Richard Rohr: Incarnation instead of Atonement
Franciscans never believed that “blood atonement” was required for God to love us. Our teacher, John Duns Scotus (1266-1308), said Christ was Plan A from the very beginning (Colossians 1:15-20, ...
Richard Rohr: Fully Human, Fully Divine
Francis emphasized an imitation and love of the humanity of Jesus, and not just the proving or worshiping of his divinity. Even Christian art changed after Francis; take a look ...
Richard Rohr: Incarnation Is Already Redemption
The alternative orthodoxy of Francis and the mainline orthodoxy of most Christian denominations largely have different starting points. Francis’ alternative orthodoxy emphasizes incarnation instead of redemption. For Franciscans, Christmas is ...
America Magazine: The Greatness of Nation
An article from America Magazine: http://americamagazine.org/issue/greatness-nation
Rohr: Implanted Desire
The idea of grace first develops in the Hebrew Scriptures through the concept of election, or chosenness, and is finally called “covenant love” because it becomes a mutual giving and ...
Rohr: Grace is key
The following three paragraphs came to me very clearly in a very short time while I was walking along the Pacific Ocean during my Lenten hermitage in 2012. I think ...