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From Canterbury to Rome
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awelborn
via John Derbyshire at The Corner A well-known (I guess) Anglican intellectual will leap the Tiber, but not before some parting shots “My new book is not actually a criticism of the Church of England,” says Canon Edward Norman, chancellor of York Minster, choosing his words with donnish precision. Is he serious? Two minutes later,…
Mere Comments
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awelborn
Leon Podles comments on the Passion The negative reviewers don’t to seem to realize that they are in the film too: the shadowy figure that tempts Christ, saying that no human being can bear all the sins of the world, the negative, carping spirit that sneers at suffering. The Catholic bishops have not shown enthusiasm…
HMSU
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awelborn
Catholic Exchange has a piece on the HMSUniversity, the first offerings of which include a workshop on parables led by me
Official Review
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awelborn
From the USCCB film office, via CNS. Fair and balanced, I thought. Like other films on Christ’s life, “The Passion” does not simply translate a single Gospel narrative onto the screen. Rather it is a composite of the Passion narratives in the four Gospels embroidered with nonscriptural traditions as well as the imaginative inspiration of…
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