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 […]
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The doctrine of deification asserts that man’s true greatness is to be found in the fact that he is “called to be god.” It emphasizes that the human person realizes his true existence in the measure in which he is raised up toward God and united with Him. Its basis is found in the words
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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
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The Managing Editor of Saint Dominic’s Media sat down with the author of The Divine Divine Symphony: An Exordium to the Theology of the Mass to ask him some questions about this new book and his approach to the orthodoxy of the faith. Read the Review of ‘The Divine Symphony’, by Author Kaye Park Hinckley
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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
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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
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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
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he pericope at the very end of the Gospel of John consisting of 21:15-25 may conclude the fourth Gospel, yet it is hardly to be thought of as the end of the story. Even before getting to the finish, it brings closure to the stories of two prominent disciples: Peter and the Beloved Disciple. It
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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
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The Mass is not only a worship of God, but also a school of morality. In this article, the author explains how the Mass cultivates our moral life by forming our conscience, strengthening our will, and inspiring our actions. The author also shows how the Mass connects us with the moral teachings of the Church and the example of the saints.
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