Reformational Reasons
Here’s an article I really enjoyed from Called To Communion on the roots of the Reformation:
Month: April 2015
The unforgivable sin
We were talking about “the unforgivable sin” in Bible study a few weeks ago. Fr. Dwight posted an absolutely cracking article on it recently:
Wise Words on Wednesday: For those who persecute us
Besides pardoning those who persecute us, we ought to feel pity for the delusion that they are laboring under
– St. Philip Neri
Knowing and loving Augustine
It’s Theology On Tap time again!
In this previous round of talks, a local San Diego priest, Fr. Mark Menegatti gave a talk on one of my favourite Early Church Fathers.
Fr. Menegatti’s talk was on St. Augustine of Hippo. This was rather appropriate since Fr. Menegatti is himself an Augustinian! His talk was entitled: “Why everyone can read, know and love the Theologian Saint Augustine”
As usual, the talk is available for download below:
Main Talk (Download)
Q&A (Download)
Reasons to reject the Reformation
While there was radio silence at the end of last year, Joe from Shameless Popery was busy at work. Not only did he give his blog a nice face-lift, he also produced an excellent series of posts, giving ten reasons to reject the Protestant Reformation:
Reason #1: The canon of Scripture
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Music Monday: Love that will not let me go
From the Westminster Chorus, here is “Oh love, that will not let me go”:
Oh, love that will not let me go
I rest my weary soul in thee
I give you back the life I owe
And in your ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be
My life is not my own
It’s yours
My life is not my own
I know it’s yours
Oh, light that follows all my way
I yield my flickering torch to thee
And my heart restores its borrowed ray
That in your sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be
So light a fire in my heart
And I’ll burn for you
So light a fire in my heart
And I’ll burn for you
Oh, joy, that seeks me through the pain
I cannot close my heart to thee
I trace the rainbow through the rain
And feel the promise is not in vain
That morn shall tearless be
So anoint me with joy
And joyful I will be
So anoint me with joy
And joyful I will be
Oh, cross that’s lifing up my head
I dare not ask to fly from thee
I lay in dust life’s glory dead
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be
We will sing:
Holy, holy
Is the King of Kings
And we will sing:
Holy, holy
Is the King of Kings
On that day we will sing:
We will join with the angels and we will sing:
Ephesians Questions
For my final month in San Diego, my Bible Study Group is going to be going through the epistles of St. John (1 John, 2 John, 3 John). However, this last week we reviewed our study of Ephesians. Here are the review questions the group came up with:
68. When was Ephesians written?
This letter is one of the “captivity epistles” and therefore was probably written during Paul’s Roman captivity in the early 60s.
69. What is significant about the destination of this epistle?
Mention of Ephesus in verse 1 is not found in the earliest manuscripts. It is therefore possible that this was a circular letter written to a number of congregations, one of which was Ephesus.
70. What was Paul’s relationship with Ephesian Church?
Christianity was present in Ephesus prior to Paul’s arrival. Paul used Ephesus as his base of operations for several years.
71. What does Paul write about in Ephesians?
Paul devotes most of the document to putting forth a vision of God’s redemptive work, brought about through Christ and manifested in the Church.
The Ephesians were mostly newly baptized Pagans and, because of this, some have referred to Ephesians as mystagogical catechesis.
Paul spends quite some time talking about “mystery”. This relates to Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross which draws man, both Jew and Gentile, back into relationship with God. This relationship is communicated through the Church, which has Christ as her head.
1-16 | 17-27 | 27-42 | 43-52 | 53-57 | 58-67 | 68-71 | 72-81
All Questions