<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:18:43.655-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Culture of Christ</title><subtitle type='html'>Fighting the culture of death and secularism with the culture of Christ.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04226017144967122488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>54</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-110877876358716846</id><published>2005-02-18T20:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-03-09T22:51:03.403-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom: Pius XI on the Reconstruction of the Social Order (Quadragesimo Anno)Part 2A Leo XIII's teachings defended and developed: Private Property and OwnershipAfter outlining the benefits that have transpired since Rerum Novarum's publication (to demonstrate that Leo XIII's goals were indeed attainable and not just some lofty ideas) Pius XI seeks to defend them and indeed strengthen them. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110877876358716846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110877876358716846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2005_02_18_archive.html#110877876358716846' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-110817662207439810</id><published>2005-02-11T21:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-02-11T21:50:22.083-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom:  Pius XI on the Reconstruction of the Social OrderQuadragesimo AnnoAs I originally stated in my commentary on Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum, there are few encyclicals which had more of a monumental impact on not only the Church, but the world.  Indeed, it's impact has been so profound 3 popes have issued encyclicals celebrating it's anniversary.  Today we shall begin looking at the first</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110817662207439810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110817662207439810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2005_02_11_archive.html#110817662207439810' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-110817422008058540</id><published>2005-02-11T21:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-02-11T21:10:20.080-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>New Topic.I've been asked to cover Quadragesimo Anno by Pius XI in place of my current study on Christian education.  I have decided to so, because a proper understanding of the social order and the role of the State in such flows to a proper understanding of the Christian way of education.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110817422008058540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110817422008058540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2005_02_11_archive.html#110817422008058540' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-110626322807790297</id><published>2005-01-20T18:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-01-20T18:20:28.076-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Consequence of Ideas</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110626322807790297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110626322807790297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2005_01_20_archive.html#110626322807790297' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-110255998649287426</id><published>2004-12-08T21:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-12-08T21:39:46.493-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Time for Some Shameless Self Promotion I'm Relaunching my old weblog, Iceman's Random Thoughts, and converting it to covering the political sphere. Those of you who have been gluttons for punishment of my horrid grammar (shush Hilary :-) ) and pontifications over the past almost 3 years of me doing various things in the blogosphere on and off remember that I started with Iceman's Random </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110255998649287426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110255998649287426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_12_08_archive.html#110255998649287426' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-110170342502812965</id><published>2004-11-28T23:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-11-28T23:43:45.026-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Pius XIChristian EducationPart 2c: The Role ofSociety in EducationIt must be borne in mind also that the obligation of the family to bring up children, includes not only religious and moral education, but physical and civic education as well, principally in so far as it touches upon religion and morality. Here the Pontiff outlines that education is more than just morality and religion, but </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110170342502812965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/110170342502812965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_11_28_archive.html#110170342502812965' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109925870702115535</id><published>2004-10-31T15:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-10-31T16:38:27.020-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Being a Witness When You VoteMoses was commanded by God to tell Pharaoh to let His people go. Moses told Pharaoh, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Let my people go" (Exodus 5:1). He was addressing a political figure, Pharaoh, and was "lobbying" to let the people of God go. Pharaoh, himself not a Hebrew, treated the people of God badly as if they were simply robots to be commanded. He did</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109925870702115535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109925870702115535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_10_31_archive.html#109925870702115535' title=''/><author><name>Ap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04226017144967122488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109761830101369818</id><published>2004-10-12T17:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-10-12T17:58:21.013-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom: Pius XI Divini Illius MagistriPart IIb: The Role of the Family in EducationIn the first place the Church's mission of education is in wonderful agreement with that of the family, for both proceed from God, and in a remarkably similar manner. God directly communicates to the family, in the natural order, fecundity, which is the principle of life, and hence also the principle of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109761830101369818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109761830101369818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_10_12_archive.html#109761830101369818' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109693842315315902</id><published>2004-10-04T20:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-10-04T21:07:03.153-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom:  Pius XI Divini Illius MagistriPart II:  The Three Socities Education is essentially a social and not a mere individual activity.I think it would be wise to stress a fact that even the smartest of us humans tend to overlook.  