The man may not have been canonized, but I hope that anyone who believed that is living in his Father's house. And of course, a part of the communion of saints (holy people) of which we are ALL trying to be good members!
Meg | 07.07.09 - 1:15 pm | #

ack! make that "believed the portion that you quoted"
Meg | 07.07.09 - 1:17 pm | #

I concur!
Julie D. | Homepage | 07.07.09 - 1:54 pm | #

Not even saints and Doctors of the Church are infallible, and that's a good point to keep in mind.

Even the Angelic Doctor got a few things wrong.
Flambeaux | 07.07.09 - 3:03 pm | #

I have only read Seven Storey Mountain, so I am surprised to hear people use him to make "edgy point[s] about orthodoxy in the church." Read it sometime (if you can), you might be surprised about him.

And I like to remind people from time to time that St. Catherine of Siena said she was *personally assured* by Mary that she [Mary] was not immaculately conceived. Even the saints get some things wrong.
Martha | 07.07.09 - 4:47 pm | #

I have tried the Seven Storey Mountain several times and never gotten too far. That is why I wanted to try these essays which for the most part I found refreshingly unwhiney and to the point.
Julie D. | Homepage | 07.08.09 - 9:47 am | #

Oh yay! Probably the best chapter in the whole book.
Heather | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 11:07 pm | #