Wednesday, May 19, 2004

The Aggiornamento of Rerum Novarum:
(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 [>>>]

John F -word Kerry's Voting Record Revisited [>>>]

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.


Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Though I have discussed it on message boards before, I do not believe it has graced the archives of Rerum Novarum -though I am sure if I am mistaken on this that someone will at some point tell me. Nonetheless, here is a good example of why I have long taken Santayana's dictum about history so seriously:

The Myth of the Flat Earth

Thanks for the link Greg.
Briefly on the Unconstitutionality of Brown vs. Board of Education, Etc.

One of the nice things about being part of St. Blog's is that the odds are good that someone will cover an issue that We intend to talk about. (And they do it so well that We do not feel compelled to write about it Ourselves.) This is what The Mighty One did today with the subject of Brown vs. Board of Education a landmark perversion of constitutional law that that set the table for Roe vs. Wade and numerous other abominations.{1}

This is not to say that Brown was the first judicial perversion of its kind in American history of course. However, it did set the tone for such decisions eventually becoming normal rather than remaining as an occasional abominable exception as was the case prior to 1954. Anyway, give the Barrister's commentary a read and notice how well it meshes with what We have often noted on this weblog about the role of law in a just society. See the weblog column titled On the US Constitution and the Fundamental Rights of Man for many of the posts blogged through January of 2004. (In the coming days, We will be updating this weblog and adding to the various categories in the side margin including the aforementioned one.)

Note:

{1} Not to mention the kind of faulty reasoning that sustains such injustices.

Monday, May 17, 2004

A Rerum Novarum Weblog Update:

I have finally gotten and formatted all of the weblog posts that will go into the weblog update in the coming days. All that remains is to (i) sort them by category, (ii) add them to the margin, (iii) save the template, (iv) copy and paste the updated template to my private weblog, {v) save the template of the private weblog, (vi) republish the private weblog template so the changes take hold (vii) republish the template at Rerum Novarum after it has been updated (viii) post a note to the weblog indicating changes made with solemn promulgation formulary. In short, there is still plenty to do but the hardest of the process is completed. The rest should be tended to in the coming days if all goes according to plan.