We do not know everything.  We can't possibly know everything, finite minds as we are.  Therefore, one cannot completely educate themselves.  Tradition </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109693842315315902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109693842315315902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_10_04_archive.html#109693842315315902' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109641271462131592</id><published>2004-09-28T18:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-09-28T21:15:15.383-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom Pius XIDivini Illius MagistriChristian Education, Part I: Some Introductory RemarksRepresentative on earth of that divine Master who while embracing in the immensity of His love all mankind, even unworthy sinners, showed nevertheless a special tenderness and affection for children, and expressed Himself in those singularly touching words: "Suffer the little children to come unto Me</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109641271462131592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109641271462131592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_09_28_archive.html#109641271462131592' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109528932522580855</id><published>2004-09-15T19:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-09-15T19:02:05.226-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Pius XI Christian Marriage completed.I will be compiling all the installments together soon, and the last section I wrote will actually be the introduction, as I believe that would be most fitting.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109528932522580855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109528932522580855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_09_15_archive.html#109528932522580855' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109528921679175814</id><published>2004-09-15T18:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-09-15T19:00:16.793-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom:  Pius XI Casti Conubii Part 4a:Moving Forward, the Divine Plan of marriageIt is then fitting that, with all fatherly solicitude, We should turn Our mind to seek out suitable remedies whereby those most detestable abuses which We have mentioned, may be removed, and everywhere marriage may again be revealed.Here Pius XI applies the age old consistent principle that anyone can </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109528921679175814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109528921679175814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_09_15_archive.html#109528921679175814' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109400757394579894</id><published>2004-08-31T21:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-09-01T14:22:02.953-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom, Pius XI, Casti ConubiiPart 3cModern Societies Attack on the Sacramental Aspect of MarriageConcluding his section on the attacks on marriage, Pius XI then goes on to the sacramental aspect.  After expounding it prievously, he then shows how it is attacked.We have so far, Venerable Brethren, shown the excellency of the first two blessings of Christian wedlock which the modern </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109400757394579894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109400757394579894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_08_31_archive.html#109400757394579894' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109286360220848694</id><published>2004-08-18T17:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-08-18T17:13:22.206-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Template AdditionsI have updated the links on the side to include all the commentaries on Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum, as well as every commentary done on Casti Conubii to this date.  I will continue to update this regularly now as every new post comes out.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109286360220848694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109286360220848694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_08_18_archive.html#109286360220848694' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109279701883638330</id><published>2004-08-17T21:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-08-17T22:43:38.836-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom, Pius XI Casti ConubiiPart 3b: Modern Societies Attack on MarriageConjugal FaithWhile separating into sections certain attacks on marriage, it is here where the majority of modern societies errors on marriage are found. It comes from a false understanding of sex, of the roles of husband and wife, and the love that binds them. We shall examine these errors in this posting.It </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109279701883638330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109279701883638330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_08_17_archive.html#109279701883638330' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109177840257834036</id><published>2004-08-06T03:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-08-06T03:46:42.576-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109177840257834036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109177840257834036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_08_06_archive.html#109177840257834036' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109116950106967453</id><published>2004-07-30T02:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-08-17T22:51:58.883-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>On Modesty and Outward Appearances</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109116950106967453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109116950106967453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_07_30_archive.html#109116950106967453' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109107398404803824</id><published>2004-07-29T00:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-07-29T00:15:40.946-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>  On basic Morality</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109107398404803824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109107398404803824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_07_29_archive.html#109107398404803824' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109106626385872960</id><published>2004-07-28T21:25:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2004-07-28T22:04:35.836-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom, Pius XI Casti Conubii Part 3a, Modern Societies Attacks on the Blessings of Children in the Married State And now, Venerable Brethren, we shall explain in detail the evils opposed to each of the benefits of matrimony. First consideration is due to the offspring, which many have the boldness to call the disagreeable burden of matrimony and which they say is to be carefully