What is the Difference Between Being Redeemed and Being Saved? qa What Is the Difference between the Roman Catholic and the Catholic Religion? qa What is the difference between sanctifying and actual grace? Do we receive special graces on holy days? qa Is There a Difference Between a Presider...
so good, though getting introduced to all of the characters is taking quite a while. I think I’ve only “met” 4 of the 7 main characters so far in about 3 hours of listening (which takes more “actual time” as I have to rewind because of the normal interruptions during the day.)...
While traditions across the globe vary for All Saints Day, the common theme is a celebration with family and remembrance of those who have passed. In Catholic tradition, the holiday honors all those who have passed on to the Kingdom of Heaven. It is a national holiday in numerous ...
The document makes a powerful point in reminding us that “the Church respects the hierarchy of truths and therefore begins by clearly reaffirming the primacy of Christ and his grace, which has priority over Adam and sin.” This is not to diminish in any way the necessity of baptism. That ...
Someone could only lose his salvation, if he himself is doing the saving. Since he himself can’t save himself, this is a path to eternal destruction. The Ditch of Predetermination On the other hand, if someone believes in salvation by grace alone through faith alone, that does not imply ...
Although outspoken about his Catholic faith, Zeffirelli made no secret of the contradiction between his faith and his homosexual lifestyle. “I believe totally in the teachings of the Church,” he wrote in his 1986 autobiography, “and this means admitting that my way of life is sinful.” ...
Pride can profess any form of religion; it may be a Quaker, and wear no collar to its coat; it may be a Churchman, and worship God in splendid cathedrals; it may be a Dissenter, and go to the common meeting-house; it is one of the most Catholic things in the world, it attends ...
The Hajj, which is the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, is required for all adult Muslims who are physically and financially able to make the sacred journey at least once in their lifetime. El Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James) is a Catholic pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de...
‘Silent Night’ is one of the world’s most famousChristmasmelodies. The story goes that the carol (originally ‘Stille Nacht’) was first performed on the evening of Christmas Eve in 1818. Joseph Mohr, a young Catholic priest at St Nicholas Church, Oberndorf bei Salzburg in Austria, was ...
So, the following is fromThe Catholic Encyclopedia: LIMBUS PATRUM Though it can hardly be claimed, on the evidence of extant literature, that a definite and consistent belief in the limbus patrum of Christian tradition was universal among the Jews, it cannot on the other hand be denied that,...