Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church
The Catholic Church is on the threshold of a bold new era in its two-thousand year history. As the curtain comes down on the Church defined by the 16th-century Counter-Reformation, the curtain is...
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I'd still consider Evangelical Catholicism to be a worthy read, though its author is truly what's questionable. It's one thing to justify the faithful Catholic perspective to society. It's quite...
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Mentally sick people are coming out of the woodwork, it seems.
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Gods Trombone wrote:Mentally sick people are coming out of the woodwork, it seems.Evangelical Catholicism is an oxymoron. . . . . . this thread details some of the contradictions.
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Rob Kall: Now there's another group, or maybe it's not another group, but there's a group called "The Family," that many of the members of the Congress are a part of. Is there a connection between...
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Benedict XVI has no intention of giving guidance to the men who will elect his successor; he is too good a churchman, too humble a man, and too much a respecter of the conclave process to even think...
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A thought comes forth: THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND.
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LOPEZ: Your book is clearly a challenge to Catholics. Is it also an explanation for everyone? And an open door?WEIGEL: I certainly intend it that way. I’ve tried to do three things in Evangelical...
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I still consider Evangelical Catholicism to be a worthy read, though its author's underlying ideas are a bit questionable. It's one thing to justify the faithful Catholic perspective to society. It's...
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In his chapter “Making Bishops”, George Weigel, in his recent book Evangelical Catholicism, mentions some of the great bishops of Church history: Augustine, Charles Borromeo, John Fisher, Francis de...
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Three major claims run through Evangelical Catholicism in ways that give shape to its argument and proposed list of reforms. All three claims are ambitious, and a figure like Weigel, distinguished...
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I suggested that the past century and a quarter was the last, extended moment of Counter-Reformation Catholicism: the mode of being Catholic that came into being, largely through the Council of...
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We are hearing a clear message from Pope Francis. His message is very different from that of George Weigel, whose book, Evangelical Catholicism, has been positively reviewed by Catholics in many...
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My proposal may, however, challenge the comfort zones of those still stuck in Counter-Reformation Catholicism. For my further suggestion is that Evangelical Catholicism is not some 50-yard line...
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