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Last six items posted prior to March 17, 2010

• March 11, 2010 On Prudence and the Tyranny of Tolerance: A Case Study By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  Our coverage of the decision of a Catholic school not to enroll a student being raised by lesbians has stimulated a vigorous exchange of ideas (see Denver Catholic school: Lesbian couple’s child may

• March 05, 2010 The Nature of Infallibility By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  I’ve alluded frequently enough to the four basic arguments that establish the teaching authority of the popes (for a brief summary see my 2005 blog entry on The Primacy of Peter). But the topic of

• February 26, 2010 Escape from Theological Minimalism By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  In the United States and elsewhere in the Western world, we have been immensely weakened in our understanding of both the Church and our role in the Church by the problem of theological minimalism.

• February 19, 2010 Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom: Broken! By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  As gifts of the Holy Spirit, knowledge, understanding and wisdom are distinct from each other in important ways. Wisdom is the proper valuation of all that we know, such that we desire to order our

• February 17, 2010 Changing the World One Step at a Time By Phil Lawler

  "Whenever I hear the word 'culture,' I reach for my revolver." That brutal sentiment is attributed to Hermann Göring, and although the quotation may not be exact, the man who founded the Gestapo had

• February 15, 2010 Drinking the Kool Aid on Vatican II By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  Some of the responses I’ve received to my ongoing review of the documents of the Second Vatican Council have reminded me of the remarkable shallowness with which Vatican II has been received on all