Matthew DuBroy (his words in blue below) commented on Dan Burke‘s public Facebook thread, and the following comment of mine that I made on it. ***** 1. Every Catholic has a canonical right to receive Holy Communion kneeling, and on the tongue. If they are denied this right, they should appeal to the bishop, and if needs be to the pope. It can’t change unless canon law changes. 2. Therefore, to call anyone a schismatic simply because this is what... Read more
This is one of the new conspiracy theories that people are foolishly sopping up like a sponge. But does it line up with the Bible? No. The Bible teaches that worship and reverence are matters of the heart, the spirit, and one’s interior disposition, not posture. I’ve shown this again and again. And communion in the hand massively took place in the first thousand years of the Church. So could God be judging the world because of it? Again: No!... Read more
This was a stimulating, challenging follow-up discussion of my post, Priest Blasphemes God (Coronavirus = Judgment?) “Heinz” commented underneath the post on my blog. His words will be in blue. Then, Stephen Howe offered a critique. His words will be in green. ***** Ah, I totally agree with you that these conspiracy theories are neither edifying nor true. But I am also willing to see a glimmer of truth in this misled man. Some of your counterarguments, Dave, rest on how “sensible” it is and... Read more
1 Chronicles 21: 1, 5-14 (RSV) Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel. . . . [5] And Jo’ab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. . . . [6] But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Jo’ab. [7] But God was displeased with this thing, and he smote Israel. [8] And David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in that I have done this... Read more
Easter: Myth, Hallucination, or History? (Edwin M. Yamauchi, 1974) Was the Tomb Really Empty? (Robert H. Stein, 1977) The Shroud of Turin and its Significance for Biblical Studies (Gary R. Habermas, 1981) The Shroud of Turin: A Rejoinder to Basinger and Basinger (Gary R. Habermas, 1982) Knowing that Jesus’ Resurrection Occurred: A Response to Stephen Davis (Gary R. Habermas, 1985) Review of William Lane Craig’s Book, The Historical Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus During the Deist Controversy (Gary R. Habermas, 1988) Resurrection Claims in... Read more
Many people think that Jesus Christ was crucified on a Wednesday (or sometimes Thursday), in accord with the “three days and nights” of Jonah’s stay in the fish’s belly, or that it was not possible for Jesus to be crucified on a Friday. Orthodox Christianity has always held that Jesus was crucified and died on a Friday afternoon (hence, Good Friday), and rose from the dead in the very early morning on the following Sunday (hence the Christian day of... Read more
Radtrad (or sometimes, Rad-Trad, Rad Trad, etc.) is shorthand for “radical traditionalist”. For background (at least from my own perspective) on the definitions of both “traditionalist” and my newly coined term, radical Catholic reactionary (which I started using instead of radtrad on 3 August 2013), see the Introduction and Chapter One, respectively, of my 2012 book, Mass Movements. * * * * * Presently, my interest is in the etymology of the term. I’ve only used it, myself, since (best I can determine) 17 May 2008: Radtrad Thomas E. Woods, Jr. [who has since... Read more
Jesus is both God and Man. He has a human nature and a Divine Nature. The human nature could be subject to time. He was born in history, was killed on a certain date, etc. But God, by nature, is eternal and outside of time, so in His Divine Nature, the crucifixion is timeless and ongoing. That’s why we can speak of His death as both historical and ongoing, and how the Sacrifice of the Mass can occur now as... Read more
Fr. Carlos Martins wrote a blasphemous piece on a public Facebook post, right before Good Friday, on 4-9-20. It’s doubly disgraceful and scandalous, having been written by a Catholic priest. I can’t bring myself to link to it, because then I might be a cause for someone being led astray. I’m sure anyone can find it, anyway, if they insist on doing so. In only two days’ time, it garnered over 1100 Facebook “likes” and 701 comments (mostly rapturous in... Read more
The “Place of the Skull”; Calvary; Golgotha. It’s the epicenter of Christianity: our “holy of holies”; indeed, the spiritual center of the entire universe, for this is the spot where our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was crucified and died for our sake. Golgotha (along with Christ’s tomb) is located within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the walled Old City of Jerusalem. I recently visited there, twice, as part of a pilgrimage party of five. Though I’ve written... Read more
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