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Saturday, February 12

RePekoe

First of all, the family that "tested" our puppy on Wednesday has decided not to take him after all. With no prospects for unloading him, we're going to give Susan's allergies another whirl...

Second of all, I've been hearing variations on the word "pontiff" lately. NPR has been all over the Pontiff's recent hospitalization, which has made me more conscious of people using the word "pontificate". I must admit as a Catholic that the following sequence troubles me...

pontiff = pontificate = dogmatic = "authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles"

Note to self: cotton shorts + cotton boxers + elliptical machine = muy uncomfortable.

posted by Brad at 2/12/2005 12:50:00 PM | permalink | 2 comments

2 Comments:

  • First of all--you are catholic?
    Second, I think your definition of domatic meaning the same thing as pontiff and/or pontificate is somewhat in inaccurate. Domatic means a doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church. While pontiff is simply the pope.
    Just my 2 cents

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2/13/2005 11:20 PM 

  • The previous comment was posted by me, Jason "conversations about religion are fun" Busta. You are never wrong b/c you cant ever prove anything for or against faith.
    Jason

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2/13/2005 11:24 PM 

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