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The Catholic Church was derived from three sources. Its sacred history was Jewish, its theology was Greek, its government and canon law were, at least indirectly, Roman. The Reformation rejected the Roman elements, softened the Greek elements, and greatly strengthened the Judaic elements.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
That heresy seems to have died down almost completely in the second half of the eleventh century is possibly related to the fact that the Church was starting a programme of reform that had been initiated by Pope Leo IX (1049–54). The greatest of the reforming pontiffs of this period – and indeed one of the most significant of all mediaeval popes –
... See moreSean Martin • The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
“Holiness is not to be equated with common sense or convention; it very often moves against such things. How the Spirit is leading each of us on that journey into the heart of God is perhaps the most profound mystery of our life and one that takes patience and guidance to discern.”
THE HOLY WIND of GOD | JOEL LITTLEPAGE
The church is not the answer. The church is the question, this question, the gathering of people who are called together by the memory of Jesus and who ask this question, who are called together and are put into question by this question, who stand accused, under the call, interrogated and unable to recuse themselves from this question, and who com
... See moreJohn D. Caputo • What Would Jesus Deconstruct? (The Church and Postmodern Culture): The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church
John Paul II held a different view. He refused to submit to the tyranny of the way things are. And because of that, he could ignite a revolution of conscience throughout Central and Eastern Europe that would eventually cut through the seemingly permanent and impermeable Berlin Wall.
George Weigel • Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
For instance, when Catholics like Pope Francis himself are now reconsidering the church’s teachings on homosexuality,[105] they find it difficult to simply acknowledge past mistakes and change the teachings. If eventually a future pope would issue an apology for the mistreatment of LGBTQ people, the way to do it would be to again shift the blame to
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
