Tag Archives: heresy

“If heretics no longer horrify us today”… it’s NOT because we are more charitable

Posted on 22 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I picked this up from Let Nothing You Dismay:
“If heretics no longer horrify us today, as they once did our forefathers, is it certain that it is because there is more charity in our hearts? Or would it not too … Continue reading →

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Putting the well-deserved spotlight on Irish dissident Fr. Tony Flannery

Posted on 4 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At this site Renew America the Australian author Eamonn Keane has done us a great service by summarizing many points concerning the Irish heretic Fr. Tony Flannery, who has been under scrutiny by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the … Continue reading →

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CDF Prefect Archbp. Müller: “the hermeneutic of reform” is “only possible interpretation”

Posted on 30 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My old pastor, the late Msgr. Schuler used to say that “You can go into the ditch on either side of the road, left or right.  Either way, you are still in a ditch.”
This has been my concern about some … Continue reading →

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“Whatever they don’t like, whatever they don’t understand, is a heresy.”

Posted on 7 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Via the Laudator:
Erasmus, letter to Albert of Brandenburg (November 1, 1519), tr. Robert Blackley Drummond:
Nunc alia res est haereseos crimen, et tamen ob quamlibet levem causam, hoc statim habent in ore, ‘Haeresis est, haeresis est.’ Olim haereticus habebatur qui dissentiebat … Continue reading →

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Fishwrap’s hissy fit over Beattie

Posted on 2 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Fishwrap is having a spittle-flecked nutty about the decision in San Diego not to let the wacko speak in a Catholic institution.
University withdraws theologian’s invitation after pressure from financial contributors
Joshua J. McElwee | Nov. 1, 2012
The University of San … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: How to go to a Catholic college without losing your faith and your mind?

Posted on 20 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I will be attending a catholic university in the fall, and I have recently learned that it teaches heresy. While I am not shocked by this, I am concerned about myself and my faith. I am still a … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: Returning to the Church after joining another church for many years

Posted on 9 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
If a person leaves the church and joins another faith for 10 plus years, what is required to return to good standing in the church?
This isn’t as hard as one might imagine.
Usually all a person has to do … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: Michael Coren – HERESY

Posted on 21 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A while back I posted about a book by Michael Coren called Why Catholics Are Right, [Kindle HERE] an apologetics tool that provide readers with answers and responses to some questions and controversies which we hear in the news and conversations (e.g., anti-Catholic … Continue reading →

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Fr. Blake on “Shooting and breaking the legs of sheep and heretics”

Posted on 30 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Please use the sharing buttons!  Thanks!My friend Fr. Ray Blake, reknowned p.p. of Brighton, has on his blog an interesting entry about “the Good Shepherd”. Be sure to visit his great blog.
I remember hearing about a school inspector telling a … Continue reading →

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Bad or heterodox theologians, a “curse and affliction upon the church”

Posted on 16 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The ultra-liberal NCFishwrap‘s solitary boast, my friend the nearly-ubiquitous, fair-minded John L. Allen, Jr., has an interesting piece today about a theologian working for the US Bishops, recently in the news because of the USCCB doctrine committees remarks on Sr. … Continue reading →

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