On 18 October we celebrate the feast of St Luke. Of course, we also remember him and seek his intercession on the occasion of the feast of the Four Evangelists. […]
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Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize
Jacob of Sarug on Simon Peter
Jacob of Sarug’s Homily on Simon Peter, when Our Lord said ‘Get behind Me, Satan.’ ed. Adam Carter McCollum, Gorgias Press The title of this work is the Homily on […]
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Benson: Non-Catholic Denominations, the Presbyterians
“The first General Assembly of the Reformed Church of Scotland met in 1560, shaped and inspired by the violent genius of John Knox, the apostate priest.” With this stirring and […]
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Benson: Non-Catholic Denominations, The Broad Church
https://archive.org/stream/tnoncatholicdenom00bensuoft/tnoncatholicdenom00bensuoft_djvu.txt (for the text of this book) The “Broad Church” party of the Church of England was the subject of chapter 6 of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Non-Catholic Denominations. […]
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The Holy Cross as a Type
The universe, including our planetary and human worlds, were made on the model of the Holy Cross. Therefore, by meditating on those worlds, we can find the truths of the […]
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Monsignor R.H. Benson, “Non-Catholic Denominations”, the Low Church
Chapter 5 of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s Non-Catholic Denominations is a very fair treatment of the Low Church party within the Church of England, as it was in 1910, the […]
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Propers of the Assumption
Introit (Apoc. 12:1) A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve […]
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St John Henry Newman on the Assumption
St John Henry Newman on the Assumption Part One The Sermon Notes of John Henry Cardinal Newman 1849-1878, edited by James Tolhurst, are always rewarding material to ponder. His notes […]
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Chesterton as Theologian: Seventh and Final Part
Chapter 7 of Fr Aidan Nichols’ excellent book G.K. Chesterton: Theologian is headed “Chesterton’s Christology.” If this seems to me to be the weakest chapter, it is because where Chesterton […]
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G.K. Chesterton: Theologian, Pt 6
Chapter 6 of G.K. Chesterton: Theologian is headed “Man in the Image of God.” Nichols states that creation of man in the image of God is the “foundational doctrine of […]
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