Category: 3_SCHOLARSHIP
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Things I Like About Eastern Christianity (Part 2)
The Christian East has never known a priestly “private Mass.ˮ
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How Much Do Catholics and Protestants Really Disagree about the Eucharist?
“We must be careful not to fall into the temptation of making idols of certain abstract truths. ” – Pope Francis
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Is the Revised New Jerusalem Bible a Viable Option for a New Lectionary?
Lectionary translation is a tricky business.
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Responding to a Journalist’s Inquiry About Hell
How to respond to the question of hell in a relatively succinct manner (as desired in journalism) to a reporter (and her religiously pluralistic readership), whose even basic knowledge of Christianity I could not presume?
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Alleluia*!
Do our liturgies celebrate a joy that is sober? Do they reflect a realism that is infused with hope?
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Pick a Century Game
Taft has spoken of the danger of the “pick-a-century” game in the renewal of the liturgy.
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Lex Supplicandi
As we enter into another Holy Week and bring our Lent to a close, it is worth considering to what extent the church’s posture, its lex supplicandi, has formed our lives and our communities.
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How to Translate Conversatio Morum?
In a recent liturgy, a candidate for simple profession to a Benedictine abbey promised stability (in English), obedience (in English), and conversatio morum (in Latin). Why couldn’t that third promise be rendered in English? And how best to do so?
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Review: Catholic Worship Book II
This new official hymnal for the Roman Catholic Church in Australia, endorsed by the Australian Bishops’ Conference, was published in 2016 after ten years in preparation, replacing the Catholic Worship Book of 1985