{"id":8344,"date":"2020-09-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8344"},"modified":"2020-09-28T17:40:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:40:49","slug":"adventist-and-catholic-news-views-014-26-sept-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8344","title":{"rendered":"Adventist and Catholic News &#038; Views 014 &#8211; 26 Sept 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DiscussingAdventismBook\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8344\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"400px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8344\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3e0ab\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-size:24px\"><strong>News and commentary on Adventism:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adventist.news\/news\/the-miracle-of-hiroshima\"><strong>The miracle of Hiroshima<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>Adventist News Network<\/em><br>We Catholics have our ideas about <a href=\"https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2019\/08\/21\/the-two-churches-that-survived-the-atomic-bombs-in-hiroshima-and-nagasaki\/\">how a miracle saved a church and its occupants<\/a> during the Hiroshima nuclear explosion. Adventists have a similar story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=7147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Coronaviruses - electron microscopy\" class=\"wp-image-7147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-1024x730.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-768x547.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue-1536x1094.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coronaviruses-electron-microscopy-CDC-blue.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Coronaviruses &#8211; electron microscopy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/atoday.org\/pregnant-mom-dying-from-covid-19-and-premature-baby-saved-by-loma-linda-team\/\">Pregnant Mom Dying from COVID-19 and Premature Baby Saved by Loma Linda Team<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Adventist Today<\/em><br>I get the impression that there are proportionally fewer Adventists who adopt a quack attitude to COVID. Which is surprising, given their leanings towards other conspiracy theories. Maybe I&#8217;m wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adventistreview.org\/church-news\/story15445-adventist-church-leaders-vote-one-humanity-statement\">Adventist Church Leaders Vote \u2018One Humanity\u2019 Statement<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Adventist Review Online<\/em><br>Abandoning tribalism and ethnocentrism should result in Adventists looking beyond their country of origin, the USA, for fulfillment of prophecy. It won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f5e7f3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-size:24px\"><strong>News and commentary on Catholicism:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=3278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Baptism-of-Christ-Francesco-Albani-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"Baptism of Christ - Francesco Albani\" class=\"wp-image-3278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Baptism-of-Christ-Francesco-Albani-238x300.jpg 238w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Baptism-of-Christ-Francesco-Albani.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Baptism of Christ &#8211; Francesco Albani<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wherepeteris.com\/worried-your-baptism-might-be-invalid-dont-be\/\">Worried your baptism might be invalid? Don\u2019t be.<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Where Peter Is<\/em><br>&#8220;<em>We baptise<\/em>&#8221; vs &#8220;<em>I baptise<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; the Vatican has said the former is invalid. WPI says not to worry (too much). They promote a better use of the principle of &#8220;<em>Ecclesia supplet<\/em>&#8221; than the restrictive view held by some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordonfire.org\/resources\/blog\/why-mark-galli-former-editor-in-chief-of-christianity-today-decided-to-become-catholic\/28491\/\">Why Mark Galli, Former Editor-in-Chief of \u201cChristianity Today,\u201d Decided to Become Catholic<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Word on Fire<\/em><br>This is an interview with Mark Galli, a recent convert to Catholicism. \u201c<em>On September 13, 2020, Mark [Galli was] received into the Catholic Church.<\/em>\u201d &#8230; \u201c<em>Mark has served as a Presbyterian pastor, respected journalist, and most recently, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2020\/08\/27\/pope-francis-coronavirus-catechesis-covid-19-vatican-catholic\">Series: Pope Francis\u2019 coronavirus catechesis<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>America Magazine<\/em><br>At least Pope Francis has not adopted a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8081\" target=\"_blank\">quack response<\/a> to COVID-19 the way <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=7794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some other Catholics<\/a> have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/news\/pope-francis-make-coronavirus-vaccine-available-to-all#When%3A2020-08-19+12%3A00%3A01\">Pope Francis: Make Coronavirus Vaccine Available to All<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>National Catholic Register<\/em><br>At least Pope Francis has not adopted a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8081\" target=\"_blank\">quack response<\/a> to COVID-19 the way <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=7794\" target=\"_blank\">some other Catholics<\/a> have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=7079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Pope-Francis-giving-a-polio-vaccine-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis giving a polio vaccine\" class=\"wp-image-7079\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Pope-Francis-giving-a-polio-vaccine-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Pope-Francis-giving-a-polio-vaccine-768x480.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Pope-Francis-giving-a-polio-vaccine.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Pope Francis giving a polio vaccine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/henrykarlson\/2020\/08\/vaccines-covid19-and-the-christian-obligation-to-protect-society\/\"><strong>Vaccines, COVID19, And The Christian Obligation To Protect Society<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>Henry Karlson<\/em><br>A rational Catholic response to vaccines for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/publicorthodoxy.org\/2020\/09\/18\/ready-for-the-covid-vaccine\/\">Ready for the COVID Vaccine? An Orthodox Perspective<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Public Orthodoxy<br><\/em>Sensible comments from an Orthodox blog. No quackery involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?page_id=6954\"><strong><span style=\"color:#065b12\" class=\"color\">More in New and Views \u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key words: Baptism, Catechesis, Convert, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID vaccine, Hiroshima, Invalid baptism, Loma Linda, Mark Galli, Orthodox, Pope Francis, Quackery, Vaccine<\/p><p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8344\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Adventist and Catholic News & Views 014 - 26 Sept 2020\n#News #happysabbath #COVID19 #quacks\n","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1234],"tags":[265,1612,1614,1284,1613,1615,1372,1616,1618,1617,1619,159,344,1588,1620],"class_list":["post-8344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-views","tag-baptism","tag-catechesis","tag-convert","tag-coronavirus","tag-coronavirus-vaccine","tag-covid-vaccine","tag-covid-19","tag-hiroshima","tag-invalid-baptism","tag-loma-linda","tag-mark-galli","tag-orthodox","tag-pope-francis","tag-quackery","tag-vaccine","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3fpVQ-2aA","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Pope-Francis-giving-a-polio-vaccine.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}