Father Hunwicke's Spring Examination Paper

Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enriichment ^ | 3/27/14 | Fr. John Hunwicke

[marshmallow]

Question 1. "X told Y to do Z voluntarily". Using Formal Logic, vindicate the internal coherence of this statement. [Candidates may not use more than eleven sheets of A4, but must show all workings.]

Question 2. Compose, in the style of Plato, a Dialogue on Tapeinosis between Socrates, Prometheus, and Neo-Pelagius. [Credit will be given to candidates making reference to Pandora and her box.]

Question 3. Construct a treatise, as if written by a German Cardinal, demonstrating that, although Genocide is not, strictly speaking, acceptable in the current state of the Magisterium, it could nevertheless (given its abiding popularity in both the developed and developing worlds) be tolerated.

Question 4. Construct a treatise, as if written by an Anglo-Irish Cardinal, demonstrating that, although Genocide is not in accordance with the current state of the Magisterium, application of the principles elucidated by Newman in his Essay on Development might, in the future, make it doctrinally acceptable.

Question 5. Write a Petrarchian sonnet upon your emotional transports of delight when, on 13 March 2013, standing in St. Peter's Square, you heard the words Buona sera; sono il vescovo di Roma. Have a nice day. [Candidates may not describe the physical charms of Beatrice.]

Question 6. "The excommunications incurred by the SSPX bishops were remitted by Benedict XVI, but they are still excommunicated schismatics". How, as a pastor, would you explain this fruitful and elegant paradox to a layperson without a doctorate in Canon Law?

[marshmallow]

Fr. Hunwicke is a priest of the Anglican Ordinariate and this is his wry take on some of the more....*cough*....."puzzling" moments of the past 12 months.

[ConservativeMind]

I found that an interesting read. He would definitely be someone with whom I could enjoy a meal and a nice, LONG conversation.