In Roman Catholicism, the marriage sacrament is an “infusion” of grace to strengthen the union of the two people. During the ceremony grace is given to accomplish a real mystical union. By infuse, Catholics mean the righteousness of Christ is put into the believer so it is substantially pr...
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In Catholicism, the absolute epicenter of church organization and administration is Vatican City. Here, a Pope and royal, holy structures and grounds make up the seat of the church. There are six levels of hierarchy in the Catholic church. These levels are: ...
With its location in the heart of Europe (according to the French geographic institute, the center of Europe is in a certain well-marked spot north of Vilnius) Vilnius has been at the crossroads of many different armies and empires, Napoleon’s being just one of them. The scars of the...
Biden’s Pride declaration gets loopier as it proceeds. He says that, “I am particularly honored by the service of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the first openly LGBTQ+ person to serve in the Cabinet.” Open is an understatement. Buttigieg is the man, or rather woman (see below...
A rose is more than just a beautiful flower – it’s also a symbol of faith in many religions. In Christianity and Catholicism, itssignificance carries powerfulmessages about love, courage, hope, and God’s unconditional mercy. Catholics look to the rose as a representation of their devotion ...
Interesting parallels between Poland and Lebanon (this probably applies to Ireland as well). Two places where a strange marriage between Catholicism and nationalist projects took place. In both cases, a perceived “external threat” led groups to find in the Catholic church a way to not just def...
Catholicism is a religion of meaningless rituals, which are forbidden over and over under the New Covenant. He who works has fallen from grace and will be judged by his works. In short, your works will never get you anywhere. They do not make you righteous. Unless you ask the blood of...
who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come to pass the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, beca...
there is also the seed of apocalyptic Catholicism in The Desperate Man, and the nuts of the exegeses of commonplaces, not to mention the germs of the blood of the poor; there is the kernel of the constant attack on contemporaneous clergy and Bloyʼs self-professed fondness for cenobitis...