Category: 3_SCHOLARSHIP
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Ecumenical Services – a Little Known Type
Visting another denomination’s service is Ecumenical in the true sense of the word.
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Saints Alive: The Tensions in Sanctoral Cycle Reforms
What makes a saint – is it nice thoughts, acts of social justice, successful church plants, miracles wrought after death?
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Does Religion Decline When It Becomes Liberal?
In short: it’s complicated.
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In This Issue: Worship, March 2018
The March 2018 issue of Worship is out.
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Zagano: What’s the Problem with Women Deacons?
US Catholic has an interesting article by Phyllis Zagano, “What’s the Problem with Women Deacons?” This article ably and succinctly summarizes the state of the question. Zagano makes clear that diaconate is a distinct order from the priesthood in the Catholic Church, and hence the question of ordaining women deacons is not connected to the question…
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Communion in the Hand: What is the History? [UPDATED]
“This little volume is simply a classic example of that literature that betrays the lack of full acceptance of the liturgical reforms by some sectors of the Church.”
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Whence Came that Cross?
When Anglicans and Catholics attend Mass at each other’s churches, there are always some moments of awkwardness or slight conclusion.
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Documentation: Approval of Communion in the Hand under Pope Paul VI
“…that this sacrament, the source and cause of unity by its very nature, will not become an occasion of discord between members of the faithful.”
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Stations of the Cross: The Story
Sometimes there were 20, 30, or even more stations.