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Daniel Gullotta… |
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 Imagio Dei! In this essay Daniel Gullotta takes a look back seeking to understand the Hebrew understanding of the human person and the origins of this idea that we human beings are made in the image and likeness of God. How did we come to this understanding? This commentary was originally submitted as an essay in his theology studies at ACU. <more>
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Dr Ian Elmer… |
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 Paul's Last Will and Testament! Dr Elmer provides his own introduction today: Romans was the last of Paul's letters; in effect, his last will and testament. It remains, however, a bit of mystery — we do not know precisely why Paul wrote it in the first place; especially since it seems clear enough that Paul was not the founder of the Roman church. Paul speaks of having "desired for many years" to visit the Christians in Rome (15:23; cf. 1:11-13), whose reputation for faith has spread "throughout the whole world" (1:8). Accordingly, the letter seems to have functioned as a letter of introduction; but Paul had reasons other than this evangelistic purpose. <more>
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Tom McMahon… |
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 Reporting on his Aussie Odyssey #2 Today Tom McMahon is pondering the d and m's of what sparked his desire to undertake an Aussie Odyssey. He claims he came fishing. We're a skeptical mob down here though when people start banging on about the deep and meaningfuls. One thing shine through though: while they might have taken the title of priest away from Tom they weren't able to knock the vocation of priestly service out of him. <more>
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Dr Andrew Kania… |
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 Ambassadors — of the Faith Andrew Kania entitled today's essay "Ambassadors – of the Faith (cf. John 17: 20-21)" and that perhaps gives a clue to where he wishes to place his emphasis. It's a commentary about an important subject: the responsibility incumbent upon us all to restore unity to the Christian Church. In today's email [LINK] Catholica editor, Brian Coyne, poses some further questions to open up this discussion even further. <more>
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SPECIAL SERIES: The Invention of Christianity – The Future by Tom Lee |
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 17.1: Official status as a state religion… How Christianity emerged as such a worldly force is an intriguing tale given all the persecution the early Christians were subjected to. Our excerpt today from Tom Lee's exploration of the origins of Christianity looks, in part, at the place where the Church first began to get official recognition as the religion of a state. No it wasn't from Rome but from Armenia. <more>
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Dr Patrick Collins… |
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 Thomas Merton on Priesthood... Priesthood is in the news again. Pope Benedict has called for the year beginning on 19th June to be dedicated as a Year for Priesthood. We have our own on-going discussion on Catholica on the changing nature of priesthood today. Today it is our pleasure to present a thoughtful reflection put together by Dr Patrick Collins which looks at the maturation of views Thomas Merton had towards the nature of priesthood before he died. This reflection will be of great interest to priests who are reflecting on their roles today as it will be to lay people who are questioning what sort of priests we need today — or even if priesthood as we've known it for millennia is as relevant in our lives as it was in the past. <more>
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Brian Coyne
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