Jul
20
Compendium of the Catechism
July 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
And the Compendium is now online in English. Here’s the link: Compendium linkTo Catholic and non-Catholic alike, a summary of Church doctrine.
Jul
20
Evangelism as a duty
July 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
As I keep hearing about the Christian duty of evangelism, I return in my mind to my opinion of four years ago. At a meeting of a local Christian women’s group I attended (because it happened to have been held at my house), the ladies seemed to think that they should run around to the [...]
Jul
20
War in the Middle East
July 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Now this is a more accurate description of war than the massacres that characterised the ‘war’ in Iraq. I am always inclined to defend the Israelite advance, but their increasing aggression while using the pretext of kidnapped soldiers seems a little much. Of course, the Lebanese Hizbollah will happily retaliate. Dear Lord, may this end [...]
Jul
20
Account of Islam from St. John of Damascus
July 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Here’s an interesting thing. Of course, I am biased towards St. John. However, his account of the Muslims he spoke to is funny. I place this link here because I found it interesting:
http://www.bombaxo.com/blog/?p=210
I should be interested to hear a Muslim’s reply to this rather long article. St. John frequently describes the Muslims to be silent [...]