Sometimes people fail to understand how deeply affected they are by theological errors of the past. Historical theology and a clear historical consciousness help us to see how mistakes made in the past unwittingly influence Christians in the present.
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Stories Human and Divine
Life is the mystery that humans face before the contemplation of the human condition, engaged in its virulent struggle for life, its combat for existence in the affirmation of their rights, and which finds its ultimate fulfillment in the Incarnate Word of God whose love has restored all things.
My Flesh is Real Food, My Blood is Real Drink
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life. As the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ itself, it is the very heart of the Church from Whom the Church draws all her energy, all her life.
The Catholic Church: Gift of Love, Truth and Life
It was bishop Fulton J. Sheen who said, “There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.” It is helpful to contemplate how the Church came to exist, and the price our Lord paid to give birth to her.
Ecclesiology and the Four Marks of the Church
The study of ecclesiology leads to an understanding of the Church as an organic, visible and invisible, earthly and heavenly reality governed by a structured and hierarchical leadership, bearing the four marks of authenticity flowing from her divine foundation.