In several posts I talked about denial of communion who are actively and personally involved in pro-life activities. But, here is a small final thought. What does it mean to be pro-life in a full way? If all too many people are simply pro-birth but not fully pro-life, we need to ask, “What does it […]
Denial of communion and war
Some of you are bristling already at the title of this post, but I urge you to read on, you might be surprised. The last post on this subject was way back on 14 April, so some of you have probably forgotten that I said that we needed to go on with some more discussion […]
Some notes on denial of communion to anti-life people
Before I go on in my discussion of the denial of communion to anti-life people, I need to answer some very good questions that came up that I would like to answer: More on your topic — where does it end? How about the justices who wrote Roe v. Wade? The Presidents who nominated them, […]
All who approve and promote murder should be denied communion, right?
I commented yesterday that there I have no problem with the idea that those who are actively and directly involved in activities that are in murderous violation of pro-life standards should be denied communion. But, I also commented that many pro-birth people do not fully carry out their own beliefs. That is, they are willing […]
Active anti-life people should be denied communion
Active anti-life people should be denied communion. That is something with which I fully and completely agree. I agreed with it during the last election and I agree with it now. Let me carefully say that I am speaking only about people who are actively and directly involved in activities that are in murderous violation […]
Roman Catholic bishops, healthcare, and pro-life
Yesterday, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published a statement to go along with the signing of the new healthcare bill by President Obama. I posted the statement yesterday on this blog, but it can also be found here. It, and the letter to Congress that I also posted yesterday, are important statements, both […]
Healthcare reform, the Church, and pro-life
Several times over the last few weeks, I have been desirous of posting a more complete balanced statement on what I see as being pro-life and its relation to the healthcare debate. But, I never did. The reason was that I could not find the words to say something succinctly without sounding tendentious. Being pro-life […]
Christianity Today on grace
Thanks to another blog, I was linked to the following quote from an article in the online version of Christianity Today. Those steeped in the grace of God know there is no difference between freedom and obedience, and that the spiritual life is all about being compelled. Jeremiah says he cannot hold in the message […]
Lenten reading material
Let’s take a break from the philosophy of science and think about Lent. With full permission from Orthocath, below is his post on readings that will both help improve your Lenten observance and help deepen your understanding of Orthodoxy as well as broadening your faith: A good discipline to develop during Great Lent is to […]
Roman Catholic and Orthodox differences on Original Sin
In a couple of the last posts there has been an ongoing discussion of the differences in the concept of Original Sin between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. So, let me put a couple of citations from the Wikipedia that may help people to see the differences. Why from the Wikipedia? Well, because they are better […]
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