Sheed - Understanding the Trinity

For the Record: The late author and publisher, Frank Sheed, offered this to help understand the mystery of the Blessed Trinity. Courtesy of Ignatius Insight.

Condom-minimum

Given the brouhaha over the comments of Benedict XVI regarding condoms, I find the commentary of my publisher here to be the most measured, historically-oriented, and balanced. With the Holy Father, one must always remember that he takes the long view, speaks with the Fathers of the Church, and, in this case, is not speaking definitively ex cathedra. See what you think.

If Martin had met Thomas

For the record: my old Church history professor at Duke, David Steinmetz, has a nice piece of theological inquiry in The Christian Century entitled, Aquinas for Protestants - What Luther Got Wrong. [ht: Francis Beckwith]