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Defense of Vatican II
A Lecture in Baltimore at the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Assumption
Lecture by Larry Chapp delivered on September 18, 2022
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
9/20/2022
Miscellaneous
Larry Chapp Interviews Fr. John Eckert on the Challenges of Modern Parish Life
Not everything is bad news.
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
9/20/2022
Ressourcement Theology
Larry Chapp Interviews Dr. Jordan Wood on Universal Salvation
Universal Salvation is rooted in the universality of the depth of Christ's descent.
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
9/15/2022
Ressourcement Theology
Larry Chapp and Rodney Howsare interview Dr. Cyril O'Regan: Modernity, Hegel, Gnosticism and Marcionism
Modernity, Hegel, Ressourcement Theology, Gnosticism, Apocalyptic, Intellectual Genealogies, Neo-Marcionism, and much more
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
9/2/2022
Ressourcement Theology
Dom Dalmasso of the Logos Project Interviews Larry Chapp on Hans Urs von Balthasar
Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theological Project
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/31/2022
Miscellaneous
Marcus Grodi interviews Larry Chapp on The Journey Home Network
My journey of faith
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/24/2022
Crisis in the Church
Flipping the Script Part Two: Holiness in the Regime of Immanence
Making Christ credible in every age is the task of the saint.
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/6/2022
Ressourcement Theology
Flipping the Script: The False Immanence of Modernity
The False Immanence of Modernity
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
6/29/2022
Video Interviews
Bishop Robert Barron is interviewed by Larry Chapp
A wide ranging discussion on evangelization
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
5/6/2022

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Ressourcement Theology
Andrew Gniadek of Midnight Carmelite interviews Larry Chapp on the Universal Call to Holiness
An interview on the universal call to holiness, vocation, evangelization, in the light of Carmelite spirituality, the Catholic Worker movement, and saints such as St. Therese, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John of the Cross, and St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
9/10/2022
Defense of Vatican II
Latest in Catholic World Report: The False Narrative of the "Interrupted Council".
The "People of God" metaphor cannot be viewed in opposition to the Communio ecclesiology of the Council
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
9/6/2022
Ressourcement Theology
Larry Chapp Interviews Dr. Jordan Wood on Maximus the Confessor
Maximus the Confessor on Creation, Incarnation, nature and grace, and Universalism
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/28/2022
Crisis in the Church
Zac Crippen interviews Larry Chapp on the "Creedal" podcast.
A wide ranging discussion on Pope Francis
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/13/2022
Crisis in the Church
Rejecting "Low Bar" Thomism in Modern Moral Theology
The rich young ruler in the Gospel narrative was not "accompanied".
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/13/2022
Crisis in the Church
An Interview with Dr. Rodney Howsare on the State of the Church
When is it okay to critique a pope?
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/5/2022
Crisis in the Church
"The Abuse of Conscience": Larry Chapp Interviews Matthew Levering On His New Book
How modern moral theology has lost its moorings
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/5/2022
Apologetics
Greg Boulden Interviews Dr. Larry Chapp on Natural Law in a Pluralistic Society
Dr. Larry Chapp talks with Greg Boulden about natural law in a pluralistic society.
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/3/2022
Ressourcement Theology
Book Review: Henri de Lubac's "The Church: Paradox and Mystery"
De Lubac's insights are as profound for today's Church as they were in 1967
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/1/2022

Best of Larry Chapp

Best of Larry Chapp
A Married Priesthood? A Meditation on Mandatory Celibacy: The Witness of Damien Alfonso Bergman
A meditation on the discipline of mandatory celibacy for priests in the Catholic Church.
Larry Chapp
1/13/2022
Best of Larry Chapp
Vatican II as a Ressourcement Council. Part One: Father Robert Imbelli's Conciliar Retrieval
Vatican II has come under heavy fire from many quarters these days as a "failed council" that should just be ignored. In this first post in a new series on Vatican II I defend the council as truly profound. It was a ressourcement council and Father Robert Imbelli's brilliant analysis makes this clear.
Larry Chapp
1/6/2022
Best of Larry Chapp
The Hermeneutics of the Abyss: Some Thoughts on Traditionis Custodes
A discussion of traditionis custodes through a hermeneutic of the abyss.
Larry Chapp
7/19/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
Balthasar, Universalism, and the “Massa Damnata” Part Two: a Defense of Adrienne von Speyr
A discussion of Adrienne Von Speyr, Balthasar, Universalism, and "Massa Damnata"
Larry Chapp
5/30/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
Universalism, Balthasar, the Massa Damnata, and the Question of Evangelization
A discussion of universalism, balthasar, evangelization, and massa damnata
Larry Chapp
5/12/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
The Valor of the Unshielded Heart: A Lenten Meditation
How the unshielded heart leads to a recovery of what it truly means "to be saved"
Larry Chapp
2/17/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
The Constantinian Heathenism of the Church: Joseph Ratzinger and the Crisis of our Time
How Constantinian Heathenism within the Church is a crisis in our time
Larry Chapp
2/3/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
The Choice: Bourgeois Well-Being or Conversion to Christ: Beige Catholicism and the Challenges of the Young Priest
A discussion of beige Catholicism in the context of bourgeois well-being or conversion to Christ
Larry Chapp
12/11/2020
Best of Larry Chapp
The McCarrick Report and the De Facto Atheism of the Church
A discussion of the McCarrick report and its relationship to the de facto athetism of the Church
Larry Chapp
11/11/2020

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