March 2018 - Page 3 of 3

Mar 5 2018

Christchurch Diocese Strong Support for Way to Allow Blessing Committed Same-Sex Couples

I remind especially new commenters here that the culture of this site is light over heat – no anonymous comments (unless in exceptional cases where your normal name would make you vulnerable); no ad-hominem comments. Remember, there are real people we are talking about, and real people reading what we write here. On Saturday (3

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Mar 2 2018

Paul Martin – New Bishop of Christchurch

By Bosco Peters / 2 Comments

Tomorrow (Saturday, 3 March), Fr Paul Martin SM will be ordained a bishop. He is the tenth Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch – the first was also a Marist Father. Congratulations to him, and prayers for him and his community. I met Fr Paul from time to time in his role as Deputy Rector in

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Mar 1 2018

So Long Sola and Solo Scriptura

By Bosco Peters / 27 Comments

The above picture has been doing the internet rounds as a way to somehow attempt to save those who follow sola-scriptura (the “Bible alone”) from its inherent tendency to individualism and, concomitantly, incessant fragmentation. Serious analysis of the rate of sola-scriptura fragmentation shows the rapid approach of the time when the rate of fragmentation of

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