Monthly Archives: August 2014

St Vincent of Lérins: The Consentient Council of the Doctors of the Church

Posted on 31 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

When one is involved in a knock-down, drag-out doctrinal debate, a dogmatic definition is awfully handy to have at hand. It always puts one’s opponent on the defensive. Occasionally it even wins the argument. But what if the Church has … Continue reading →

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Collect for Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne

Posted on 31 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

O loving God, who called your servant Aidan from the peace of a cloister to re-establish the Christian mission in northern England, and endowed him with gentleness, simplicity and strength: Grant, we ask you, that we, following his example, may … Continue reading →

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St Vincent of Lérins: Are Ecumenical Councils Infallible?

Posted on 28 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

It is now time to get down to cases. How does St Vincent of Lérins envision the practical resolution of doctrinal disputes? How does the Church go about distinguishing between profectus and permutationes? In the beginning of the Commonitorium, Vincent … Continue reading →

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Hermits of our Time

Posted on 27 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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St Vincent of Lérins and John Henry Newman—and the Immaculate Conception too!

Posted on 26 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Doctrine develops—that much is patent. All one needs to do is to read a volume or two of Jaroslav Pelikan’s The Christian Tradition to resolve any doubts. The only question is whether a given development faithfully expresses, elucidates, and unfolds … Continue reading →

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St Vincent of Lérins: Doctrine Grows to Remain the Same

Posted on 24 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“One only understands the Vincentian canon,” Thomas Guarino writes, “if one sees that the truth of semper, ubique, et ab omnibus is known and preserved in actu ecclesiae, in the living and dynamic life of the church in all of … Continue reading →

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“Roast fish cooked on the cross upon the fire of love”

Posted on 23 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Be so attentive in continuing your affections and fervent in the spirit of devotion that when the cry is raised, ‘the Bridegroom is coming,’ you will be able to meet him with faithfulness and with the lamps of your souls … Continue reading →

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History or Theology?

Posted on 22 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel
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