The Reformers did not see themselves as separate from the catholic (universal) faith. In fact, they saw themselves as the true proclaimers of the historic faith of the Bible, embraced by all orthodox Christians throughout the ages of the Church. They were more than happy to align themselves ...
Aztec, Cantares Mexicanos, Desiderata, Hebrew Bible, James Doull, justice, Leonard Cohen, music, slavery, Stonehill College I don’t remember when I first read the book of Ecclesiastes. I first taught it at the Catholic Stonehill College. There we were free to teach Intro to Religion however...
ROME (CNS)–The Vatican secretary of state said his prayer for Donald J. Trump is that God would grant him wisdom “because that is the main virtue of those who govern according to the Bible.” Multicultural procession of Pilgrims of Hope draws crowd November 13, 2024 NORCROSS—Traffic came...
false doctrine, immoralities of all kinds -- the bishops chose to condemn a practice that has consistently been called moral in Catholic theology: the imposition of the death penalty upon those who have been justly convicted of grievous crimes against society. Only...
The more of my Bible I read, the less I could reconcile my bodice-rippers withMatthew 5: 27-29. Also, the more I read my Bible, the less I could deny the fullness of the truth to be found in the Catholic Church, but that’s another story for another blog post. Anyway, I knewwh...
In the continental medieval biblical narrative, the ‘Three Maries’ of the Bible (the ones at the tomb of Jesus) appeared to have subsumed another pagan triplicity – a common theme in the middle ages. Legends attached to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in Provence in the south of France claim ...
Located in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, Mater Dei Catholic Parish serves the faithful in the surrounding towns and areas of Newport, Derby, Island Pond and West Charleston. Our mission as Catholic faithful is to live under the example set
Then there began a need to get back in church. I was feeling empty like I had before. I missed all the fellowship I had at one time. However, after studying the Bible for a while I noticed certain things of the Catholic doctrine that did not line up with the Bible. It concerned the...
It was established with Jesus as the builder, the foundation The Bible and The Development of and the head of the church (Matt. Contemporary Churches Catholicism 16:18; 1 Cor. 3:11; Eph. 1:22-23). As the church neared the beginning In fact, it had no source of authority of the ...
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