The Ratzinger Proposal

“The Ratzinger Proposal”, which then cardinal Ratzinger penned in 1987, in which he proposed a return to the understanding of the Roman primacy which prevailed before the Great Schism, and would not impose the formulas of the recent centuries (ie, Vatican I):
http://merecath.tumblr.com/post/32542902/the-ratzinger-proposal
–Daniel Nichols

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A Question

Recently we have had a long conversation here regarding the prospects for reunion with the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
One of the biggest obstacles, according to some, is the Orthodox praxis regarding marriage, which allows a second, nonsacramental union for the innocent party in a shattered marriage.
 
I understand the concern for the integrity of marriage, and [...]

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Sunday Night Journal — 5/25/2008

Forgot to post this link earlier in the week:
A Sudden Case of Liturgical Indifference
–Maclin Horton

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Some Random Predictions

In no particular order, some things I’ve been thinking for a while. Most are serious, some are tongue-in-cheek. You try and figure out which is which.
1) John McCain will not be the Republican nominee.
After the Punch and Judy show is over, after Hillary Clinton has morphed into Ma Kettle and has been dragged kicking and [...]

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Sunday Night Journal — 5/18/2008

Love and Prayer (a conjecture)
—Maclin Horton

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Sunday Night Journal — 5/11/2008

Graduation Day
–Maclin Horton

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What Is the Church of Jesus Christ?

[Ed. note: I ran into some technical difficulties with this document, blog posts not generally having niceties such as end notes, and Microsoft being the spawn of Satan. Any problems with formatting are probably a result of that process and will be corrected, if possible, when noted.--Maclin Horton]
About a year and a [...]

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Sunday Night Journal — 4/27/2008

Men, Women, Sex, and Reality
—Maclin Horton

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