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Dom Dalmasso
Aug 13, 202410 min read
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 24, 202412 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
Mar 25, 202410 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 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
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 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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Dom Dalmasso
Mar 3, 20236 min read
Progressive Catholicism is not Inclusive Enough
By Dom Dalmasso It has been said that there are structures of exclusion in the Church which alienate some of our fellow human beings in...
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Dom Dalmasso
Feb 21, 202335 min read
Ottaviani Intervention Debunked
The main text of this post is an English translation of a Doctrinal Memorandum written in French in 1970 by Dom Gérard Lafond and sent to...
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Dom Dalmasso
Feb 17, 202312 min read
Let There Be No Schisms Among Us
By Andrew Bartel There are three exits in Christ’s Church: heresy, apostasy, and schism. Most Christians have an adequate understanding...
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Dom Dalmasso
Feb 16, 20239 min read
A Step-by-Step Theological Explanation of the Roman Missal
By Dom Dalmasso Before commencing a pedagogical and catechetical walk-through of the Roman Missal, an important preliminary theological...
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