groups: i-v, repeating the leading ideas of the “Procatechesis”, and treating of sin and repentance, baptism, the principal doctrines of the Christian religion, and the nature and origin of faith; vi-xviii, setting forth, article by article, the baptismal Creed of the Church of Jerusalem...
Why does the Catholic Church have a Pope? Does the Pope receive his authority from the Church? Are there any limits to the Pope's authority in the Church? Can the Pope create new doctrines? What does infallibility mean? When did the Papacy begin? Were there some bad Popes? I have heard...
The Catholic Church is an ancient religious institution boasting over a billion members worldwide. As such, Catholicism is the largest Christian ecclesiastical body in the world. Because of this alone, it is important to have an accurate understanding of
× Close Councils of the Catholic Church When you think of the Councils of the Church, you probably imagine a group of Cardinals and Bishops quietly discussing obtuse theological doctrines which have no practical implications. Perhaps a loud cough is heard once in a while but, on the whole,...
to Migne edition, Paris, 1841), this definition and enumeration were at once universally accepted, proof positive that he did not introduce a new doctrine, but merely expressed in a convenient and precise formula what had always been held in the Church. Just as many doctrines were believed, ...
He went on to say that “If we Catholics believed all of the untruths and lies which were said against the Church, we would probably hate the Church a thousand times more than they do.” Sadly, many well-meaning Christians in this country still think of our Church not as the one ...
2.lay participation in church matters.Cf. clericalism. — laity,n. Liguorist,Liguorian a believer in the theological doctrines of St. Alfonso Maria da Liguori (1696-1787), founder of the Redemptorist Order. Marianism Rare.a religious cult based on the veneration of the Virgin Mary. ...
and doesnotnecessarily represent the Society of Jesus or any other entity of the Roman Catholic Church - although I hope that none of my own writings are contrary to the doctrines of faith and morals as proposed by the Magisterium of the Church or to the truths of God as contained in the...
It falls to Kickham, as a good Catholic, to tackle the priests, though not exclusively with articles such as “Two Sets of Principles,” a rebuff to the doctrines laid down by Lord Carlisle, and “A Retrospect,” dealing with the tenant-right movement chiefly but also the events of the ...
It approaches this subject through a case study of the doctrines and activities of the Catholic Apostolic Church, a relatively small premillennialist and Pentecostal faith-community extant from the 1830s through to the mid-twentieth century. The translation of these doctrines into Conservative party ...