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 | Sep 24, 2021 | Books, Christ to Catholicism, Doctrine, Ecclesiology
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY Chapter VII. The Church as the Body of Christ by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. As described in St. Paul and the tradition of the Fathers, the Church is not only a Body, with visible head and members and a juridical...
by Editor | Aug 25, 2021 | Books, Christ to Catholicism, Doctrine, Ecclesiology
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY Chapter VI. The Church as a Visible Body by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Before entering on a dogmatic examination of the Mystical Body, it is well to recall that the Church has given us the analytical principle by...
by Editor | Jun 25, 2021 | Books, Christ to Catholicism, Doctrine, Ecclesiology, Hierarchy
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY Chapter V. Definition of the Catholic Church by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Up to this point, our study of the Catholic Church has been primarily historical and apologetic. We examined the Church from the early...
by Editor | May 25, 2021 | Books, Doctrine, Morality, Shop, Truth
This brief catechism (as Father Hardon reveals to us) is meant to synthesize the teaching of Pope John Paul II’s historic document, Veritas Splendor, on the relation of the Christian faith and Christian morality. Faith identifies what we’re to believe with our...
