There is much discussion these days about the changes taking place in the Roman Catholic church. One of the changes that is said to be most noticeable is the openness of that church toward non-Roman Catholics. This is evidenced by an increasing number of discussions of various types which are taking place between Protestants and […]
Aggiornamento is Italian for “up-dating” and is the key word in today’s Roman Catholic circles. In the last five years dramatic changes have been taking place—so dramatic that a decade ago they were not considered possible. How fundamental has this change been? Is it central or peripheral? Aggiornamento is associated chiefly with John XXIII (pope from 1958–1963) […]
Recently Time magazine (Oct. 16, 1964) ran a short article on one of the unusual men of our age, suggesting that he “has emerged as one of the century’s most remarkable prophetic thinkers, an Aquinas of the atomic era.” In an interesting column we are reminded of the uniqueness of Teilhard du Chardin, Jesuit father who […]
Roman Catholicism is changing, so they say. Many people are expecting great things from the conciliar meetings, some already held and others to be held in Rome. As one of our Roman Catholic neighbors said the other day, “Now at last we’ll all be one.” She herself seldom attends mass and has little time for the church. […]
Strange things are happening within the Roman church. Today we witness a definitely medieval church trying to catch up with a modem world. But Rome is making this attempt in a unique way. Nowhere do we read of any repudiation of the principles which were championed for so many years. Instead, in carefully couched language […]
Infiltration: A Method which Catholics and Communists both use. There are in the world today two movements which on the one hand are diametrically opposed to one another, but which on the other hand copy each other’s methods and admire each other’s organization and success. They are International Communism and the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal D’Alston, […]
Catholic Action is an Organized, Planned, and Worldwide Program for the Extension of the Hierarchical Power at the Roman Catholic Church. The degree to which Catholic Action is organized both on the local and international levels is amazing. Cardinal Gracias of Bombay has said that part of the genius of Catholic Action lies in the degree […]
What is Latria? Do you need a few clues? It’s not a small country near Estonia. It’s not a large tropical rodent. It is an important issue facing the Christian Reformed Church. The Christian Reformed Synod is currently considering whether to revise question and answer 80 of the Heidelberg Catechism. This Q.&A. deals with the […]
And Jesus led his disciples out as far as Bethany and said to them: “Go ye into all the world, teaching all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things what so ever I have commanded you, and, lo, I am […]
As we mentioned in our study of the Belgic Confession’s articles on justification, our Lord Jesus Christ won for us two great benefits (what the Reformer’s called the duplex beneficium), justification (arts. 2223) and sanctification (arts. 24-25). Justification deals with the guilt of sin and sanctification with the pollution of sin. This, from the outset, […]