“For the Church, although dispersed throughout the whole world even to the ends of the earth, has received from the apostles and from their disciples the faith in one God, Father Almighty, the creator of heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them; and in one Jesus Christ, the...
The New Testament contains a letter by the apostle Paul to the Christians in the city of Corinth, Greece, where he had founded a church on his first visit there. The Christians at this church were being divided by the teachings of so-called “false teachers” that were infiltrating the chu...
It didn’t take me long to realize that the faith and the Church I had always admired so much in the Church Fathers was still there and still alive in the Catholic Church; that the Church still embraced, upheld, stood upon, and celebrated that heritage and foundation. The truths of the ...
Lastingham church Lausanne Cathedral Leeds Lichfield Cathedral and surrounds Lleida Madrid Maldon (Essex), Sutton Hoo (Suffolk) and Ely (Cambridgeshire) in one day Naples, part one Nice, France Oxford Castle Paris Itself Paris to Siena by train Rome seen by an (early) medievalist Roquebrune-Cap...
“[Helvidius] produces Tertullian as a witness [to his view] and quotes Victorinus, bishop of Petavium. Of Tertullian, I say no more than that he did not belong to the Church. But as regards Victorinus, I assert what has already been proven from the gospel—that he [Victorinus] spoke...
realized that it was counterproductive to kill suspected Christians, as these executions fulfilled the Catholic Church’s call for self-sacrifice for one’s faith, thus creating martyrs. To counteract this, the authorities instigated a new policy. They tried to move Christians to undertake apostasy ...
early church to develop an authoritative list of inspired writings. Second century church fatherJustin Martyrdoes not cite any New Testament writing by name, but he designates his several New Testament citations with "it is recorded," or the "memoirs of the apostles." He does, however, refer...
My father-in-law is a long-time investor. He has been retired now for many years. In his working days he was a teacher, but also a cautious investor and an inherently frugal man who above all else understands the value of a dollar. I always enjoy talking to him about money and inves...
The Boston Pilot (1829) and Freeman's Journal (1840) were Catholic Church-affiliated publications. The Boston Pilot, now a weekly, bills itself as one of the oldest Irish American newspapers and the oldest Catholic newspaper in the United States. Seminal news periodicals targeting African ...
The Osmond family's Mormon roots ran deep. The grandfather of Osmond patriarch George Osmond, also named George, converted to the religion as one of the church's earliest proselytes in England. He then migrated to the US, with no uncertain personal sacrifice, and involved himself for the res...