Thomas Joseph White Teaches Catholicism
by Mary EberstadtFr. Thomas Joseph White’s The Light of Christ is a most unusual combination of literary humility and splendid erudition. Continue Reading »
Fr. Martin Does Not Actually Say
by Dan HitchensIn reality, Fr. James Martin does not preach directly against the Church’s teachings—but neither will he affirm them as true. Continue Reading »
Burying Benedict
by Matthew SchmitzThough Benedict is still living, Francis is trying to bury him. Continue Reading »
Creeping Infallibility
by Jessica M. MurdochAny sort of “creeping infallibility” that would attach the same level of authority to every papal utterance or document must be avoided. To fail to draw appropriate distinctions—whether between binding and non-binding documents of the ordinary magisterium, or between the development and the evolution of doctrine—is to dim the light of the Petrine ministry and impoverish the faithful. Continue Reading »
God's Strangeness
by Wesley HillSkimming through a stack of books recently, I found myself reading a testimonial of sorts from James D. G. Dunn, the great New Testament scholar who coined the phrase “the new perspective on Paul.” Having logged decades of ministry in various Methodist contexts, Dunn tries to explain what it . . . . Continue Reading »
New Norms for Marriage Nullity
by Kurt MartensI recently attended a conference in Rome, “La riforma operata dal m.p. ‘Mitis Iudex,’”sponsored by the Consociatio Internationalis Studio Iuris Canonici Promovendo—the international association of canon lawyers of which I am a board member—which dealt with the fiercely relevant topic of . . . . Continue Reading »
Reckoning with Modernity
by Bruce D. MarshallIn the late summer of 1977, I made my way to New Haven, Connecticut, not yet twenty-two years old and afire to study theology at Yale Divinity School. At that innocent dawn of my theological life, I was surprised to discover that not everybody at YDS shared my passion for theology. People had other . . . . Continue Reading »
Theology's Umpire
by Kathryn TannerDecreation: The Last Things of All Creatures by paul griffiths baylor, 408 pages, $69.95 T here is much of surprising beauty in Paul Griffiths’s theological “speculations” about last things: death, final judgment, heaven, and hell. He affirms the authority of Catholic doctrine on these . . . . Continue Reading »
Newman for Protestants
by Carl R. TruemanHow the most dangerous man in England won the heart of a . . . . Continue Reading »
How Pope Francis Understands Theology and Tradition
by Eduardo EcheverriaIn a video message broadcast to participants in the Second International Congress of Theology held in Buenos Aires, Sept. 1–3, Pope Francis told participants that Catholic theology should be done in the stream of the Church’s living Tradition. Quoting Pope Benedict XVI, he said: “We can . . . . Continue Reading »
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