A Short History of the Second Vatican Council
Catholic Theology in the 20th century is a fascinating history filled with drama, brilliant minds, and a good dose of polemics. In the...
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Dom Dalmasso
Jul 2412 min read
The Virgin Birth & Political Theology
"But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the...
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Dom Dalmasso
Jul 35 min read
A Contribution to the Trad Conversation
Although I am not a traditionalist, I would like to take up some of the talking points floating around in the tradosphere and add to a...
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Dom Dalmasso
Mar 2510 min read
Iconodulia in Ratzinger & Aquinas
In his letter to the Colossians, Saint Paul tells us that “[Jesus Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all...
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Dom Dalmasso
Dec 19, 202319 min read
Catholicism in light of Fiducia Supplicans
Part 1 On Monday 18 December 2023 the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the office in the Vatican that deals with doctrinal...
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Dom Dalmasso
Dec 14, 20235 min read
Sexual Purity and Dulia in Paul
Below is a collage of passages [with my additions in brackets] taken from Pope Saint John Paul II’s audiences on the Theology of the Body...
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Dom Dalmasso
Dec 8, 202314 min read
Mary Created Free in Grace
The first line of the Apostle’s creed reads: “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.” Belief in Creation is...
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Dom Dalmasso
Nov 28, 20237 min read
Vatican II & the Eclipse of God
It has now been almost sixty years since the Second Vatican Council and the Church still seeks to find its bearing in the midst of...
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Dom Dalmasso
Sep 25, 20234 min read
The Virgin Birth
Although there is no denial of Jesus's virgin birth, there seems to be an initial silence on it in the nascent Church. The first indirect...
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Dom Dalmasso
Sep 24, 20234 min read
The Keys to the Eucharist
Some Protestant friends of mine have objected to the jurisdictional claims of the papacy by pointing to several texts in the Church's...
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Dom Dalmasso
Sep 6, 20233 min read
Ratzinger on Bitterness and Division
Below is an excerpt from Joseph Ratzinger's work Introduction to Christianity. From pages 342 to 345. [The Church is Holy]. Is the Church...
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Dom Dalmasso
Sep 3, 20236 min read
The Mariology of Lumen Gentium
Lumen Gentium paragraph 66 of chapter VIII opens as follows: “Placed by the grace of God, as God's Mother, next to her Son, and exalted...
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Dom Dalmasso
Jul 11, 20238 min read
The Meaning Crisis
The fitness industry, political activism, mystical practices, psychotherapy… the salad bar of the “meaning market” has all the options we...
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Dom Dalmasso
Jul 1, 202315 min read
Genesis and Biological Evolution
Edit: Since I wrote this article I've changed my mind on the relationship between "time" and "matter." Which means I will eventually have...
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Dom Dalmasso
Jun 28, 20234 min read
Theology and the Modern Man
The reason why faithful modern theologians are not just interesting reading companions but indispensable interlocutors, is that they are...
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Dom Dalmasso
Jun 25, 20238 min read
The Christo-logic of Reality
Subjectivity, personal agency, and experience have taken up a central place in contemporary philosophy. What is the explanation for this...
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Dom Dalmasso
May 4, 202355 min read
SSPX: Indefensible
Foreword: In "SSPX: Indefensible," Noah and Wesley Weidig, both former SSPX adherents, offer us a tour de force which thoroughly and...
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Dom Dalmasso
Apr 12, 20236 min read
Dear Agnostic
Dear agnostic, A blog post about religion. Here we go again. What is it with organized religion always trying to control others? And...
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Dom Dalmasso
Apr 5, 20234 min read
White Shores and Beyond
By Dom Dalmasso As a child I was close to my grandmother, especially during the time she lived with us in France. I spent countless hours...
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Dom Dalmasso
Mar 13, 202314 min read
Communion with the Church and the SSPX
By Andy M Growing up in traditionalist circles, I often heard the phrase “in communion with the church,” especially regarding the SSPX...
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