Perhaps because denying the possibility of miracles makes God subject to the natural order rather than its source. It reduces God to a great creature rather than Creator. Unfortunately, in an effort to make God “more immanent,” a lot of 20th century theology does just that.
GOODBYE CHICAGO!!!!!!
It was so incredible!!!
so, through her intercession, we, too, may be cleansed and admitted to your presence. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son, grant, we pray, that, as you preserved her from every stain by virtue of the Death of your Son, which you foresaw,
Please say more!! Reading Paul Tillich literally brought me back to the faith after being going through an agnostic atheist period
A general reminder that Edgar Allen Poe was an American, born in Boston, & spent the first several years of his life in Boston. Therefore, in the spooky season, please stop recording the Raven, the Tell-tale Heart, and his other stories in a British accent. All his writings must be read by Bill Burr
A bishop + priests + deacons + laypeople sing songs of protest and faith outside Grace Cathedral in San Francisco
Here is our bishop, Austin Rios, leading us in songs of protest and faith, in front of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco for #NoKings day. ⚓️
Funny because I thought they hated “globalism” 😂
Women, being equal partakers in the royal priesthood of Christ, in whom there is neither male nor female, are equally called by him to serve as apostles of the Gospel, and to proclaim it in Word and Sacrament. Amen.
Anyone notice that @benjamindcrosby.bsky.social hasn’t posted in a while? Hmm….
Sending you a virtual hug
Happy birthday to the Queen of Heaven, Mother of Our Lord and Mother of the Church
“DUALISM which I reject because I’m the polar opposite” is underrated 😂💯
You will be a wonderful dad, seeing as you’ve already got the jokes
UNION FOREVER
-St. Paul
I didn’t join Bluesky just to see screenshots from X
It’s only a mortal sin if they’re from Chicago. People from other cities have invincible ignorance so it’s just a venial sin
Please pray for the soul of my elderly neighbor, who has passed.
“Postmillennial eschatology” probably makes it seem more formal and theological than I intend. I just believe humanity is ultimately headed towards a future of perfect charity, justice, and truth, and so doctrinal truth and institutional reunion are part of that!
Not at all, I really enjoy it too! We’re a lot closer in viewpoint than one might have thought, and any differences probably lie in a different issue entirely - “what is it reasonable to hope the future might be like?”
And there is *some* historical (contingent, non-divine) precedent for that president to be the Bishop of Rome, therefore it *might* be desirable for them to regain that office again, assuming all of the other preconditions I mentioned are met first.
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It is merely pragmatic: a visible institution requires some kind of president, I believe the united universal church will be a visible institution, therefore it must have a president.
(Addendum: I do not view this hypothetical arrangement, in which Rome presided over a reunited universal church, to be divinely ordained, as you yourself point out the historical contingency and gradual nature of that development even in the first centuries.
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[If the reader is Lutheran, then they would substitute “Lutheran/evangelical catholic” for “Reformed” above.] The important thing is I am confident that whatever the truth ultimately turns out to be, the Holy Spirit will lead the whole church to it, and reunite it institutionally around this truth.
Combined with Claim 2, the conclusion is that the whole visible institution which is the Catholic Church would be a Reformed institution.
The conclusion then is that Rome too will also become Reformed Protestant (assuming Reformed Protestantism is indeed the true, scriptural doctrine).
