Human failure, soberly appreciated, reveals the faithfulness of God. Even in pitch-black darkness, divine generativity and grace, mysterious and uncategorizable, still go on.
In this second part of a two-part essay on the disciplining of Fr Ramey who declined to celebrate the Eucharist for three years, we explore the theology of the priesthood.
The Rev. Cayce Ramey, a Virginia rector, abstained from celebrating the Holy Eucharist for three years and was disciplined. What theological lessons might be learned?
The fourth article of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral speaks about bishops. Maybe it should also say something about parishes, local congregations where people come to faith in Jesus.
Lent is often a time of catechesis, and it is an especially opportune season to explore one of the most basic catechetical questions, “Why did Jesus have to die?”