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Old 09-14-2004, 04:59 PM
GeekyPenguin GeekyPenguin is offline
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Originally posted by 33girl
I know I could google this, but you will probably give a better explanation. Does the neoThomist thing have anything to do with the Gospel of Thomas that was found, or am I completely on the wrong side of the fence?

Much to the amusement of many on this thread I'm sure, I find myself being pulled toward Catholicism, but I think it's more of a way to honor my grandmother and great-aunt than anything. The Lutheran church (or maybe it's just my home congregation) seems to be pushing evangelizing more and more, which I do not feel comfortable with. That and losing a lot of tradition. Call me shallow but I do not like to see paper signs made by 3 year olds hanging in the nave - it's TACKY!! The church I go to downtown is much more traditional and has more of the Catholic/Episcopal feel (i.e. wafers, intinction communion and Stations of the Cross on the wall).
Actually neo-Thomism is St. Thomas Aquinas - not the Gospel Thomas. It's, in short form, a return to intellectualism and modernity in the Catholic Church.

I took an American Catholic Life and Though class through our Theo department this summer and it was probably one of the best religion classes I've taken in my life.
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