avoided</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109106626385872960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109106626385872960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_07_28_archive.html#109106626385872960' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-109019165817510834</id><published>2004-07-18T18:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-07-19T17:00:29.046-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Towards a Christian Culture. Part 1   There was a time when man thought that his ancestors were sacred. His ancestors possessed wisdom which he passed on. Whenever we speak of “wisdom”, we usually speak about “ancient wisdom”. There is something great about looking at one’s history and learn from the examples of great men. The wise seems to be the one who upholds the wisdom of the past. Today, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109019165817510834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/109019165817510834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_07_18_archive.html#109019165817510834' title=''/><author><name>Ap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04226017144967122488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108872377890803057</id><published>2004-07-01T18:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-07-01T19:16:18.906-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom:  Pius XI on Christian Marriage (Casti Conubii)Part 3, the Attack on Marriage by Modern SocietyAfter outlining the blessings of marriage, the Pontiff then goes on to outline the attack on marriage itself by modern society.  We can think about this today.  In America, married people are hit with a huge tax for being married.  It's a lot cheaper just to engage in cohabitiation ("</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108872377890803057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108872377890803057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_archive.html#108872377890803057' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108742850778211234</id><published>2004-06-16T18:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-06-16T19:28:27.783-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>PAPAL WISDOM:  Pius XI on Christian MarriageThe Blessings of Marriage, Part 2C, Marriage as a Sacrament"31. But this accumulation of benefits is completed and, as it were, crowned by that blessing of Christian marriage which in the words of St. Augustine we have called the sacrament, by which is denoted both the indissolubility of the bond and the raising and hallowing of the contract by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108742850778211234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108742850778211234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_06_16_archive.html#108742850778211234' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108673625966731922</id><published>2004-06-08T18:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-06-08T19:10:59.666-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom, Pius XI On Christian MarriageThe Blessings of Marriage, Part 2b, Conjugal LoveIn our previous commentary we examined what Pius XI deemed the primary blessing of Christian Marriage, that of Children, the raising and education thereof.  Today we shall look at another blessing of marriage, that of conjugal love, exploring the mystery of the teaching of Our Lord that two become one </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108673625966731922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108673625966731922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_06_08_archive.html#108673625966731922' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108561102145275689</id><published>2004-05-26T18:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-05-26T18:37:01.453-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom:  Pius XI on Christian MarriagePart 2a.  The Blessings of Marriage - That of ChildrenAfter outlining the scope of his encyclical on Marriage, and some introductory remarks, Pius XI then goes on to discuss the three 3 primary blessings of marriage.  The first we shall examine is that of children.One wonders why Pius XI chose children as that first blessing of marriage, and indeed</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108561102145275689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108561102145275689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_05_26_archive.html#108561102145275689' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108545430047248212</id><published>2004-05-24T22:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-05-24T23:05:00.473-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom CASTI CONNUBII by Pius XI (On Christian Marriage)Part I, Focus of Encyclical Outlined, Some General Considerations"2. In order, however, that amongst men of every nation and every age the desired fruits may be obtained from this renewal of matrimony, it is necessary, first of all, that men's minds be illuminated with the true doctrine of Christ regarding it; and secondly, that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108545430047248212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108545430047248212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_05_24_archive.html#108545430047248212' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108545022980985527</id><published>2004-05-24T21:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-05-24T21:57:09.810-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>UpdatesI am going to begin my analysis of Pius XI's teaching on Christian Marriage, as I prepare an exploration into the Social Thought of Pius XI, the next relevant Pope on the Social Questions of Church teaching.  I will follow the outline I followed during my analysis of Rerum Novarum, breaking it apart into certain sections.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108545022980985527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108545022980985527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_05_24_archive.html#108545022980985527' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108475611715057530</id><published>2004-05-16T20:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-05-16T21:08:37.150-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Upcoming ProjectI will soon write a critique of secularism, materialism, and the post-Christian world (they are all essentially the same). The outcome of this, as you will see, is that the Christian worldview is much more superior than any worldview. The world still asks the same kinds of questions, "Does God exist?"; "Is there heaven?"; "Why is there suffering and evil?"; "What is man?"; "</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108475611715057530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108475611715057530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_05_16_archive.html#108475611715057530' title=''/><author><name>Ap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04226017144967122488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108475379100682508</id><published>2004-05-16T20:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-05-16T20:30:33.226-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>On The Question of Science and Religiontake from (http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/p33.htm)Science has made progress during the last couple centuries. This troubled many people especially the religious. Some of what they have been taught might not be true because "science proves otherwise." One example is evolution. Christians and Jews have been taught that God created the world in six days </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108475379100682508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108475379100682508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_05_16_archive.html#108475379100682508' title=''/><author><name>Ap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04226017144967122488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108370944382990016</id><published>2004-05-04T17:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-05-04T18:27:53.530-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Rerum Novarum VI, The Question of the Workman's Associations"48. In the last place, employers and workmen may of themselves effect much, in the matter We are treating, by means of such associations and organizations as afford opportune aid to those who are in distress, and which draw the two classes more closely together. Among these may be enumerated societies for mutual help; various </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108370944382990016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108370944382990016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_05_04_archive.html#108370944382990016' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108258406151105464</id><published>2004-04-21T17:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-04-21T17:51:47.543-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Rerum Novarum Part V, Considering the Question of Wages"43. We now approach a subject of great importance, and one in respect of which, if extremes are to be avoided, right notions are absolutely necessary. Wages, as we are told, are regulated by free consent, and therefore the employer, when he pays what was agreed upon, has done his part and seemingly is not called upon to do anything beyond.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108258406151105464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108258406151105464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_04_21_archive.html#108258406151105464' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108198314614278988</id><published>2004-04-14T20:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-04-14T20:40:11.326-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Rerum Novarum, Part IV: The Role of the State in Capital and LaborWe must now turn our attention to a very important aspect of the discussion of economy, capital, and labor.  Indeed, whether or not one acknowledges it, the role of the State is an integral part to these areas.  We have outlined the basic rights of man as an individual, man in society, the rights of businessowners, and the rights</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108198314614278988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108198314614278988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_04_14_archive.html#108198314614278988' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108190950177338271</id><published>2004-04-13T22:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-04-13T22:28:57.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It's Time for Cable ChoiceThe issue of television in today's world for Catholics is no doubt a tough one.  Television has been graced by the presence of Fulton Sheen, and destroyed by the presence of reality TV.  Many wonder just whether or not TV really is a danger to Catholic children.  This humble journalist is admittedly divided in this debate.  I myself frankly admit, I watch 3-5 hours </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108190950177338271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108190950177338271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_04_13_archive.html#108190950177338271' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108180793671257805</id><published>2004-04-12T17:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-04-12T18:19:56.450-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom, Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, Part 3My apologies for the delay in getting this part out, so let us continue:"16. We approach the subject with confidence, and in the exercise of the rights which manifestly appertain to Us, for no practical solution of this question will be found apart from the intervention of religion and of the Church. It is We who are the chief guardian of religion </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108180793671257805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108180793671257805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_04_12_archive.html#108180793671257805' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108170903967874897</id><published>2004-04-11T14:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2004-04-11T14:47:51.843-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>From the team at Culture of Christ to all the faithful, may we wish you a Blessed Easter.  May the fruits of the Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ manifest themselves in our lives.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108170903967874897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108170903967874897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_04_11_archive.html#108170903967874897' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108097687812250657</id><published>2004-04-03T02:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-04-03T13:48:21.513-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Christianity and the Modern WorldWhat is our ultimate goal in life? What do we regard as the “greatest good”? In modern times, it has become what C.S. Lewis calls “man’s conquest of nature”. It is to become powerful by taking over nature, inventing new things, new technology, and to become “successful”. Success today means to become wealthy and powerful, and “progress” means to becoming </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108097687812250657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108097687812250657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_04_03_archive.html#108097687812250657' title=''/><author><name>Ap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04226017144967122488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108045318070707035</id><published>2004-03-28T00:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-28T00:56:33.543-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Genius of WomanIt is not difficult to see that there are many problems today. But the greatest problem we have is how much the families have crumbled. As my friend Selwyn Duke once said, "You know the world is in bad shape when the only thing that isn't becoming more nuclear is the family." I think that one of the causes is feminism, which is a product of secularism, its cause. Back then, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108045318070707035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108045318070707035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_03_28_archive.html#108045318070707035' title=''/><author><name>Ap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04226017144967122488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108035132778840960</id><published>2004-03-26T20:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-26T20:38:58.610-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Maybe Sex Doesn't SellOne of the lies the liberal culture promulgates to people is that sex sells, and that "everybody is doing it, so why make a big issue out of everything?"  