Rescindentes verbum Dei per traditionem vestramThe Paleocrat, my good friend, brother in Christ,and godfather of my youngest daughter, has been doing a series of posts on ahighly revered twentieth century Protest…
PrefaceAfter a long and somewhat fruitful Lenten season (and now more thanhalf-way into Paschaltide), I feel that I am now able to return to some seriouswriting here. Some of you have expressed interest that I co…
Quodomnis prophetia scripturæ propria interpretatione non fitAtthe forefront of every doctrinal debate is the rôle of the Sacred Scriptures. Evenbeyond the basic and fundamental problem of which books are to be…
Quodcumque ligaveris super terram erit ligatum in cælisOne common theme in the apologetic of a Novatore is his incessant insistence that the Church is fallible. Itis said that she cannot – nor has she ever been abl…
Pope Pius XII on the Novatores "In all this confusion of opinion it is some consolation to Us to see
former adherents of rationalism today frequently desiring to return to the
fountain of divinely communicated truth, …
The Parable of the Employee Handbook If I had a choice between obeying my
boss, and merely doing things according to my own interpretation of the
employee handbook, I know which one I would choose. And boy, would I
r…
Orthodoxy, Heresy, and the Church Regarding orthodoxy and heresy, nobody would ever contest that the Scriptures are the primary source. All of the Councils, and the anathemas, definitions, and creeds contained therein a…