Even the Devils Believe

Unlike a lot of other folks in the blogosphere, I actually see the dual-level Anglican Communion being proposed by Dr. Williams as something of a win for progressives. For those who haven’t heard, the idea is that if the Episcopal Church and the Canadians can’t agree to what amounts to Anglican dogma, determined by the [...]

Ben over at Faith & Theology typically posts the table of contents and a few remarks about the latest issue of the International Journal of Systematic Theology when it comes out each quarter. I appreciate the heads-up (even though I’m about an issue and a half behind!), so I thought I might start doing that [...]

Believe it or not, I’m currently at Disneyland Paris for a meeting. No fun rides or junk food for yours truly, though there might be a nice dinner tonight.
Anyhow, I worked through the weekend (attended Eucharist at the American Cathedal, though) and didn’t get a lot of sleep, so I don’t have anything for today. [...]

I am very surprised by how angry and upset I have been the last few days over the Episcopal Church’s convention and the gathering of the PC-USA. It has been a very difficult time to read blogs (and I’ve been less behind than I expected, because I had a hard time setting limits). It is [...]

Things are pretty busy over here, but I thought I would share a few more photos. Believe it or not, I visited Notre Dame on accident yesterday. I went to the Shakespeare & Co. bookstore yesterday—got a copy of Iris Murdoch’s The Bell for €4 and something for Sue—and found as I was leaving that [...]

Since I needed a break and it’s only a five minute walk from my hotel, I took Talmida’s advice and went to Saint-Sulpice church yesterday afternoon. It was absolutely beautiful and not at all crowded, which was nice. I spent a lot of time just walking around or sitting and praying, but I did take [...]

I’ve noticed just in the past day or two, mostly in stories about the election of Katharine Jefferts Schori as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, that a lot of folks are putting “orthodox” in big scare quotes these days when referring to the Network and other traditionalist groups. It highlights the fact that rejection [...]

So I made it to Paris. I’m holed up in the Lutetia working on web applications.
I’m really behind on blogs and will probably stay behind until I get back to the States in two weeks, but I will try to keep up my usual posting schedule. I read the latest Christian Century and [...]

Fr. Tom mentioned a panel on Larry King yesterday that involved Andrew Sullivan, Gene Robinson, Al Mohler from the Southern Baptists, and a number of other folks, all talking about gays and lesbians in the church. The transcript is an interesting read.
However, the part that really got me was when Andrew Sullivan tried to hold [...]

Last night I read an article by Andrew Skotnicki in the January Modern Theology that I found really fascinating: “God’s Prisoners: Penal Confinement and the Creation of Purgatory”.
In it, Skotnicki traces the links between prisons, Purgatory, and the sacrament of confession as they developed around the end of the first millenium / beginning of the [...]