It seems that when it comes to movies, sex does not sell.I'm a little exhausted today, so I won't write much, but I say to Hollywood "LISTEN UP!"Of course, in the days of the Legion of Decency and the US Catholic </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108035132778840960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108035132778840960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_03_26_archive.html#108035132778840960' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108026363952182952</id><published>2004-03-25T20:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-25T20:17:29.106-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Rerum Novarum, Part 2“11. With reason, then, the common opinion of mankind, little affected by the few dissentients who have contended for the opposite view, has found in the careful study of nature, and in the laws of nature, the foundations of the division of property, and the practice of all ages has consecrated the principle of private ownership, as being pre-eminently in conformity with</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108026363952182952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108026363952182952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_03_25_archive.html#108026363952182952' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108017529442425837</id><published>2004-03-24T19:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-24T19:55:59.513-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>PAPAL WISDOM, LEO XIII ON CAPITAL AND LABORRERUM NOVARUM	At long last, we are now ready to cover the work Rerum Novarum.  As we shall see, and as has been reported earlier, Rerum Novarum is the culmination of Leo’s social thought.  There are those who believe that before Vatican II, the Church isolated itself from the world, and refused to engage the world.  I believe this encyclical serves </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108017529442425837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108017529442425837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_03_24_archive.html#108017529442425837' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-108017319845773358</id><published>2004-03-24T18:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-24T19:10:06.716-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ABC:  Anti-Biblical CorporationI came across this earlier today by a trip to Robert Sungenis' apostolate Catholic Apologetics International, originally reading something he wrote to Evangelical Apologist Dr. R.C. Sproul on the issue of justification.  (For those Catholic readers looking to defend their faith, or for Evangelicals seeing how typical claims are answered by Catholic apologists, do </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108017319845773358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/108017319845773358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_03_24_archive.html#108017319845773358' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107956720243794948</id><published>2004-03-17T18:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-17T18:50:00.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Prelude to Rerum Novarum:  Leo XIII on SocialismToday we continue to lay the groundwork for Leo XIII's monumental encyclical Rerum Novarum.  We had briefly touched on the nature of civil power, the rights of citizens in society, and on the issue of private property.  Today we will touch on the antithesis of the Catholic thinking of these things.  This is socialism.  Many today fail to realize </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107956720243794948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107956720243794948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_03_17_archive.html#107956720243794948' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107844919451984022</id><published>2004-03-04T18:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-03-04T20:16:15.390-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>An Introduction to Rerum NovarumReaders of this weblog as of late have noticed your humble journalist has focused on the social thought of Leo XIII.  We have covered Americanism, the nature of civil power, the Christian Constitution of States, and the nature of human liberty.  We will end our commentaries on Leo XIII with the most important encyclical(or at least well known), Rerum Novarum.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107844919451984022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107844919451984022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_03_04_archive.html#107844919451984022' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107783944794624170</id><published>2004-02-26T20:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-02-26T20:59:52.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom, Leo XIII on Human LibertyIn the Encyclical Libertas, Leo XIII tackled one of the most important questions of his day, and indeed, today remains a very important question.  That question is from whence does human liberty arise?  What are the boundaries of that human liberty?  In my previous commentary here I discussed the encyclical Immortale Dei, where Leo XIII began to cover some</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107783944794624170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107783944794624170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_02_26_archive.html#107783944794624170' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107533207830279126</id><published>2004-01-28T16:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-29T21:52:35.653-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom:  Leo XIII on Christian Marriage(Note from author:  Special thanks to Sarah Homrich for her assitance on this article, simply by frustrating me into looking at issues such as these seriously.  Behind every good writer, is someone who changes their view on a subject so much, they have to write about it.  Sarah played that role with this.  