"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
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Fr. John Hunwicke
"Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric"
- Anonymous
"Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned."
- Kractivism
"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank"
"Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy"
"the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
"Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the 'fishwrap'"
"Zuhlsdorf is an eccentric with no real consequences" -
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- Michael Sean Winters
"Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest."
- Anna Arco
“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.”
- Comment
"Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury."
- Sam Rocha
"Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night."
- Comment
"A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine."
- Anonymous
Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
- Comment
Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
- America Magazine
RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
-Austen Ivereigh on
Twitter
[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog.
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Deus Ex Machina
“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is.... It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.”
- Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed
"Fr. Z's is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes"
- Paul in comment at
1 Peter 5
"I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog."
- Tom in
comment
"Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog."-
Reader comment.
"Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. -
- Mark Shea
Is there a patron saint for computers/internet?
@Brian:
Apparently the patron saint of the Internet and/or computers is St Isidore of Seville. However this isn’t quite official. There was some talk back in 2003–Wikipedia has more about it.
One would think a snob who has so much to say about other people’s language skills would know the difference between “principle” and “principal.”
Father, please feel free to contact me in the future if you have computer problems again, I’d be delighted to help. I’ve a lengthy background in the computer realm, and most work can be done remotely.
Weldkemp: Your comment has more to do with who you are inside than my typos.
Ah, I’m sorry Father — I hope you had a nice gin-and-tonic or whatever was most soothing!
Weldkamp:
Judging by Father Z’s usage in his post, he does know the difference between “principle” (only used as a noun) and “principal” (used as both noun and adjective), and he used the term correctly.
Weldkamp:
“Principal” – primary, chief, most important: therefore “principal desktop replacement” is correct. If you’re going to offend someone at least find an error: don’t just pretend that you found one.
I just tried out the Z-cam, and noticed the note re: Rome firewall. I’m a network security engineer, and if you would like help getting through your firewall to get the Rome Z-cam working, again, I’d be glad to help. Again, please feel free to contact me if you’d like.
Weldkamp seems to have personified “Skitt’s Law” which states,
“Spelling or grammar flames always contain spelling or grammar errors.”
For more see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skitt's_law
Father,
Look at it this way, it could be worse. When I need help, they make me call some guy in Bangalore!
All: To be fair I must say that I corrected my typo to “principal” after the nasty comment. It might have been intended only to hurt me in some way, but he was right. I had written “principle”.
One would think a snob who has so much to say about other people’s language skills would know the difference between “principle†and “principal.â€Â
Comment by Weldkamp
The error was pointed out to Fr Z, and he quickly corrected it. On the other hand, the English “translation” of the Novus Ordo has seeped pus for more than 30 years.
Father,
…but he was right. I had written “principle .
There are ways to correct people’s grammar without being a boor. Had Weldkamp been raised a gentleman, he might have indirectly pointed out your error by copying your post with his correction inserted in lieu of the incorrect word (very subtle); or, he could have copied the “offending” text verbatum, with the editorial use of a bracked sic (more noticeable, but with an “educated” air).
Additionally, he could have attempted a humorous correction, e.g., “your principal use of principle is principally unprincipled”. (Well, at least that’s my idea of “humorous correction.)
Unfortunately, Weldkamp’s prime choice of correction was the least desirable method of all: boorish.
–Guy Power