[book completed on 30 April 2014 and published at Lulu on 1 May 2014; 304 pages; 14 mystics or mystical works; from 22 books] [cover design by Dave Armstrong] *** * * * * * for purchase information, go to the bottom * * * * * *** Cover photographs: Bottom: Evening Glow, c. 1884. Top: A Moonlit Evening, 1880. Both painted by John Atkinson Grimshaw (English, 1836-1893). In the public domain and available at Wikimedia Commons. MISC. ... Read more
. . . Beyond Bearing Our Sins on the Cross (i.e., Partaking / Entering Into Sin)? Christ and the Rich Young Ruler (1889), by Heinrich Hofmann (1824-1911) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (2-27-14) *** Some are now going after the pope’s homily from 15 June 2013. He made a comment on 2 Corinthians 5:21. Here it is from RSV: For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become... Read more
. . . The Reports are Greatly Exaggerated (Peter Kwasniewski and Fr. Thomas Kocik vs. Pope Benedict XVI) Pope Benedict XVI on 6 July 2011. Photograph by Peter Nguyen [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license] (2-26-14) See Part One As I’ve always said, I’m very close in spirit to “traditionalists” in many ways (lots follow me on Facebook, and many are my friends “in real life”). I just think there are very important premises in play here, that, if crossed, might have... Read more
. . . The Reports are Greatly Exaggerated (Peter Kwasniewski and Fr. Thomas Kocik vs. Pope Benedict XVI) Pope Benedict XVI on 20 January 2006. Photograph by Sergey Kozhukhov [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] *** See also Part II *** (2-14-14) *** I defend Holy Mother Church and the Mind of the Church. Always have, always will. I defended Blessed Pope John Paul II (soon to be a saint); I’ve defended Ven. Pope Pius XII (the outrageous charge of collusion with the... Read more
. . . the Protestant Editor of The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Codex Alexandrinus, manuscript of the New Testament 088a – Romans 1 (5th century) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (2-13-14) *** Jerome Smith is an acquaintance: the brother of a good friend of mine, Martin Smith. The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (1992) is a marvelous resource, though with an excessive evangelical Protestant bias in the notes. Despite that flaw, it is probably the single best source... Read more
“Tradition!” Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (1915-1977) in 1964 as Tevye in the Broadway version of the fabulous Fiddler on the Roof. [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (2-12-14) *** [this article is written specifically for young people and beginners in theology: maybe of middle school age or a little younger] * * * * * Catholic tradition is the group of teachings and beliefs that were given by our Lord Jesus to His disciples, then passed on to the great Church... Read more
(2-4-14; revised on 10-1-15) Each title is linked to an info-page, which includes all purchasing options (paperback and several e-book formats). * For more information, see my master books page (all books in all formats) and my e-booksite (deep discount e-books in four different formats: only $2.99). * * * * * A Biblical Defense of Catholicism (#1; completed in May 1996; self-published: Oct. 2001; Sophia version: June 2003) Demonstration of the unique harmony of Catholic doctrines with Holy... Read more
(2-2-14) *** My good friend John O’Connor has created an excellent e-book version of The One-Minute Apologist in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format (xls). It contains many hundreds of convenient hyper-links and many other impressive features unlike all my other e-books. It’s available on my e-booksite for just $2.99. The e-book version contains material that is not included in the paperback at all, such as source information for the citations (which I have documented on my blog). It also corrects some... Read more
127 pages. Completed on 22 January 2014 and published at Lulu on the same day *** [Cover design by Chad Toney, with input from Dave Armstrong] *** —– To purchase, go to the bottom of the page —– *** TABLE OF CONTENTS *** Dedication (p. 3) Introduction (p. 5) [read online] 1. Foot-Washing (p. 11) 2. Rorate Caeli Website Hysteria (p. 23) 3. Atheist Salvation / Salvation by Works (p. 33) 4. The Blessed Virgin Mary at the Cross (p.... Read more
[cover design by Chad Toney] *** See the book information page for this volume. *** (1-22-14) *** It seems that everyone wants to make the pope (like they often do with God Himself) into their own image. Those outside the Church do this in proportion to how “contra-Catholic” or secular they are: up to and including atheists; as well as dissenting modernists and theological liberals within the Church (the “cafeteria” / pick and choose types). These all want him to... Read more
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