Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Catholic Book Blogger

Home
About
Publications
Contact
The Open Book Podcast
Children's and Teen Book Reviews
Interviews
The Clergy Speaks
More
- 2015 Book Reviews
  - 2014 Book Reviews
  - 2013 Book Reviews
- Author Interviews
- Archive Index

Home
Catholic

2018-05-07T08:35:29-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Calm your mind—or at least your tongue; Church Fathers: Day 279

Last updated on: May 7, 2018 at 8:35 am By Pete Socks

We should try to keep from getting angry, says St. Ambrose. But if anger sneaks up on us, we should try to calm ourselves. And if we can’t do that, we should at least keep ourselves from saying something we’ll regret. Guard against anger. But if it cannot be averted, let it be kept within bounds. For indignation is a terrible incentive to sin. It disorders the mind to such an extent as to leave no room for reason. The... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2019-01-22T15:47:19-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Forty Reasons I am Catholic – Off the Shelf 071 with Dr. Peter Kreeft

Last updated on: January 22, 2019 at 3:47 pm By Pete Socks

Show Notes The well-known author Dr. Peter Kreeft joins me on Off the Shelf. We take a look at his book Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic. Dr. Kreeft tells us why If you leave the Church, you are making a mistake. His reasons for staying include the power of the real presence, the hierarchy of the Church, and the ability to have his sins forgiven. Dr. Kreeft also believes that the Church has the ability to save us from our... Read more

Off the Shelf

Forty Reasons I am Catholic

Peter Kreeft

Sophia Institute Press

2018-05-06T05:27:24-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Make the right use of your passions; Church Fathers: Day 278

Last updated on: May 6, 2018 at 5:27 am By Pete Socks

God gave you your emotions for good reasons, says St. John Cassian. The key is to keep them under control, rather than letting them lead you into sin. For these carnal impulses, of which we spoke above, were implanted in our bodies with a useful purpose by the providence of the Creator: for perpetuating the race, and raising up children for posterity—and not for committing adulteries and debaucheries, which the authority of the law also condemns. The pains of anger... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-05-05T05:38:17-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Manage your passions, manage your life; Church Fathers: Day 277

Last updated on: May 5, 2018 at 5:38 am By Pete Socks

St. Gregory of Nyssa gives us a complete course in soul management. All the feelings and passions that lead us into sin were really made to serve righteousness. I advise that love’s passion be placed in the soul’s purest shrine, chosen as the first fruits of all our gifts, and devoted completely to God. And once this is done, I should be kept untouched and unstained by any secular impurity. Then indignation and anger and hatred must be like watchdogs,... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

Church Fathers

Mike Aquilina

On Virginity

Saint Gregory of Nyssa

2018-05-04T05:31:19-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Don’t let passion outrun reason; Church Fathers: Day 276

Last updated on: May 4, 2018 at 5:31 am By Pete Socks

Reason should dictate everything we do, says St. Ambrose. If reason loses control of our passions, then the passions, like runaway horses, drag the mind away to disaster. We ought to be careful never to do anything rashly or carelessly, or anything at all for which we cannot give a reasonable ground. For though a reason for our action is not given to everyone, yet everybody looks into it. Nor, indeed, have we anything to excuse ourselves with. For though... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-05-03T06:57:05-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Beware your passions; Church Fathers: Day 275

Last updated on: May 3, 2018 at 6:57 am By Pete Socks

The devil loves it when we get all emotional, says St. Ambrose. That means we’re not thinking clearly. Then he can set his little traps for us, and we jump right in. When he sees passions stirred up in us, that’s when the Enemy especially lays his plans. Then he brings tinder; then he sets traps. The Enemy’s trap is our speech—but that itself is also just as much our enemy. Too often we say something that our opponent takes... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-05-02T06:26:27-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Off the Shelf 070 with Brad Hahn – Solidarity Healthshare

Last updated on: May 2, 2018 at 6:26 am By Pete Socks

Brad Hahn is a deeply committed Catholic who helped found Solidarity Healthshare with Chris Faddis. He now serves as the ministry’s CEO and secretary. He’s a member of the Arizona Bar, the Canon Law Society of America, the Catholic Medical Association and is an Allied Attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom. Visit solidarityhealthshare.org. On this episode Brad Hahn returns discuss Solidarity HealthShare’s ethical and morally acceptable alternative to traditional healthcare. We talk about what healthshare plans are, how they work and... Read more

Off the Shelf

Brad Hahn

Off the Shelf

Solidarity HealthShare

2018-05-02T05:37:11-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Use God’s gifts in moderation; Church Fathers: Day 274

Last updated on: May 2, 2018 at 5:37 am By Pete Socks

Fasting is good, as St. Gregory the Great told a congregation getting ready for Lent. But we abstain from good things for the sake of better things. We must not insult the Creator by supposing, like the Manichean heretics, that the food he created is evil in itself. Let us beware of the Adversary’s wiles, not only in the enticements of the palate, but also when we decide to abstain. For he who knew how to bring death on mankind... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-05-01T05:35:21-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Be reasonably moderate; Church Fathers: Day 273

Last updated on: May 1, 2018 at 5:35 am By Pete Socks

Some people swear off wine altogether—for reasons of pride, says Palladius of Galatia. That’s far worse than drinking wine moderately. If you make reason rather than pride your rule, you will never fall into sin. Palladius, by the way, had spent years with the desert fathers surviving on water and a few ounces of bread a day, so he earned the right to talk about moderation. Play the man then, I implore you, and do not increase your wealth. You... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

2018-04-30T05:53:20-05:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Control your body, and set your soul free; Church Fathers: Day 272

Last updated on: April 30, 2018 at 5:53 am By Pete Socks

Your soul needs to take control of your body, says St. Leo the Great. By suppressing your bodily desires, you give yourself more time for meditation and prayer. Everyday experience, dear friends, proves that overindulgence of the flesh blunts the edge of the mind. Too much food dulls the strength of the heart. So the delights of eating work against even bodily health, unless we resist the temptation with reasonable moderation, and unless thinking about future discomfort keeps us from... Read more

A Year with the Church Fathers

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What language was most of the Old Testament originally written in?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Latin Greek Aramaic Hebrew

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category A Year with Mary A Year with the Angels A Year with the Church Fathers Book News Children's Review Featured CD Giveaway Guest Post Interview Linked Review Media review Movie Review New Releases Off the Shelf Review speakers Teen Review The Clergy Speaks The Laity Speaks The Open Book Podcast Uncategorized

Select a Month October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Catholic