by Kevin Bauder | Oct 21, 2016 | Catholicism, Christianity, Church Unity, Ecclesiology
Not long ago Peter Leithart asked whether Protestantism had a future. Douglas Wilson didn’t like his answer. The exchange provides some valuable insight as to the nature and boundaries of the church. As Baptists, we would say some different things and say other...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 20, 2016 | Catholicism, Marriage
Two nuns in Italy have entered a same-sex civil union. Pope Francis is reported to be disappointed.
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 17, 2016 | Catholicism, Liberalism
Seventeen of ’em, as a matter of fact. And from the looks of things, his choices are going to change the direction of Roman Catholicism. Read Michael Avramovich’s evaluation. Three Americans were among the new cardinals; one was the recently appointed...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 10, 2016 | Catholicism, Documents
You can read the full text of the joint declaration by Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Here’s what may be the best line: Much progress has been made concerning many areas that have kept us apart. Yet new circumstances have presented new...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 7, 2016 | Catholicism, Charismatic Movement, Evangelicalism
“On behalf of the global Vineyard family, we (VIE) bore greetings to Pope Francis during a remarkable conversation at the Vatican today.” Thus quoth John and Ele Mumford (coordinators of the Vineyard International Executive) in a tweet. The Vatican recognized the...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 3, 2016 | Catholicism, Logic and Argumentation
We are not Thomists at Central Seminary, but we can still learn from Thomas’s method of argument. Here is a summary from Robert Barron at the New Oxford Review.
