Tag Archives: Christian doctrine

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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St Vincent of Lérins: Antiquity and the Determination of Dogma

Posted on 21 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

How does the Church Catholic properly distinguish between orthodox doctrine and heretical teaching?  The question will always be with the Church, for she has been charged by her Lord to guard the deposit of divine revelation and to tradition it … Continue reading →

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St Vincent of Lérins: How Do We Discern Christian Doctrine?

Posted on 18 August 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“In the Catholic Church itself, all possible care must be taken, that we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all” (Commonitorium 2.5). During my 25 years as an Episcopal priest, I recited this famous canon of … Continue reading →

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Can Analytic Philosophers Be Saved?

Posted on 30 December 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

My tongue must be firmly placed in my check, for surely—surely!—there is one possible world in which analytic philosophers are in fact saved. Perhaps this world is that one. Perhaps. The question wickedly crossed my mind while I perused a … Continue reading →

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It’s “Nothing” All the Way Down!

Posted on 13 December 2013 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. Yet the earth was invisible and unformed, and darkness was over the abyss, and a divine wind was being carried along over the water.” (Gen 1:1-2) That the one God … Continue reading →

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