… can be found here.  I was struck by the author’s point that both Protestantism’s Sola Scriptura and modern Catholicism’s (post-Newman) doctrinal development denies the material sufficiency of the early and medieval church’s understanding of tradition. Lane is saying that with Cardinal Henry Newman’s idea of the development of doctrine, tradition itself becomes materially insufficient because a [...]

Tags: Nota Bene, Scripture, Theology, Tradition

The alleged clash of authority between Tradition and Scripture is the primary epistemological issue between Roman Catholics and Protestants.  For Protestants, the Scriptures and Tradition are identifiable.  For Roman Catholics, the Scriptures and Tradition are different.  For Roman Catholics, the issue is “Who has authority to interpret the Word of God?”  For Protestants, the issue [...]

Tags: Theology, Tradition

Art is, fundamentally, a human expression. And its object is beauty. That seems to be something that this piece for FOX Sports by Michael Rosenberg misses. He starts his article with: There are two sides to this argument. One is that instant-replay cameras have no business poisoning the glorious game on the emerald diamond, which [...]

Tags: Baseball, Technology, Tradition

I stumbled upon this today – “The Stupid Party Revisited,” an article by Lee Harris – and happened to find a great re-articulation of my own thoughts on the quandary posed by defending traditions through rational justification. I have written, This is the dilemma of being a conservative: whatever progress threatens to erode can only [...]

Tags: Lee Harris, Nota Bene, Philosophy, Tradition

I think I just invented a word, but oh well. Tonight I helped my Dad move some furniture out of our basement and into the garage to make space for our soon to be home theater setup and in preparation of my impending move back to Hyde Park. As we were carrying one piece, he [...]

Tags: Family, Tradition