tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post9013306721863205253..comments2023-11-23T11:12:37.953-06:00Comments on The Supplement - Catholic Commentary: "Ironic" is not the word I would use to describe itFred Noltiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203885485191808284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post-16978121675074251222008-08-11T23:48:00.000-05:002008-08-11T23:48:00.000-05:00I do not think that you have anything to worry abo...I do not think that you have anything to worry about. Reginald means "ruling with power" and from what I know, Reginald de Piperno was not only St. Thomas Aquinas' confessor, but a great friend and companion as well. <BR/><BR/>I was once read something to the effect that a saint's friends are what makes a saint saintly. I would certainly say that is true in the case of St. Thomas Aquinas and Paul Hofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182683665344747977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post-48834415536067878122008-08-11T20:24:00.000-05:002008-08-11T20:24:00.000-05:00Hello Paul!Thank you for stopping by, and thanks f...Hello Paul!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for stopping by, and thanks for your kind words. Allow me to take the opportunity to say that I have appreciated your writing on various sites as well. You have shown remarkable patience in your encounters with abusive Protestants, and I commend you for that as well as for the substance of what you write.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't ever considered the etymology of the word "Fred Noltiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203885485191808284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239290722575996816.post-95955959852290892008-08-11T08:26:00.000-05:002008-08-11T08:26:00.000-05:00Hi Reginald, I do agree with your sentiments here ...Hi Reginald, I do agree with your sentiments here entirely, but I do consider it ironic that a person who uses "fan" as a part of his internet handle would use Wisdom 14 to attack the Catholic faith when Wisdom 14 also condemns people who engage in fan-like behavior. Doesn't the word "fan" come from the Latin "fanaticus" which was descriptive of a person who engaged in Greek and Roman orgiastic Paul Hofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182683665344747977noreply@blogger.com