by Editor | May 31, 2023 | Holy Spirit
Gift of Fortitude by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Gift of Fortitude, first of all, implies that doing the will of God is not easy. We need help from the God who tells us what His will is, to do His will. Again, the Gift of Fortitude implies that there are obstacles to...
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 | Apr 24, 2020 | Holy Spirit
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We speak of the Holy Spirit in many different ways: as Love, as Gift, as the Paraclete, as the Advocate. All of these titles are biblical and identify some of the profound attributes of the Spirit promised by Christ before his Ascension...
by Editor | May 16, 2018 | Holy Spirit
Pentecostalism: Evaluating a Phenomenon by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The following lecture was given by Fr. John A. Hardon at the Annual Conference for the Clergy, Archdiocese of New York, April 20-21, 1971. Before entering on the formal presentation, I think it will...
by Editor | Mar 22, 2018 | Holy Spirit, Rosary
The Annunciation by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. It is not without deep reason that St. Luke is called the “Evangelist of the Holy Spirit.” When Our Lady asked the angel at the Annunciation how she was to conceive a son since she was vowed to virginity, the angel assured...
