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From “Past Event and Present Salvation: The Christian Idea of Atonement” by Paul S. Fiddes, b.1947 Salvation happens here and now. It is always in the present that God acts to heal and reconcile, entering into the disruption of human … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Why do so many people grieve the destruction of a building more than they would grieve the death of children? Why are they considerably more prepared to donate money towards the restoration of a damaged building than they would be … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
From the sermon, “The Word was made flesh” by Frederic Farrar, 1831-1903 Through the fact, through the mystery, through all the life and teaching of our Lord, there is one lesson, which, if we could but grasp it, would be … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Stop it! You are not French, you are American; not everything has to be about you. Let those who mourn keep their grief for themselves. Sympathy should not be a competition. … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
It does not matter how much money is spent and it does not matter if the workers are the most skilled in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral will never be restored to how it was before the fire because it … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
“Faith and Its Contents” by Avery Dulles, 1918-2008 An Irish pastor is supposed to have told his congregation that the doctrines of the faith are conundrums devised by God to keep us humble. Some insufficiently instructed Catholics seem to accept … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
From “On Liberation” by Ignacio Ellacuría, 1930-1989 Paul himself presented salvation essentially as a liberation from sin, from death and from the law. Clearly, none of these three Iiberative dimensions of salvation has a mere individual or exclusively individual sense. … [CLICK TO READ MORE]