(Via Ressourcement of Course)
Yes, it has been a long time since We at Rerum Novarum have updated this humble weblog. (Over three and a half months in fact.) Nonetheless, this update is substantially completed though We reserve the right of course to make additional adjustments in the coming days as needed. Without further ado, here are the additions listed by category:
Weblog Special Reports, Commemorations, Retrospectives, Etc:
"Raising an Irish Shotglass to Dad" Dept. [>>>]
Guest Editorial on the Passion of the Christ (Written by Mark Downey; Additional Commentary by Stephen Hand and I. Shawn McElhinney) [>>>]
On Emailing Rerum Novarum or Receiving Email From Us [>>>]
Miscellaneous Musings on "Funks" and How to Avoid Them While Blogging [>>>]
On Political/Social Subjects in General:
On So-Called "Gay Marriage" (Dialogue With Pete Vere) [>>>]
On Workable Remedies for Societies' Problems (Dialogue With Kevin Tierney) [>>>]
On the US Constitution and the Fundamental Rights of Man:
Society's Ills, the Function of Law in a Just Society, Etc. (Dialogue With Kevin Tierney) [>>>]
On Political Election Topics:
On the 2004 Election [>>>]
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Miscellaneous Musings on Al Queda, Spain, John Kerry, Etc. [>>>]
More on John Kerry, Spain, Al Queda, Etc. [>>>]
On the 9-11 Commission (With Greg Mockeridge) [>>>]
On the Recent War and War in General:
Rerum Novarum Pays Tribute to Pat Tillman [>>>]
On Nick Berg and the Animals Who Killed Him (Not for Viewing by Children) [>>>]
Briefly on the Iraqi Prison Scandal [>>>]
On the Second Vatican Council:
Points to Ponder From Melkite Patriarch Maximos IV Saigh (Parts I-IV) [>>>]
On Particular Philosophical Subjects:
Brief Response and a Request to Tim Enloe [>>>]
A Followup Response to Tim Enloe on Proposed Dialogue [>>>]
Reprising a Request for Dialogue on Foundational Premises (to Tim Enloe) [>>>]
On Adoption in the Spirit (With Apolonio Latar III) [>>>]
On 'Traditionalism' (Falsely So-Called):
More Sedevacantist Nonsense [>>>]
Deconstructing Another Dyspeptic "Traditionalist" [>>>]
Responding to Another "Traditionalist" Wannabee [>>>]
On 'Traditionalism' (Properly So-Called):
Miscellaneous Musings on Communion Reception [>>>]
More on Intincture and the Common Good [>>>]
Mail From A Former "Traditionalist" [>>>]
More Mail From A Former "Traditionalist" [>>>]
Briefly on David Palm's Novelty Article, Etc. [>>>]
On the Recent CDWDS Document (With F. John Loughnan) [>>>]
Dialogue on Self-Styled "Traditionalism" (With Dr. Philip Blosser) [>>>]
On Certain Controverted "Hotpoint" Subjects Pertaining to Doctrine:
Natural Law vs. Personalist Approaches to Theology [>>>]
Briefly on Ressourcement Methodology [>>>]
On Other Controverted Subjects:
On the Pope, Moral Principles, the UN, and Stephen Hand [>>>]
Miscellaneous Musings on Weblog Maintenance and the Continued Existence of Rerum Novarum) [>>>]
Miscellaneous Morning Musings (on The Passion of the Christ) [>>>]
Briefly on The Passion of the Christ [>>>]
On the Death Penalty With SAM and Dave [>>>]
On Theological and Liturgical Ressourcement, 'Traditionalist' Schools of Thought, Abortion, and Other Subjects (Dialogue With Kevin Tierney and Pete Vere) [>>>]
An Activist Call Against the "Morning After" Pill [>>>]
Spiritual Instruction:
Meditations on the Dark Night of the Soul [>>>]
Shawn's Eastern Catholic Corner Approved Links:
Omnibus Compertium Encyclical Epistle on Unity Among the Greek Melkites (Pope Leo XIII) [>>>]
Other Approved Sites or Links of Interest:
A second division was made in this column for the magisterial texts grouped here to separate them from the other links.
Quanta Cura Encyclical Letter on Condemning Errors (Pope Pius IX) [>>>]
Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum Encyclical Letter on Appealing for Peace (Pope Benedict XV) [>>>]
Mediator Dei Encyclical Letter on the Sacred Liturgy (Pope Pius XII) [>>>]
Ecclesiam Suam Encyclical Letter on the Church's Path in the Modern World (Pope Paul VI) [>>>]
Lumen Gentium Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Second Vatican Ecumenical Council) [>>>]
Veritatis Splendour Encyclical Letter on Fundamental Questions of the Church's Moral Teaching (Pope John Paul II) [>>>]
As all of these additions and modifications meet with my approval, by virtue of my authority as Sovereign Thane and Lord High Executioner of Rerum Novarum, I promulgate these additions in perpetuity all things to the contary notwithstanding.
