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VeneRATion
National Geographic has an article on an unusual example of religious veneration (link to article). In this case, the object of veneration is a large rat colony. It’s a great example of this verse: Romans 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator,…
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Benedict XVI on the "Chair of Peter" (vs. Steve Ray)
As reported by the Vatican Information System, February 20, 2012: The great bronze throne encloses a wooden chair from the ninth century, which was long thought to be St. Peter’s own chair and was placed above this monumental altar because of its great symbolic value. It expresses the permanent presence of the Apostle in the…
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New Fragment of Mark Better than Codex Sinaiticus
John Bugay posted an item that led me to an interesting graphic purportedly of the new fragment of the Gospel of Mark, together with a transcript of Codex Sinaiticus. Below, I’ve placed the letters found in the fragment in bold – the other letters are supplied from the transcript of Codex Sinaiticus. Obviously, there are…
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Code of Canon Law vs. 1 Timothy 4:1&3
In the latter times some shall shall depart from the faith … commanding to abstain from meats … 1 Timothy 4:1&3 Rome’s Code of Canon Law (4:3:2:2): Can. 1249 The divine law binds all the Christian faithful to do penance each in his or her own way. In order for all to be united among…
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Code of Canon Law vs. 1 Timothy 4:1&3
In the latter times some shall shall depart from the faith … commanding to abstain from meats … 1 Timothy 4:1&3 Rome’s Code of Canon Law (4:3:2:2): Can. 1249 The divine law binds all the Christian faithful to do penance each in his or her own way. In order for all to be united among…
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Ash Wednesday or Wash Wednesday?
Jesus said: “When thou fastest … wash thy face” (Matthew 6:17). Choose whom you will serve. H.T. Biglo To God be the Glory!
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Who Caused Job's Suffering?
Was it Job’s own free will? Check out this interesting analysis and then update your theodicy, if your theodicy depends on “free will.” UPDATE: The link seems to be broken. This is the chart that I thought was interesting: Who Caused The Death And Suffering In Job Ref. Who Inference Text Job 1:11 God Implied…
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Did the Acts 15 "Council" Rely on the Exegesis of Scripture?
Jason Stewart (whose apostasy was recently discussed), has posted a fictitious (and apparently also intended as facetious) dialog under the title, “Taking a Stand on the Scriptures Against the Traditions of Men.” The title is mocking, of course. Stewart posits a hypothetical dialog between two Judaizers in the mid-first century. Stewart’s attempt flops for a…
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Note the Response of the Community…
That St. Joseph’s has a couple of Leviticus 18:22 alumnae is not really a news story. What is remarkable is the approbation of their story by their fellow alumni. The school, it seems, initially tried to exclude them from a contest, “How I met my Hawkmate,” but then caved. (read more here – not for…
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"Your Interpretation of" – a Common Objection Debunked
The Called to Communion clique is fond of replacing “Scripture” with “your interpretation of Scripture.” This has the rhetorical effect of making the appeal to Scripture sound less authoritative. After all, “that’s just your interpretation” is idiomatic of something that has little value. It’s part of the culture of relativism, in which your interpretation is…