Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Brilliant Breakdown
My wife and I listened to a magnificent exposition of Dominus Iesus tonight. Since it is only audio, I scoured google images for a nice picture of the signing of Dominus Iesus for you to look at as you listen.
I think Ratzinger looks stunning in this photo. What an amazing leader.
Here again is a link to the talk delivered by Fr. J. Augustine Di Noia, O.P. at St. Mary's Church in New Haven, Ct. http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/26230261
Some great highlights from the lecture.
Here again is a link to the talk delivered by Fr. J. Augustine Di Noia, O.P. at St. Mary's Church in New Haven, Ct. http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/26230261
Some great highlights from the lecture.
~ 15:45 God has a divine desire to share the trinitarian life with persons who are not God.
~ 33:43 Salvation doesn’t stand as an empty promise of salvation that we can fill with whatever we want.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Communion with God is only through Christ
Here is the video from our latest meeting where we discussed chapter II of "Dominus Iesus".
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Just a few notes and highlights.
-Reductionism. Turning Jesus into Mohammad or Joseph Smith. It is erroneous to claim that Jesus was just lake any other religious figure in history. Modern secular philosophers do this in order to advance a "coexist bumper sticker" mentality. This mentality ends up spreading the false idea that man is not an exceptional animal, and that even our own universe is not an exceptional universe. That everything is only ordered toward life and rational thought by way of random chance.
-The "coexist bumper sticker" also leads to this saying, “all rivers lead to the same ocean” as an attempt to validate every religion that ever was or will be concocted by man.
-Ratzinger is calling Catholics to refute erroneous and reductive interpretations of sacred scripture.
-"The Second Vatican Council states that Christ “the new Adam...‘image of the invisible God' (Col 1:15) is himself the perfect man who has restored [mankind's] likeness to God"
-"In the process of discovering and appreciating the manifold gifts — especially the spiritual treasures — that God has bestowed on every people, we cannot separate those gifts from Jesus Christ, who is at the centre of God's plan of salvation".
-It is important to acknowledge the gifts that other religions truly posses. As missionaries to these other religions, we must locate the specific gift and then explain how Christ is the origin and fulfillment of that gift. The story of Beowulf is a great example of how Christian missionaries met and educated the Nores people on the level of their own understanding. Christ comes out to meat us where we are. He does not stand off afar and wait for us to see Him and go to where we should be.
Watch live video from papaldocuments on Justin.tv
Just a few notes and highlights.
-Reductionism. Turning Jesus into Mohammad or Joseph Smith. It is erroneous to claim that Jesus was just lake any other religious figure in history. Modern secular philosophers do this in order to advance a "coexist bumper sticker" mentality. This mentality ends up spreading the false idea that man is not an exceptional animal, and that even our own universe is not an exceptional universe. That everything is only ordered toward life and rational thought by way of random chance.
-The "coexist bumper sticker" also leads to this saying, “all rivers lead to the same ocean” as an attempt to validate every religion that ever was or will be concocted by man.
-Ratzinger is calling Catholics to refute erroneous and reductive interpretations of sacred scripture.
-"The Second Vatican Council states that Christ “the new Adam...‘image of the invisible God' (Col 1:15) is himself the perfect man who has restored [mankind's] likeness to God"
-"In the process of discovering and appreciating the manifold gifts — especially the spiritual treasures — that God has bestowed on every people, we cannot separate those gifts from Jesus Christ, who is at the centre of God's plan of salvation".
-It is important to acknowledge the gifts that other religions truly posses. As missionaries to these other religions, we must locate the specific gift and then explain how Christ is the origin and fulfillment of that gift. The story of Beowulf is a great example of how Christian missionaries met and educated the Nores people on the level of their own understanding. Christ comes out to meat us where we are. He does not stand off afar and wait for us to see Him and go to where we should be.
-"No one, therefore, can enter into communion with God except through Christ, by the working of the Holy Spirit".
-How do we address our culture on these matters today?
Monday, September 13, 2010
Dominus Iesus
The document we are currently studying is the apostolic declaration "Dominus Iesus".
We've set up a Justin.tv site where we broadcast our group meetings.
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Watch live video from papaldocuments on Justin.tv
We've set up a Justin.tv site where we broadcast our group meetings.
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Watch live video from papaldocuments on Justin.tv
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