The construction of the syncretist New One World Religion continues. JPII believes that all religions were started by God and that conversions are out of the...
... With all due respect. This is false. Blatant. A cold, hard naked assertion with no facts and no substance to back it up. Rather it is inspired by an...
... continues. ... I find myself in agreement with Thomas. Alas, I have neither the time (nor motivation) to research and site sources for Thomas' post, ...
Concerning the recent remarks about the theology of Pope John Paul II. On June 23, 2004, the pope was explaining in his weekly general audience that for...
... It would seem that this is a function of natural moral law within human beings rather than the soul enlightened by devine Revlation. We can see the...
... This is true, but Aristotle did not have an understanding of a monotheistic Creator God. Nor the end of the beatific vision. These came later from ...
... Total rubbish. You are wholly ignorant of traditional Catholic theology because you have never studied it. I suggest that you have the humility to read the...
... That which is pronounced by the pontiff of the Holy Roman Catholic Church is hardly rubbish. ... I have studied Catholic tradition. ... John Paul II is the...
Our Lord says, "Many are called, few are chosen." This is, of course, the call to the Kingdom. The proposition of the many vs. the few should not shock us....
In a previous post I commented on the obedience of St. Thomas Aquinas to the lawful teaching authority of the holy Roman Church. This authority includes the...
Dear Ron, Like people who say "well, there's no harm in just a *little* cocaine!. ... From: "Ron Criss" <roncriss@...> To: <thomism@yahoogroups.com> ...
There is an excellent article by Graham P. Collins on The Shapes of Space in the July 2004 Scientific American about mathematical manifold constructs, which...
James is a "Vatican II" apostate who runs after jpii's latest fantasy regarding the Catholic Faith, such as that God started all the false religions as means...
... This is the last time I will allow such venom on this list. ... No one has espoused JPIIism here. I profess my faith in the holy Roman Catholic under the...
... doctrine ... James, dont you even know that there are strict conditions for papal infallibility? No wonder you are so screwed up theologically. Vatican "I"...
... Just because the pope does not speak ex cathedra does not mean that a teaching per se given by the Church is NOT infallible. The teaching that only men...
James, you may have overstated the point. The Pope himself referred to Church tradition ie the longstanding practice in choosing men for ordination as opposed...
... It is precisely tradition that makes the point that Jesus WILLED that only men be ordained. God never wills without reason. This is a teaching that is ...
In my earlier post I supplied a quote from Vatican II's Lumen Gentium, or the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. The individual bishops "proclaim Christ's...
... << Im not sure what you are talking about. If you are refering to Fr. Feeney's (and St. Augustine's) theological opinion that God will provide all of the...
In a message dated 7/1/2004 1:41:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Response: ... and ... Thomist theologian Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange also said, ... Now, since...
In a message dated 7/1/2004 12:33:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Response: ... So people who are not part of the visible church or connected to the visible ...
Thanks for the quotes! James ... of any of ... Scriptures." ... Pontiff to ... concern the ... (ST II-II, ... not ... supervision and all ... difficulties in ...
Does anyone have a good source for readings which can inform a research exercise I'm planning on St Thomas' psychology and how we might evaluate I am a...
The Ontological Utilitarianism of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Study in Pragmatism by Fr. Gabriel Franks, Ph.D VICTORIA DEANERY HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY 103 Sherwood Dr.,...
The Ontological Utilitarianism of St. Thomas Aquinas: A Study in Pragmatism by Fr. Gabriel Franks, Ph.D VICTORIA DEANERY HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY 103 Sherwood Dr.,...
In regard to the teaching authority of theologians, Aquinas quite rightly points out that "the very teaching of Catholic doctors derives its authority from the...