue Reading »