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That the “Christusanrede” in the liturgy of St. Gregory functions as a way to portray anti-Arian theology is confirmed by other elements of the text. One interesting example of this is in the final prayer of the liturgy, the Εὐχὴ τῆς κεφαλοκλισίας.

t has been 923 yrs since Pope Urban II declared the first Crusade in 1095, encouraging Christians in medieval Europe to rise up and defend themselves as well as their faith while liberating Jerusalem after several brutal encounters with Islamic tyrants. Unsurprisingly, this is a subject the normal individual along with the Vatican tend to

hristianity and Hinduism are both ancient religions. Unlike Hinduism, though, Christianity is based on and founded upon specific historical events which, if we found them to be untrue, would mean our entire belief system is in vain (1 Cor 15:17). To be a Catholic is to understand the implications of this even more so than

hat are the creation accounts of Genesis about? Are they simply a recalling of events which we are to take as historical facts with scientific measurements? Are they just the myths thought up by the pre-scientific mind of ancient man to explain the world around them? Conversely, are they just theological metaphors with no literal

Civil War? n August of 2017, Jesse Walker wrote an article for the Los Angeles Times entitled: Are we Headed for a Second Civil War?[1] This article discusses warnings by conservatives and liberals alike that such an event could occur, some even giving a new civil war a thirty percent likelihood. Other columnists and pundits,

This Testimony by His Excellency Carlo Maria Viganò Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana Apostolic Nuncio (Official translation by Diane Montagna) has been reprinted into the catalog of Saint Dominic’s Media because it is in line with our Mission to Pursue Peace through Truth.  We remain continually concerned about the Church entering in a dark age that only a reformation

he creeds pronounced at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople are not the earliest instances of the declarative statements by the fathers about the nature, personhood, life, and works of the Triune Godhead, but they do provide a well-organized place to begin the discussion about what the Church believes about the nature of God and

n May 2009, our youngest son was born at 26 weeks gestation (14 weeks premature). Scary? You bet is was. When he was born, not only were we surprised, but we were absolutely scared out of our minds. We did not really know anyone who’d been through a premature birth. We did not know if

his paper seeks to reflect upon the pericope of Micah 3:1-12 in light of the entire book of Micah and it’s historical and religious situation in Salvation History. To begin to develop a full understanding of this passage in its context, the paper will first recall the general message of the book and this passage’s

long with the rest of America, the American Catholic Church has undergone a major shift in its demographics over the past several decades.  As of 2014, at least 42 percent of American Catholics are people of color.[1] Every Sunday in America, Mass is celebrated in dozens of languages, and American Catholics are increasingly diverse in

Introduction ogether with chapter six, chapter seven lays the groundwork for the entire book of Isaiah. These are linchpin chapters that must be valued and understood first for their literal meaning, so that the beginning, remainder, and all of the book can be understood harmoniously with the full Catholic sense of Scripture. The tropological, didactic

erhaps the most unexpected and striking article as Christians we profess in the Apostles’ Creed is our belief that Jesus descended into Hell. This is not said to undermine the wonder and otherness of Jesus’ Resurrection, but professing Jesus descent into Hell is difficult to imagine and understand initially. This paper sets out to explore

f one is to take part in any relevant conversation about social justice, one must first acknowledge that we live in a pluralistic world. Globalization has forced even the most devout essentialist to accept that we must share our world with a variety of societies that consist of different creeds, traditions, and philosophical understandings. Many

o ecclesiology can be referred to as authentically Christian in America that does not acknowledge the significance of white racism and the resulting white privilege in American society and the American Church. To remain silent about the deadly consequences of white racism and the unjust white privilege that exists in the modern world invalidates any

Introduction enerally, the scope by which the Catholic Church is examined in the second and early third century is narrowed down to the internal threat it faced from false teaching and from the external threat of persecution it faced as a result of local and national Roman laws and edicts. Yet, what should not be

Using sacred Scripture, writings from the fathers, councils, popes, doctors, Catholic theologians and those who are opposed to the Catholic teaching on the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, I intend to communicate the history of the Catholic idea of marriage and then offer a series of propositions on the role that grace and sacrificial love plays in husband and wife becoming one flesh through the Sacrament made specifically for it.

A study of the prophetic prefatory exclamative ‘Woe’ is beneficial both to a study in Prophetic Literature, Christology, and New Testament studies as well. This short paper, will examine the usage of ‘woe’ (Heb. hoy; Gk. ouaf), and its use with the prophets Micah (2:1-5) and Amos (5:18-20) as a form of prophetic speech.

What is clearly inferred out of Jesus’ commissions is that this is an ongoing work that will naturally extend beyond the lifespan of the Apostles.

By searching out the most used keywords and themes in Pope Francis’ homilies from 2013 and 2014, I have found that Pope Francis does not seem to be very interested in engaging in a homiletic search or a proclamation of the Historical Jesus, such as we witnessed with his predecessor.

For their part, the Biblical narrators, through their literary devices of type-scene, word/phrase/concept repetition, and dialogue, have seamlessly tied Moses into the Covenant that God made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

A common element between the asceticism we find in India and that in Palestine was the philosophy of dualism professed through a detachment from the material world; particularly with the Jains and the Essenes.