Anne M. Carpenter
@catholickungfu.bsky.social
Professor at SLU | Balthasar, Blondel, Péguy, Lonergan | théologienne, monstre | pensées sont en rapport avec la vie de l'âme
It’s a winding journey but the old English Dissenters wake up sometimes to breathe their anti-establishment fire. The “real religion” thing reads like a classic element of American Protestantism to me. As a Catholic I love establishments and orthodoxy but game respects game.
Echoes of Eugene Debs. "You may be a convict, but... There is more to the real religion of Jesus Christ in the spirit you breathe out to the world from behind your cruel prison bars than in all of the orthodox sermons ever preached."
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It’s a winding journey but the old English Dissenters wake up sometimes to breathe their anti-establishment fire. The “real religion” thing reads like a classic element of American Protestantism to me. As a Catholic I love establishments and orthodoxy but game respects game.
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Tbh the best type of anarchists are the anarcho-monarchists (literally just JRR Tolkien)
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Tbh the best type of anarchists are the anarcho-monarchists (literally just JRR Tolkien)
Opinions are better if they’re true, which requires understanding what they affirm or reject, and not if they’re an amount of woke. That’s my conservative opinion that often forces me to do liberal things. Thanks, goodbye.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Opinions are better if they’re true, which requires understanding what they affirm or reject, and not if they’re an amount of woke. That’s my conservative opinion that often forces me to do liberal things. Thanks, goodbye.
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Balthasar Retro Edition:
Lots of Grinding
Long, Strange Side Quests
Universal Salvation Potential Upgrade
Extended Descent into Hell Cut-scene
The Ratzinger Remaster:
Less Grinding and Side Quests
Some Controversial Content Seems to be Missing
Characterization of the Trinity Changed
Very German
Lots of Grinding
Long, Strange Side Quests
Universal Salvation Potential Upgrade
Extended Descent into Hell Cut-scene
The Ratzinger Remaster:
Less Grinding and Side Quests
Some Controversial Content Seems to be Missing
Characterization of the Trinity Changed
Very German
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Balthasar Retro Edition:
Lots of Grinding
Long, Strange Side Quests
Universal Salvation Potential Upgrade
Extended Descent into Hell Cut-scene
The Ratzinger Remaster:
Less Grinding and Side Quests
Some Controversial Content Seems to be Missing
Characterization of the Trinity Changed
Very German
Lots of Grinding
Long, Strange Side Quests
Universal Salvation Potential Upgrade
Extended Descent into Hell Cut-scene
The Ratzinger Remaster:
Less Grinding and Side Quests
Some Controversial Content Seems to be Missing
Characterization of the Trinity Changed
Very German
You’re missing out.
“Thus the Church becomes the true Oedipus, who swears in genuine concern for the polis…she wishes to reestablish the true order in it by investigating the disruption and tracing it back to its religious roots; and what happens thereby is that the Church exposes her own guilt.”
“Thus the Church becomes the true Oedipus, who swears in genuine concern for the polis…she wishes to reestablish the true order in it by investigating the disruption and tracing it back to its religious roots; and what happens thereby is that the Church exposes her own guilt.”
Yeah that sort of thing is why I'm happy to just get my balthasar distilled through Ratzinger
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You’re missing out.
“Thus the Church becomes the true Oedipus, who swears in genuine concern for the polis…she wishes to reestablish the true order in it by investigating the disruption and tracing it back to its religious roots; and what happens thereby is that the Church exposes her own guilt.”
“Thus the Church becomes the true Oedipus, who swears in genuine concern for the polis…she wishes to reestablish the true order in it by investigating the disruption and tracing it back to its religious roots; and what happens thereby is that the Church exposes her own guilt.”
btw Balthasar calls the Church “the true Oedipus.”
OEDIPUS (blind, face covered in blood): “Where are you, children? Come — feel your brother’s hands.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
btw Balthasar calls the Church “the true Oedipus.”
OEDIPUS (blind, face covered in blood): “Where are you, children? Come — feel your brother’s hands.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
OEDIPUS (blind, face covered in blood): “Where are you, children? Come — feel your brother’s hands.”
*dramatic music*
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
*dramatic music*
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Gavin Newsom satiates his dark urges in a normal and wholesome way (philandering with ADULTS, hunting CONSENTING homeless people for sport at the Getty compound, and alcoholism). it's not that hard to live your values.
