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David Bentley Hart’s Universalism: Part two. Some Reflections on “That All Shall Be Saved”
“Once upon a time there was a woman, and she was wicked as wicked could be, and she died. And not one good deed was left behind her. The devils
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Podcast interview with Larry Chapp and Michael Lofton on the “Reason and Theology” podcast. Topic: Vatican II and its retrieval.”
As I continue working on my next blog post on David Hart’s universalism, I link below my latest interview with Michael Lofton. It was a great conversation I think.
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David Hart’s Universalism: Part One: The Drama of Dogma
“It is the dogma that is the drama — not beautiful phrases, nor comforting sentiments, nor vague aspirations to loving-kindness and uplift, nor the promise of something nice after death
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Bishop Barron Presents: Conversations at the Crossroads interview with Dr. Larry Chapp
Linked below is the interview I taped on August 3rd at the Word on Fire studios in Santa Barbara. And for those of you still waiting for my blog post
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Podcast Interview with Larry Chapp and Cy Kellett on Catholic Answers: Focus
Linked below is the video cast of the show wherein we discuss, yet again, Traditionis Custodes. I think it is not bad except that for some strange reason I kept
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A Discalced Laity
“We can only do it for moments at first. But from those moments the new sort of life will be spreading through our system: because now we are letting Him
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Dorothy Day on the Precarity of Love and Voluntary Poverty
Dorothy Day, who founded the Catholic Worker movement in 1933 along with Peter Maurin, was praised by Pope Francis in his recent address before the Congress of the United States.
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Ressourcement Theology: A Personal Narrative
Blog Master’s note: My apologies for the long time since my last post. My travels to California for my interview with Bishop Barron have consumed my time and my
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Video Interview with Larry Chapp and Zac Crippen on his show “Creedal.” Topic: Traditionis Custodes
Linked below is the video. I think it was a good conversation and I hope many of you will find it helpful. My apologies for not having posted a new
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Video podcast interview with Larry Chapp and Michael Lofton on the “Reason and Theology” podcast.
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Podcast Interview with Larry Chapp and Kale Zelden discussing Traditionis Custodes
Linked below is the podcast. It is on YouTube and for some reason the actual interview doesn’t start right away. There is a lengthy countdown that you have to
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General Eclectic Podcast with Larry Chapp and Kale Zelden
Linked below is my latest podcast with Kale Zelden. This time it is on the podcast he does with Rod Dreher. Rod is out of town so I was asked
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A Conversation about Bogus Mysticism and the Rule of Fear
Blog Master’s note: As I put the finishing touches on my next blog post on the recent motu proprio from Pope Francis I got this wonderful and delightful essay
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The Hermeneutics of the Abyss: Some Thoughts on Traditionis Custodes
Joseph Ratzinger, in his marvelous book, “Introduction to Christianity,” speaks about Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and her temptations to atheism and despair. And all of these temptations came despite the
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Clerically Speaking Podcast with Larry Chapp and Father Harrison Ayre
This was a fun podcast and Father Harrison is fantastic. I will be posting a new blog post tomorrow on the recent Motu Proprio, but until then enjoy the podcast!
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My Response to Dr. Ralph Martin’s Response
About a month ago, right before I left on vacation, Dr. Ralph Martin responded on his blog to my recent post on his irresponsible accusations against Adrienne von Speyr and
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Maritain’s Donkey: American Violence and Eucharistic Incoherence
“And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.” Matthew 11:12 In his book “The Strangest
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Interview with Kale Zelden and Larry Chapp: The Ordo of Apathy
Linked below is my latest interview with Kale Zelden. This might be our best conversation yet. The video has synchronization problems so it often appears as if Kale and I
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A Handful of Sand Thrown into the Sea
Blogmaster's Note I am back from vacation and ready to rumble! I will be posting several new blog posts in the coming week(s) but need a few
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A brief follow-up to my last post: Why I criticize certain kinds of “traditionalists.”
I want to address, briefly, an issue that has been raised by several of my readers in emails to me in response to my post on Balthasar’s “Dare We
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Balthasar’s “Dare We Hope That All Men Be Saved”: A Defense
“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead
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Interview with Kale Zelden and Larry Chapp. Two Main Topics: 1. The German Synodal Path and 2. Bishop Robert Barron
Linked below is my latest podcast video with Kale Zelden on his show “Sideshow Kale.” In the section dealing with Bishop Barron, Kale, though a big admirer of Bishop Barron,
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Balthasar, Universalism, and the “Massa Damnata” Part Two: a Defense of Adrienne von Speyr
Ralph Martin, in his latest book “A Church in Crisis,” has some very uncharitable things to say about the mystic Adrienne von Speyr that merit a response. Although he does
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Book Review by Dr. Larry Chapp in Catholic World Report. A Review of David C. Schindler’s New Book: “The Politics of the Real: the Church Between Liberalism and Integralism.”
Linked below is the review. My next blog post after this one will be a defense of Adrienne von Speyr. And after that a blog on universalism, since everybody seems
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