tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378664809575332951.post8661507233337850919..comments2023-05-26T06:57:12.894-07:00Comments on Prairie Father: Doing HistoryFr. Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12521567810674983410noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378664809575332951.post-35348320597777936582012-09-11T21:51:20.429-07:002012-09-11T21:51:20.429-07:00I truly wish I were taking your class. Really.
Th...I truly wish I were taking your class. Really.<br /><br />That's an average of a century every ten minutes, which I find extraordinary. That is most definitely a romp through the centuries. Fr. Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521567810674983410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378664809575332951.post-74517765475558598912012-09-11T21:39:42.298-07:002012-09-11T21:39:42.298-07:00You likely would have recoiled in horror at the le...You likely would have recoiled in horror at the lecture I gave to the seminarians on Monday: covering 1800 years of the history of canon law in an hour and a half! It was cursory at best, and consisted of vast generalizations and simplifications. I was tempted to omit it entirely. But alas, I got my one point across, I think, which was that John Paul II did not just sit down in 1983 and write out the Code of Canon Law, but our Church's canonical history is as rich as its theological history, and that every canon has centuries of wisdom, prudence, and practical application behind it. If that is all they understand, then I think I have to be satisfied and move on to the ius vigens, at least in a survey course like it is. <br /><br />I do remember you talking about your thesis, though. I would love to read it.<br /><br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378664809575332951.post-27303147318439731292012-09-11T21:10:13.191-07:002012-09-11T21:10:13.191-07:00I do not necessarily disagree. Miracles attribute...I do not necessarily disagree. Miracles attributed to modern saints undergo rigorous scientific examination before achieving designation as miraculous. It bears repeating, however, that the miraculous, by definition, defies explanation. More to my point, though, is this: Can something, even though fully explainable by means of scientific objectivity, not remain fully reflective of God's glory? Are the aurora borealis any less majestic or transcendent even though we know how they occur? Can God, the author of science, not use the discipline to reveal himself? Must we not, as a matter of faith, direct our attention to Him who makes all things possible, even as we discover more acutely how he does so?Fr. Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521567810674983410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378664809575332951.post-35007618332160772722012-09-11T20:09:27.638-07:002012-09-11T20:09:27.638-07:00I agree that one should look at the miricles of th...I agree that one should look at the miricles of the faith as fact and hence added to the acknowlgement of the historians. However there need be a regulatory guideline to which the miricles be held. So as to defend the said miricle and stand strong behind it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378664809575332951.post-30631333653123510752012-09-11T18:28:42.504-07:002012-09-11T18:28:42.504-07:00Love it, Father -- and thanks for the link!Love it, Father -- and thanks for the link!J. Thorphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16240583195604796756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378664809575332951.post-41912970145124626982012-09-11T16:41:58.206-07:002012-09-11T16:41:58.206-07:00Yes!!!!!Yes!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com