Responding to “Open Communion”

The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one…

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Responding to Suicide

The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. … Do you not…

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Responding to “Transgenderism” Part II

The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “Gender is a social construct.” This false idea started with French feminist existentialist Simone de Beauvoir (starting with her 1949 text The Second Sex), and the psychologist and major sexual pervert John Money (who coined the expression “gender role”). Their work was popularized by Judith Butler in her 1990…

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Responding to Misuse of “Judge Not…”

The Rev. Fr. James Long “Judge not” (Matthew 7:1-2) is perhaps the favorite Scripture scrap of our culture. But it is a scrap, torn off of a larger sentence. Without the rest of that sentence (and the rest of the Bible) to give it context, it is hardly as complete a guide to Christian conduct…

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Responding to Materialism Part I – Life After Death

The Rt. Rev. Paul C. Hewett In April 2011 Mother Teresa, now St. Teresa of Calcutta, gave the commencement address at Harvard University. Half the audience was electrified and spellbound by what she said. The other half were outraged and furious. The first half were uplifted in hearing the truth; the other half were followers…

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Responding to Confusion about Sex and Gender

The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion …So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” ― Gen. 1:26-27 There was a time when the word…

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Responding to Scientism

The Rt. Rev. Patrick S. Fodor “Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called” (1 Tim. 6:21). A major Pew Research Center survey suggested that a majority of Christians (55%) said that science and religion are “often in conflict.” A large majority…

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