Pope Francis on the Development of Doctrine
by P. J. SmithPope Francis recently declared that the death penalty is “per se contrary to the Gospel”—but this statement is flatly untraditional according to Church history. Continue Reading »
Catholicism in the Modern World
by Thomas Joseph WhiteAn interview with Thomas Joseph White. Continue Reading »
Peter Says No
by John HunwickeJust as Peter was not the dazzling originator of new teaching, his successors have more often served as a brake on innovation than as its impetus. This is as it should be. The Pope serves the Church best by saying “no” to errors and heresies. Continue Reading »
Reformed Ressourcement
by Mats WahlbergChristian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholicedited by michael allen and scott r. swainbaker, 416 pages, $36.99Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretationby michael allen and scott r. swainbaker, 176 pages, $21In his Essay on the . . . . Continue Reading »
Catholicism Embodied: “The Pivotal Players”
by George WeigelPivotal Players is a follow-up to Bishop Barron’s immensely successful ten-part mega-series, Catholicism, the most compelling presentation of the symphony of Catholic truth ever created for modern media. Key figures in Catholic history appeared throughout the original series to illustrate this truth of the faith or that facet of the Catholic experience. Continue Reading »
No Man Would Be a Martyr for a Syllogism
by Madison MichieliCongratulations to Madison Michieli. for winning second place in our second annual Student Essay Contest. Here is her response to prompt #2. Continue Reading »
Gain and Loss
by Carl R. TruemanJohn Henry Newman: A Portrait in Letters edited by roderick strangeoxford, 608 pages, $49.50 W riting to his sister Jemima Mozley in 1863, John Henry Newman commented that “a man’s life lies in his letters.” To him, letters offered a more accurate account of a life than a biography. . . . . Continue Reading »
Always Fear, Always Love
by Matthew SchmitzWithout holy fear, Christianity is reduced to courtesy. Continue Reading »
What (Who?) Is a University?
by John SchwenklerThere is an old story, much loved by academics, that in an address to the Columbia University faculty in 1948 Dwight Eisenhower, then President of the university, prefaced his remarks with the phrase: “Now, you employees of Columbia University . . .”A member of the faculty interjected to correct . . . . Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousafricaJohn Azumah, author of “Through African Eyes” (October), has been my colleague and friend at Columbia Theological Seminary since he arrived here in 2011. We have agreed on some matters, disagreed on others, and maintained a clear and sincere sense of collegiality regardless of our . . . . Continue Reading »
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