The Arrogance of Liberal Scholarship

Biblical scholar Geza Vermes unleashes a blistering diatribe against Pope Benedict XVI’s recent book on Jesus. The pope’s problem? Believing that the NT actually teaches us truth about Jesus. Believing that the Jesus proclaimed has anything in common with the historical Jesus. It’s dripping with arrogance and condescension. How different from the attitude of Karl…

Clerical Narcissism

Rod Dreher has a chat with a former Catholic priest about attitudes. The former priest thinks that the Catholic problem is not so much clericalism as it is narcissism. The latter is the “underlying pathology,” which is supported and nurtured by clericalism. Lots of examples given, like Bishop Kevin Farrell’s purchase of a $1.3 million…