by Editor | Mar 25, 2022 | Christ to Catholicism, Civil Law, Ecclesiology, Politics
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY XIII. Cooperation of Church and State in the United States by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The end-point of our study of the Church is her relation to the State in our own country, viewed in the light of the principles...
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 | 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 | Oct 25, 2021 | Christ to Catholicism, Ecclesiology
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY VIII. The Church as the Mystical Body of Christ by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The historical origins of the adjective “Mystical” to describe the Church as the Body of Christ may be traced to the first...
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...
