by Editor | Feb 27, 2023 | Church Fathers, Council of Nicaea, Doctrine, Heresy, Holy Spirit, Incarnation, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Arianism, a fourth-century heresy which denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. Its author was Arius (256-336), a priest of Alexandria, who in 318 began to teach the doctrine which now bears his name. According to Arius there are not three...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2019 | Capital Punishment, Church Fathers, Civil Law, Scripture, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.JDated Nov. 19, 1995 It is remarkable what appeals to kindness and charity are made to repeal capital punishment. Two thousand years of the Church’s defense of capital punishment are brushed aside. Arguments are used to “prove” that capital...
by Editor | Oct 30, 2015 | Church Fathers, History, Martyrdom
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We Catholics in the Western world are the most educated people in two millenia of Christianity. Our minds have become filled with knowledge about everything from atomic energy to zoology. Our intellects have been sharpened to a razor’s...
by Editor | Feb 23, 2015 | Apologetics, Church Fathers, Evangelization, Saints
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The following is an excerpt from: The Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan The Catholic Church has been persecuted in every period of her history. However, the first three centuries of the Christian era are commonly known as the Age of...
