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Saturday, May 17, 2008
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Mark Shea

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Benedict in America
“They say, ‘His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.’"

So wrote the Apostle Paul describing the scuttlebutt about himself in one of his periodic gusts of annoyance with the Church at Corinth. The Corinthians had definite ideas about what an apostle should look and sound like and Paul did not measure up in their eyes. Part of the problem apparently was that there seemed to be a disconnect in the minds of the Corinthians between how Paul sounded in print and the way he came off in person. More

More Sheavings

  1. 5 Myths about 7 Books
  2. It Didn't Go Out with Vatican II
  3. Is the Second Coming Necessary?
  4. Are Saints "New Revelation?"
  5. The Trinity and Real Life
  6. Letters! Oh We Get Letters!
  7. What the Church Means by "Merit"
  8. Why Tithe?
  9. The Mother of the Son: The Case for Marian Devotion
  10. Purgatory? Where's That in the Bible?
  11. Are Sacraments Narrow
  12. "Too Much" vs. "Just Enough"
  13. Mere Theism: The Case for God
  14. "You Can't Legislate Morality"
  15. If Christ Has Not Been Raised: The Evidence for the Resurrection
  16. Asking Questions
  17. The Benefits of Belief
  18. Self-Control: The Unpopular Fruit of the Spirit
  19. The Temptation of Christ
  20. The Woman Taken in Adultery
  21. Toying with Evil: May a Catholic Advocate Torture?
  22. The Pope As Flag
  23. Who Do You Say I Am?
  24. Death and Laughter
  25. Prudence
  26. Between Atheism and the New Age
  27. Indulgences: The World's Most Misunderstood Spiritual Gifts
  28. No Harm Will Befall You
  29. Mercy
  30. What is Sacred Tradition?
  31. What is Salvation?
  32. Questioning in Faith
  33. How Tradition Gave Us the Bible
  34. Materialist Magic
  35. The Discovery of the Trinity
  36. Because It's True
  37. Materialist Magic
  38. An Examination of Conscience for Parents
  39. The Gift of Lent
  40. Catholic "Officialdom" and Theological Ambiguity
  41. Teaching the Theology of the Body
  42. Cooperating with the Creator: Birth Control and the Church
  43. Mortal Sins and Venial Sins
  44. How I Changed my Mind About Mary
  45. Why the Church has Creeds
  46. Three Guidelines for Reading Scripture
  47. Saints: Our Unseen Prayer Partners
  48. In Praise of Parrot Prayer
  49. Women Priests?
  50. Apologetics or Apologies?
  51. Between the Skeptic and the Fundamentalist: A Study In Balance
  52. In the Breaking of the Bread
  53. Mariaphobic Response Syndrome
  54. Mariaphobic Response Syndrome: Part II
  55. In Defense of Theology
  56. The Incoherence of Atheism
  57. The Incoherence of Atheism - Part II
  58. The Incoherence of Atheism - Part III
  59. Angels
  60. Angels - Part II
  61. Angels - Part III
  62. Two Kinds of Questions
  63. Intellectual Fisticuffs: Some Thoughts on the Apologetics Subculture
  64. What Has Jesus Changed?
  65. Why Catholics Don't Know What They're Talking About
  66. Technological Messianism