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Gavin Newsom satiates his dark urges in a normal and wholesome way (philandering with ADULTS, hunting CONSENTING homeless people for sport at the Getty compound, and alcoholism). it's not that hard to live your values.
I do my best to be patient and generous but even I get tired of people being holier-than-thou with me about the Catholic Church. Mainly it’s just exhausting. And I know it’s social media, but man… I’ve written books and articles ABOUT the Catholic Church and its sins. I am doing my level best here.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I do my best to be patient and generous but even I get tired of people being holier-than-thou with me about the Catholic Church. Mainly it’s just exhausting. And I know it’s social media, but man… I’ve written books and articles ABOUT the Catholic Church and its sins. I am doing my level best here.
hotel TV is when I get out my dad tastes. watch some sports. an old movie featuring men who can’t share their feelings.
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
hotel TV is when I get out my dad tastes. watch some sports. an old movie featuring men who can’t share their feelings.
Did I make it to the right building for the Catholic conference—
(sees sisters in habits)
Nevermind I made it.
(sees sisters in habits)
Nevermind I made it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Did I make it to the right building for the Catholic conference—
(sees sisters in habits)
Nevermind I made it.
(sees sisters in habits)
Nevermind I made it.
We read the ending of Medea yesterday in class. What an exit, man. Flying away from Jason on your chariot with winged serpents and your dead kids. “I wouldn’t be her friend,” I said to the class. “But I’d follow her on Instagram for the drama.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We read the ending of Medea yesterday in class. What an exit, man. Flying away from Jason on your chariot with winged serpents and your dead kids. “I wouldn’t be her friend,” I said to the class. “But I’d follow her on Instagram for the drama.”
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Um actually,
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Um actually,
That’s right. They did their duty. Retirement for their work is only just!
A group of 17 transgender members of the Air Force are suing the U.S. government over what they say is the military's unlawful revocation of their early retirement pensions and benefits.
Transgender members of the Air Force sue over losing retirement pay
www.stripes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That’s right. They did their duty. Retirement for their work is only just!
cheer up, gang, at least you weren’t made into a temporary mermaid by (checks notes) aqua kryptonite
Oh btw Kara is having a Little Mermaid A Plot. Because this series is leaning into (1) animals, (2) stupid comic bullshit (laudatory).
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
cheer up, gang, at least you weren’t made into a temporary mermaid by (checks notes) aqua kryptonite
just gonna put this here without further commentary
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
just gonna put this here without further commentary
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"In the flow of consciousness there is not only the subjective side, what concerns me, but also its correlative, one's world. But what is one's world? It is the organized whole of intelligibly varying objects in which I happen to have any interest, for which I have any concern."
Bernard Lonergan
Bernard Lonergan
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"In the flow of consciousness there is not only the subjective side, what concerns me, but also its correlative, one's world. But what is one's world? It is the organized whole of intelligibly varying objects in which I happen to have any interest, for which I have any concern."
Bernard Lonergan
Bernard Lonergan
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THOMAS MORE AND THE GARDEN OF PAIN
yes, good, this is why you read history.
yes, good, this is why you read history.
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
THOMAS MORE AND THE GARDEN OF PAIN
yes, good, this is why you read history.
yes, good, this is why you read history.
It’s finally, finally dawned on me that I have a lot of feelings about the Epstein posting and speculating because I, as a Catholic, have a long list of horrible memories organized around abuse revelations. And it’s just never, ever easy to hear about all over again.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It’s finally, finally dawned on me that I have a lot of feelings about the Epstein posting and speculating because I, as a Catholic, have a long list of horrible memories organized around abuse revelations. And it’s just never, ever easy to hear about all over again.
Once again a bit overwhelmed by how my praise and interest affects grad students. I forget how parsimonious faculty can be with praise, how much we matter to grad students. The US system emphasizes closeness and involvement, and the sheer power that gives profs doesn’t always invite our reflection.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Once again a bit overwhelmed by how my praise and interest affects grad students. I forget how parsimonious faculty can be with praise, how much we matter to grad students. The US system emphasizes closeness and involvement, and the sheer power that gives profs doesn’t always invite our reflection.
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Who's gonna tell him
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Who's gonna tell him