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

Home
Catholic

2019-07-23T16:18:09-06:00

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.

Souls, Transmigration, Gender Theory, and Some Early Roots of Gnostic Ideas

Last updated on: July 23, 2019 at 4:18 pm By Jack Hartjes

The idea that we are not our bodies, but the most important part of us is our souls, more or less loose from material things has a long history. Today it’s catching on again. That we are basically spiritual seems entirely too religious an idea for an age that’s gradually abandoning religion. On the other hand, it’s really a Gnostic, not a Christian idea. At least it’s not biblical. Still, Christians talk much about souls, and manage to confuse the... Read more

Reincarnation

2019-04-29T07:52:19-06:00

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.

Adultery and a Story of Jesus Writing on the Ground

Last updated on: April 29, 2019 at 7:52 am By Jack Hartjes

When scribes and Pharisees brought to Jesus a woman “caught in the very act of adultery,” Jesus wrote on the ground. What was he writing? People have used their imaginations to fill in this missing part of the story. I will do that too, but my imagination goes in a different direction from the usual, i.e., a list of the woman’s accusers’ sins. I would have Jesus witnessing for the woman instead of against her accusers. This is the 15th... Read more

Stories of Jesus

2019-04-29T07:52:34-06:00

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.

Glutton and Drunkard or how the Least and the Greatest Stack Up

Last updated on: April 29, 2019 at 7:52 am By Jack Hartjes

Eating seems to have been a rather large part of Jesus’ ministry, and many criticized him for it. They compared him to John the Baptist, who seemed more authentically pious. Not that they were entirely consistent. John the Baptist was a bit too strange. They thought he had a devil. Like a bunch of children, they wouldn’t dance to a merry tune or mourn to a dirge, replied Jesus to the charge of being a glutton and drunkard. We’re in the series “Stories of Jesus and... Read more

Stories of Jesus

2019-04-29T07:52:53-06:00

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.

John the Baptist Mentors Jesus until they Part Ways

Last updated on: April 29, 2019 at 7:52 am By Jack Hartjes

Stories of Jesus, from Temptation to Cross From John, the last of the Gospel writers, we learn something about Jesus that the earlier, usually more historical, Gospels neglect. Jesus probably was a disciple of John the Baptist. During that time he carried on his own baptizing ministry. (John 3:22) Eventually Jesus parted ways with John the Baptist. This part of series “Stories of Jesus and the Character of God” looks at a few episodes of Jesus’ journey from Temptation to... Read more

Stories of Jesus

2019-07-23T16:18:38-06:00

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.

David Hogg in Minneapolis: Work Together on Gun Violence

Last updated on: July 23, 2019 at 4:18 pm By Jack Hartjes

Parkland shooting survivor on running for office: If that’s what it takes… Applause greeted David Hogg throughout his speech yesterday at the Westminster Townhall Forum in Minneapolis. The speech was broadcast live at noon on Minnesota Public Radio and again yesterday evening. Survivor of the mass murder at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, Hogg is completing a “gap” year of political activism on gun issues before entering college. David Hogg and other Parkland students founded Never Again MSD and co-founded... Read more

Pro-Life

2019-03-18T06:26:47-06:00

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.

The Temptation in the Desert: Jesus Won’t be the Hero

Last updated on: March 18, 2019 at 6:26 am By Jack Hartjes

Stories of Jesus, from Temptation to Cross Matthew’s and Luke’s Gospels give us an overture of highly symbolic, largely non-historical stories of Jesus’ infancy and childhood. Then, ignoring the largest, so-called hidden, part of Jesus’ life, they pick up the story with an account of Jesus’ baptism by John. The baptism story sounds realistic, except for God’s voice coming out of the sky. Next both evangelists go into a story that sounds like plain fantasy. The spirit leads Jesus into... Read more

Stories of Jesus

2019-07-23T16:19:00-06:00

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.

Blackface and History: How I Learned about the Black Experience

Last updated on: July 23, 2019 at 4:19 pm By Jack Hartjes

Biblical Faith, ‘About Real Historical Events’ The connection between blackface and Bible history may not seem obvious, but hold on. It was only when I realized how history remains alive in the present that I understood the truth about the blackface production that I was part of in the 1960’s. So this post is about blackface, but here’s Pope Benedict XVI’s quote about history: Benedict XVI: “For it is of the very essence of biblical faith to be about real historical events. It does... Read more

Social Justice

2019-12-10T10:14:06-06:00

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.

What about the Traditional Angels, and What’s the Point of Angels, Anyway?

Last updated on: December 10, 2019 at 10:14 am By Jack Hartjes

In several posts I have presented a picture of angels and devils that seems far from the ones I learned about in my traditional Catholic upbringing. I don’t believe my going from there to where I am now means leaving the faith. I’m a bit tentative about where I am with respect to angels, after all. I will conclude with some statements of what that tentative position is. First, a more important question: Why get at all worked up about... Read more

Angels

The Creed

2019-12-10T10:02:12-06:00

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.

Cosmos and History: Connecting the Angels

Last updated on: December 10, 2019 at 10:02 am By Jack Hartjes

Thinking about the “things visible and invisible” of the Nicene Creed has resulted in several posts about angels and their “essential” relation to the visible world. “Essential” is Karl Rahner’s word. I’ve been trying to flesh that out with Walter Wink’s and my own suggestions. Wink discusses angels primarily, though not only, as the “within” of the products of human history—communities, institutions, established roles, ideologies, and such. I have looked also to the area Wink passes over too quickly, the... Read more

Angels

The Creed

2021-08-13T14:25:03-06:00

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.

Praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary with Scripture

Last updated on: August 13, 2021 at 2:25 pm By Jack Hartjes

Many questions occur as I pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary: Why did Jesus have to die as he did? Why did he walk the path toward his death? Why was he poor instead of rich? If he had lived longer, he might have been able to convince more people to follow God’s way. If he had been richer, he might have had more influence with people who mattered in society. He could have made some great changes. Money... Read more

Rosary

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What Christian holiday celebrates Jesus' resurrection?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Pentecost Easter Christmas Good Friday

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Advent Christmas Amazon Synod Angels Being Consumed Bible Catholic Modern Creed Ecology Economics Elizabeth Johnson Eucharist Fragments and Filaments Gender and Sex Gospel of Mark Herzog Historical Jesus Liturgy Luke Opening Scriptures on Way to Emmaus Ordinary radicals Parables Pro-Life Reincarnation Rosary Sacraments science Social Justice Souls Stories of Jesus The Creed Torture and Eucharist Tracy Uncategorized War and Peace

Select a Month October 2026 June 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 November 2024 July 2024 March 2024 December 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Catholic