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February 2023

February 05, 2023

Is Faith Reasonable?

Some wit once wrote that faith is believing something one knows isn’t true. Of course,...

January 2023

January 29, 2023

The Sorrows Of Mary

The prophet Isaiah wrote of Jesus that He is a “Man of sorrows.” (Isaiah 53:3)....

January 22, 2023

Introduction Into The Sacred Secrets

“Brothers, I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as...

January 15, 2023

From Revelation To Reverence – An Essay On The Development Of Doctrine

Catholicism asserts that not only does God exist, but that He has revealed Himself within...

January 08, 2023

The Indwelling Of God

"I will put my spirit within you so that you walk in my statutes, observe...

January 01, 2023

Does Time And Place Influence The Gospels?

Is the biblical message influenced or even changed based on the milieu in which it...

December 2022

December 25, 2022

Reincarnation

One of the most unique and prevalent beliefs among the world’s religions is the belief...

December 18, 2022

Stoicism And Catholicism

Pope Benedict XVI once remarked that Catholicism is a religion of philosophy. While the Pope’s...

December 11, 2022

The Notions Of Divinity

In seeking to understand the Holy Trinity, Thomas Aquinas identified five properties or notions that...

December 04, 2022

Limbo

It is a question that we all ask at some point. What happens when we...

November 2022

November 27, 2022

On Theology

By no lesser authority than Thomas Aquinas, theology has been called the queen of the...

November 13, 2022

Procession, Appropriation, And The Life Of God

One need not spend time studying Catholicism before coming across the word mystery. Within theology,...

November 06, 2022

Universalism And The Will

If God is love, why does He not save everyone? In other words, if God...

October 2022

October 23, 2022

Would Your God Consider Himself A Catholic?

This paper seeks to answer the question, “Is God a Catholic”? It seems possible to...

October 09, 2022

Does God Want You To Hate Your Family?

To be sure, Jesus' words and teachings often surprised, stunned, or even angered His listeners....

October 02, 2022

The Catholic Church

"Upon this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall...

September 2022

September 25, 2022

The Cry From The Cross

In one of the most emotionally wrenching and theologically complex events depicted in the Gospels,...

September 18, 2022

Lex Talionis

“An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.” - Hammurabi’s Code. A...

September 14, 2022

What Is A Soul?

If materialism and secularism are true, human beings are essentially accidents of biology. They are,...

September 07, 2022

Made For God?

The German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz is known for, among other ideas, the principle of sufficient...

September 04, 2022

The Memory Of Original Justice

What does it mean to be "good"? Are the concepts of good and evil an...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

Of Angels

“The name angel belongs to his office, not to his nature. You ask what is...

August 28, 2022

Kenosis

“Though he was in the form of God, he did not regard equality with God...

August 24, 2022

Coming To Know God

The foundation of the Catholic faith is the belief in God. Yet it seems belief...

August 21, 2022

Communication Of Idioms

Every art and science has its own unique set of terms and language. This is...

August 17, 2022

On Miracles

Is there anything more symbolic of religion than miracles? The concept of God intervening in...

August 14, 2022

Christology

Catholicism is not about doctrine or philosophy or even about the Bible. At its core,...

August 10, 2022

Spiritual Desolation

One of the most common traits shared by the saints and by religious people, in...

August 07, 2022

The Strangest Words In The Bible

"This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?" Such was the response of many...

August 03, 2022

The Theological And Cardinal Virtues

The philosopher Immanuel Kant thought that religion could be and should be reduced to ethics....