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August 2019

August 13, 2019

St. Maximos the Confessor, Teacher Of Unity

Champion of Orthodoxy, teacher of purity and of true worship, enlightener of the universe and...

August 12, 2019

Christians Need To Accept What Science Teaches Us About Animals

One of the worst aspects of medieval theological speculation is that it often relied upon...

August 09, 2019

Those Who Support Justice Must Triple Their Efforts To Resist Trump And His Cruelty

Many of Trump’s policies, and the actions undertaken to enforce his policies, are cruel. There...

August 08, 2019

The Death Penalty Cannot Be Justified Through Retributive Justice Or Self-Defense

Defenders of the death penalty usually employ one or two distinct strategies in their apologetics,...

August 06, 2019

The Mystery of the Transfiguration

In the second letter attributed to Peter, there is a reference to the event of...

August 05, 2019

The Cleansing Of The Temple

When Jesus cleared the Temple (cf. Matt. 21: 12-17; Mk. 11:15-19; Lk. 19: 45-48; Jn....

August 01, 2019

Mother Earth and Christian Environmentalism

In what often seems like a robotic response, whenever someone like Pope Francis speaks about...

July 2019

July 30, 2019

The American Bishops Must Respond To Barr’s Promotion of Death, But Will They?

The inviolable dignity of life means that no one can ever deserve being put to...

July 29, 2019

Animals, Saints, and Us

In the medieval collection detailing the lives of the saints, The Golden Legend, there is...

July 28, 2019

Alexander Nevsky, Pope Francis, and China

One of the most unusual saints from Russia (Rus), St. Alexander Nevsky (1221-1263), is famous...

July 25, 2019

The Chinese Rites, The Amazon Synod, And The So-Called Traditionalists Attack On Catholic Tradition

When the Jesuits began their mission to China, they had to find a way to...

July 24, 2019

Death Is Not The End

Plato taught that philosophy serves as preparation for death. Life is impermanent. What comes next...

July 22, 2019

The Incarnation Is For The Whole Of Creation

God entered creation and became a part of it as a human man in order...

July 21, 2019

Equivocation and Eschatology

Eschatology can be difficult to dealt with because those who write on eschatological themes, though...

July 18, 2019

Jesus Experienced What The Least Of Us Experience

Jesus, in his preaching, indicated that the way we treat others, especially the most vulnerable...

July 16, 2019

It Has Long Been Past Time To Take A Stand

On April 4, 2001, for the 33rd anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King...

July 15, 2019

Stewards, Not Predators

The world is being transformed, indeed, malformed, by modern humanity. The reality of climate change...

July 14, 2019

To Honor The Fathers of the Ecumenical Councils

The great Robert Taft, commenting upon the spirituality of the East, explained that a major...

July 11, 2019

Forgiveness, Debt Forgiveness, Student Loan Debt Forgiveness and the Gospel

When Peter asked about how many times he should forgive any offense he received from...

July 10, 2019

Tolkien Against Racism

Reading Tolkien’s stories, it is easy to pick up the fact that the various races...

July 08, 2019

Without Obligation, A Virtue: Christian Vegetarianism As A Way To Seek The Greater Good

Perhaps one of the greatest contributions of Paul to Christian theology is his proclamation that...

July 07, 2019

Christians Must Choose Between Mammon or Christ, Avarice or Charity

Early Christian moral teaching consistently warned Christians against the evils of avarice, understanding it was...

July 04, 2019

The Fourth of July, The Declaration of Independence, and Human Rights

As photos reveal the deplorable state of migrants crammed into cells, as more and more...

July 03, 2019

The Law and Jesus: How Christ’s Fulfillment Of The Law Should Lead Us To Reject The Death Penalty

Jesus came to fulfill the law. "Think not that I have come to abolish the...

July 01, 2019

When We Accept The Exploitation Of Creation, We End Up Exploiting Each Other

Humans, called to be stewards of creation, are not meant to be parasites taking over...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

Reform, Not Apologetics, Is Needed To Help People Return To The Faith

In dealing with the current crisis of the church, when we see many people lose...

June 28, 2019

Peter and Paul And The Struggle to Implement the Christian Faith

Working together, Sts. Peter and Paul built up the church and set up the foundation...

June 25, 2019

Don’t Fall Victim To Trump’s Bully Tactics

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a...

June 24, 2019

What Is Going On In John 21?

One of the most famous post-resurrection stories of Jesus is when he asked Peter three...

June 23, 2019

Theosis: Transcending Our Initial State of Being

We are made in the image and likeness of God; while sin has defaced us,...

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