tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post2870257037147641427..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: TheologyFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-86414487038502694042012-08-16T14:14:39.432+01:002012-08-16T14:14:39.432+01:00My question about the source of Cardinal Hume'...My question about the source of Cardinal Hume's statement has been answered on Fr Finigan's excellent blog. Reading Cardinal Hume's statement the key sentence is:<br /><br /><b> The Church therefore cannot in any way equate a homosexual partnership with a heterosexual marriage. </b><br /><br />I think that totally demolishes the arguments of these self-appointed experts.Nicolas Bellordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063019108964247676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-63200730751579198882012-08-16T03:27:41.030+01:002012-08-16T03:27:41.030+01:00What a pity that the Church doesn't have a pat...What a pity that the Church doesn't have a patent on the use of "theologian" or on the use of "Catholic" for that matter.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403184829256955768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-10258221230171558152012-08-15T17:17:09.417+01:002012-08-15T17:17:09.417+01:00Because of a great need for Theologians, those tha...Because of a great need for Theologians, those that teach the nuts and bolts of the Faith, I have created a blogspot with just one as a featured Theologian.<br /><br />http://paulahaigh.blogspot.com/2012/08/interview-with-miss-paula.html#more<br /><br />More teachings will appear at this blogspot, I just need to up load them.<br /><br />Please cruise through this first installment; it gets better and more informative as it goes along.<br /><br />Please say a Hail Mary for Miss Haigh, and one for Evan, a soon to be Seminarian, who helped me set up the Blogspot.<br /><br />He is from Cincinnati,Ohio, USA.<br /><br />*Pablo the Mexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384415590309803327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-55031763747624794082012-08-15T10:01:55.589+01:002012-08-15T10:01:55.589+01:00Very true, Father – and echoing what Pope Benedict...Very true, Father – and echoing what Pope Benedict has repeatedly warned theologians about, while adding the need for humility.<br /><br />Using the soubriquet ‘theologian’ after one’s name has become similar to how the term ‘liturgist’ was employed, post Vat II. It is meant to convey: “I know more than you”.<br /><br />And when the term ‘feminist theologian’ is employed (cfr. the LCWR here in the US…) it is meant to convey: “I know more than the Church”.<br /><br />But all this really conveys is the truth of the old saying: “A little learning is a dangerous thing”.<br /><br />Many so-called ‘theologians’ today have little learning and less knowledge.GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-65557497233493990262012-08-14T22:14:21.172+01:002012-08-14T22:14:21.172+01:00You make more excellent points Father. I think His...You make more excellent points Father. I think His Holiness has commented to the effect that theology has to be readin the tradition of the Church and with Faith - which seems. It to have been the case here.Jessica Hoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336601507234428836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-8853656122535129282012-08-14T11:36:17.612+01:002012-08-14T11:36:17.612+01:00Thank you, Reverend Deacon Trisagion for the corre...Thank you, Reverend Deacon Trisagion for the correction, you are of course right, I have made the corrected the text.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-24116553312942989162012-08-14T11:11:39.517+01:002012-08-14T11:11:39.517+01:001Corinthians 1:19=31
For Christ did not send me t...1Corinthians 1:19=31<br /><br />For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning.<br /><br />The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.For it is written:<br /><br />“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise<br />and the learning of the learned I will set aside.”<br /><br />Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world foolish?<br />For since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God through wisdom, it was the will of God through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who have faith. For Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom,but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,but to those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.<br /><br />Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something, so that no human being might boast before God.<br /><br />It is due to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,so that, as it is written, “Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord.”<br /><br />Or as he Greeks would say<br />"Gnosis phusioi, agape oikodomei"(1 Corinthians 8:1).shadowlandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707611566091137431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-26262563452167293982012-08-14T09:39:17.948+01:002012-08-14T09:39:17.948+01:00Fortunately there are more and more orthodox theol...Fortunately there are more and more orthodox theologians we can look to today. Aidan Nichols is a great example in our own country. I recently discovered the work of Matthew Levering, a young American Thomist, whose work is literally drenched in a love of scripture. And there are other examples. All is not lost! Amfortashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580253432208073322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-91730350590780796882012-08-14T09:27:07.764+01:002012-08-14T09:27:07.764+01:00Another excellent post, Father, spoiled only by a ...Another excellent post, Father, spoiled only by a small manifest error: it was St Anselm who described theology as "fides quaerens intellectum", faith seeking understanding. He wrote "For I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe. But I believe in order that I may understand. For I also believe this, that unless I believe, I shall not understand."<br /><br />For St Thomas theology is defined simply as "sacra doctrina", holy teaching, whose formal object is God, "It is the principle purpose of Holy Teaching to treat of God, and not only as He is in Himself but also as He is the first principle and final end of all things”. Trisagionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689037119871067090noreply@blogger.com