A Special thanks I believe was warranted, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107533207830279126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107533207830279126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_28_archive.html#107533207830279126' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107524212349305934</id><published>2004-01-27T17:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-27T17:24:13.123-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A letter to a homosexualDear XXX,You have asked for the Catholic position on homosexuality and the reasons behind it. The Catholic position is that "No ideology can erase from the human spirit the certainty that marriage exists solely between a man and a woman, who by mutual personal gift, proper and exclusive to themselves, tend toward the communion of their persons" (Considerations </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107524212349305934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107524212349305934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_27_archive.html#107524212349305934' title=''/><author><name>Ap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04226017144967122488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107481638050404928</id><published>2004-01-22T16:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-22T19:08:23.576-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom on Social Issues:  Leo XIII on the Christian Constitution of StatesThe Catholic Church is primarily a religious organization.  We seek, ultimately, the salvation of souls, and telling those souls of the truth of spending eternal happiness with Allmighty God in heaven.  As faithful Catholics, that is our first goal.  Yet Catholics are salt to the Earth as well.  This salt also </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107481638050404928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107481638050404928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_22_archive.html#107481638050404928' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107463815601439389</id><published>2004-01-20T17:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-20T18:54:46.030-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom on Social Issues:  Leo XIII on the nature of Civil PowerThis question indeed has been one of the most hotly contested questions since the beginnings of Christendom.  The nature of the State, the nature of the Church, and how those members of the Church are to act in relation to the State.  This is a very relevant issue inside America, as some have used the wording of the First </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107463815601439389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107463815601439389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_20_archive.html#107463815601439389' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107463739512028301</id><published>2004-01-20T17:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-20T17:25:14.296-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Knowing thy adversaryKnowing thy Adversary, Part 2I've always been a fan of the internet website worldnetdaily.  Like their political views or not(though they are quite diverse, having Bill Press and Ann Coulter on the same website!) their journalism(and the objectivity behind it) is second to none of the web today.  One of those journalists has been David Kupelian.  While he becomes a bit </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107463739512028301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107463739512028301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_20_archive.html#107463739512028301' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107420958012913255</id><published>2004-01-15T17:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T21:04:30.780-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom on Social Teachings, Leo XIII on AmericanismI believe this is a fitting choice for the first installment of Papal Wisdom on Social Teachings.  As an American, I am very proud to be on the front lines of battle against the liberal, secularized culture of death that is seeking to utterly do away with the culture of Christ.  Yet I'm sure many wonder, exactly why am I covering </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107420958012913255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107420958012913255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_15_archive.html#107420958012913255' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107420198847496081</id><published>2004-01-15T16:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T16:28:21.530-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Papal Wisdom DeptOur first regular series of bloggings will be commentaries on papal encyclical dealing with a social manner.  I will attempt to let them speak for themselves as much as possible, and provide possible commentary and what their message means for today.  There is a wealth of knowledge in these encyclical.  If anyone has any ideas for an encyclical I should cover, please let me </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107420198847496081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107420198847496081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_15_archive.html#107420198847496081' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107413250116008653</id><published>2004-01-14T20:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-14T21:10:13.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>General Wesley Clark's Curious Views on AbortionWhen asked about his views on abortion, Democratic Presidential Canidate Retired General Wesley Clark stated that life begins with the mothers decision.  Safe to say, this is not a Catholic way of thinking, and I would argue Catholics in good conscience, wishing to remain faithful to the perennial teachings of the Magesterium, cannot endorse such </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107413250116008653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107413250116008653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_14_archive.html#107413250116008653' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107413086116997445</id><published>2004-01-14T20:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-14T20:42:52.890-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Comment Boxes AddedFor those who wish to leave comments, we have given comment boxes, courtesy of Haloscan</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107413086116997445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107413086116997445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_14_archive.html#107413086116997445' title=''/><author><name>J. Michael</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331470.post-107412351387420365</id><published>2004-01-14T18:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-01-14T20:50:56.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Welcome to the Culture of Christ Blogspot!I'd like to thank everyone for taking their time to visit this new project between Mr. Latar and myself. Me and Apolonio have had some fierce disagreements in the past on issues which are free to discuss, but on issues where discussion isn't free, where the Church does give definitive teaching, we are both steadfast to them.  The area of the Churches </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107412351387420365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6331470/posts/default/107412351387420365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cultureofchrist.blogspot.com/2004_01_14_archive.html#107412351387420365' title=''/><author><name>J. 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