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About
Scriptorium is maintained by indignus, a Filipino Christian who claims to be a free-thinking fundamentalist (or was it reactionary radical? or maybe classicist romantic?), and is intended to be a blog about religion, politics, and everything in between (which is why its posts include poetry, a conservative defense of anime, and a Summa-style treatise on Jack Bauer). Comments and corrections are welcome, provided that they abstain from discourtesy, courteously.-
Credo
"omnia subiecit sub pedibus eius et ipsum dedit caput supra omnia ecclesiae, quae est corpus ipsius plenitudo eius qui omnia in omnibus adimpletur." Epistola B. Pauli Apostoli ad Ephesios, i, 22, 23- "subesse Romano Pontifici omni humanae creaturae... omnino esse de necessitate salutis." Bonifacius PP VIII, Unam sanctam
- "quod omne verum, a quocumque dicatur, est a spiritu sancto... Non autem sicut ab inhabitante per gratiam gratum facientem..." S. Thomas Aquinas, Summa, Iª-IIae q. 109 a. 1 ad 1
- "ordo bonorum sensus que ipse altus laboris postulant ut opes « capitales » operi serviant neve opibus « capitalibus » labor." Johannes Paulus PP II, Laborem exercens, iv, 23
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Recent Posts
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- “God Save the Church!” (Suggested Lyrics, to the Melody of “God Save the Queen!”)
- The Meaning of Fasting and Abstinence
- We believe in… the Communion of Saints
- Freedom Noodles, NOT Pancit Canton!
- What is the communion of saints?
- The Resurrection and the modern world
- The Meaning of Christian Mortification
- North Korea and Starcraft (with notes on Chesterton and Pius XI)
- Why we should baptize with beer instead of water
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- A Prayer against Natural Disasters
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- Why milestones are milestones
- Why the Anti-Subversion Law should NOT be revived
- Reminders for Lent: Fasting and Abstinence
- The Meaning of Christian Mortification
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- Remembering Ninoy Aquino (Part 2)
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