by Editor | Jan 24, 2022 | Christ to Catholicism, Ecclesiology, Ecumenism
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY XI. The Ecumenical Movement by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The term “ecumenical” has a variety of meanings. Its etymology comes from the Greek, oikoumene, which means “the inhabited world.” St. Matthew used the term...
by Editor | Dec 27, 2021 | Books, Prayer, Shop
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, (composed from 1522-1524) are a brief set of Christian meditations, prayers and mental exercises, divided in four thematic ‘weeks’ of variable length, designed to be carried out over a period of 28 to 30...
by Editor | Dec 27, 2021 | Christ to Catholicism, Ecclesiology, Salvation
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY X. No Salvation Outside of the Church by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Shortly before his conversion to the Catholic Faith, Cardinal Newman wrote to a friend who was concerned about his rumored change of allegiance from...
by Editor | Nov 26, 2021 | Books, Shop, Teaching
A scholarly study by Father Hardon of what the Church teaches regarding membership of non-Catholics in the Church, and the true distinction and meaning between BODY and SOUL of the Church. Fr. Hardon saw Bellarmine’s teaching as the antidote to false and...
by Editor | Nov 26, 2021 | Christ to Catholicism, Papacy
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY IX. Papal Infallibility by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. When papal infallibility was defined by the Vatican Council in 1870, the non-Catholic world reacted with spontaneous hostility. With rare exception, the secular...
