Required Jesuit reading

If you enjoy reading someone explain Church teaching with an...um...inimitably Jesuit tone of voice -- and I, for one, do -- then you have to pick up Women Priests and other Fantasies by Fr. Vincent P. Miceli, SJ, whom we have mentioned here previously. Not only does Father set about to gleefully slaughter many of the sacred cows of the zeitgeist (Socialism and its manifest incompatibility with Christian doctrine, Revolution and Christ, modernism, etc.) he does so with clarity and a surfeit of wit.

Such as this gem from the intro:

This book declares that the truth is the highest object of theology and philosophy. Unfortunately, it is not always the highest object of theologians and philosophers.

It's a breeze of a read and highly recommended!

AMDG,

-J.

If you enjoy reading someone explain Church teaching with an...um...inimitably Jesuit tone of voice -- and I, for one, do -- then you have to pick up Women Priests and other Fantasies by Fr. Vincent P. Miceli, SJ, whom we have mentioned here previously. Not only does Father set about to gleefully slaughter many of the sacred cows of the zeitgeist (Socialism and its manifest incompatibility with Christian doctrine, Revolution and Christ, modernism, etc.) he does so with clarity and a surfeit of wit.

Such as this gem from the intro:

This book declares that the truth is the highest object of theology and philosophy. Unfortunately, it is not always the highest object of theologians and philosophers.

It's a breeze of a read and highly recommended!

AMDG,

-J.

Comments

[Brian Van Hove]

More required reading:

John McDermott, S.J., "Science, sexual morality, and Church teaching: another look at Humanae vitae." Irish Theological Quarterly 70 (2005): 237-261.

Abstract: How does the modern understanding of science and technology affect the Church's traditional interpretation of the natural law? Is freedom opposed to the necessities of nature? Can there be exceptions to the natural law? Humanae Vitae provided a test case where opposing ideas of 'nature' emerged, giving rise to different theologies. The encyclical, together with subsequent magisterial teaching, has also provided the basis for the development of a rich theology of marriage.

Father McDermott is a member of the International Theological Commission and he teaches at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan.

[khall356]

I am curious as to the nature of the "subsequent magisterial teaching." If I could have married my now dearly departed horse (of happy memory) and no one told me, I will NOT be happy.

[JoeGarcia]

Karen,

That might have to wait until the Spirit of Vatican Three shows up.

Father,

Thanks! Perhaps we could ::cough, cough:: have a list of Required Jesuit Reading on the sidebar...

[Brian Van Hove]

Making it too easy would take away all your fun. :)