In the Vatican II Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity, Apostolicam Actuositatem, the Council assigns a twofold mission to the Church and to the laity: “But the laity likewise share in the … mission of the whole people of God in the Church and in the world. They exercise the apostolate in fact by their activity directed to the evangelization and sanctification of men and to the penetrating and perfecting of the temporal order through the spirit of the Gospel.”
Hey everyone, sorry to whiplash you back to another platform, but I’m going to move over to Patreon. This platform has been tough and not as smooth as Patreon. I get it: Locals is more protective of free speech. But the fact is this. I’m not that controversial that I’m not worried about getting deplatformed by Patreon. What I’m looking for is simplicity. I’m not really looking to have a profile and then a community page and then navigate both. I’m looking to simply connect with you guys, give exclusive access to content for my monthly supporters, and make it as simple as possible to do both.
Link to Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/ChristopherPlance?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
Here is my intro video! I hope you guys can make the switch, especially those that are already supporting me monthly. Please cancel your support here and consider transferring over to my Patreon.
Hello members and supporters, I really want to honor those who have been supporting me on this platform. Many of you are members, but several of you support me monthly. I’m so grateful for that, especially since I don’t do a lot of exclusive supporters-only content. But I want to do something special for you. Here it is:
I want to begin by doing a monthly class on the Gospel of John. This will by through Google Classroom and we will use Google Meet. This class will specifically look at St. John’s theology of the cross. Right now, this is my special interest, as I am writing a dissertation on John’s Atonement Theology. For a long time, scholars have been arguing that John has no real interest in the cross of Jesus, since his aim is to highlight Jesus descent and ascent. The cross, these scholars argue, is sort of in-the-way of John getting to his larger point about resurrection and ascension. I want to challenge all of this. We are going to break some new and fresh ground on the study ...