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The Pontificator becomes the Ruminator 31 Oct 2012 | 08:49 pm
After several years away of self-imposed exile from the blogosphere, I have begun blogging again. I have entitled my new blog Eclectic Orthodoxy. It is different from what Pontifications used to be....
Communion Prayer of Philoxenus of Mabbug 12 Sep 2009 | 02:18 am
When you have extended your hands and taken the body, bow, and put your hands before your face, and worship the living Body whom you hold. Then speak with him in a low voice, and with your gaze restin...
Is the Episcopal Church a Truly Catholic Church? 29 Jul 2008 | 11:16 pm
Is the Episcopal Church a truly catholic Church? I ask this question in response to a series of blog articles and comments written by the Rev. Dr. Daniel K. Dunlap. I reference in particular the follo...
The Sacramentality of Sacraments 7 Apr 2008 | 07:17 am
by Fr Alvin Kimel One of my favorite books on the Holy Eucharist is Alexander Schmemann’s The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom. I read it shortly after it was published in the late ’80s and have r...
The Sacrifice of Transubstantiation 26 Mar 2008 | 09:22 am
by Fr Alvin Kimel In his Natural History of Religion, the 18th century philosopher David Hume famously derides the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, asserting that no tenet in paganism invites...
Internet Articles on Eucharist 22 Mar 2008 | 11:08 pm
I recently found on the net the following articles that may be of interest: Herbert McCabe, “Eucharistic Change” Terence Nichols, “‘This is my body’: how to understand transubstantiation” Aidan Kav...
Is Transubstantiation Bodily Enough? 17 Mar 2008 | 11:04 pm
by Fr Alvin Kimel “The colour and shape of the host is not the colour and shape of Christ’s body; the location of the host, its being on the altar does not mean that Christ’s body is located on the a...
The Risen Christ and the Language of God 14 Mar 2008 | 10:50 pm
(Revised and expanded) by Fr Alvin Kimel “Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews therefore said, ‘It took forty-six years to build thi...
Clinging to Externals: Weak Faith and the Power of the Sacraments 5 Mar 2008 | 05:24 am
by Phillip Cary, Ph.D. Behind the debates about the objectivity of Christ’s presence in the Reformed view of the supper are crucial pastoral questions about the nature of faith, and I think it will b...
Eucharistic Presence in Calvin 2 Mar 2008 | 01:42 am
by Phillip Cary, Ph.D. Is Christ’s body objectively present in the sacrament, according to Calvin? Unfortunately, that depends on what you mean by “objective,” which is a slippery and ambiguous word ...
