by Editor | Jan 25, 2024 | Papacy, Spirituality
,by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Until recent years, we would hardly have written on a subject like “The Roman Primacy and the Spiritual Life.” But much has happened to call for some inquiry into the relationship between faith in the papal primacy and growth in the...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2023 | Papacy
How to Be a Loyal Catholic Today? By Being Loyal to the Bishop of Rome by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Not too many years ago this would have been a strange title for a lecture, “How to Be a Loyal Catholic Today.” The reason is obvious. Catholics were Catholics. They were...
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...
by Editor | Apr 26, 2021 | Christ to Catholicism, Ecclesiology, Papacy
<< Chapter II Table of Contents Chapter IV >> Christ to Catholicism Part One: Apologetic Foundations Chapter III. Tradition of the Roman Primacy by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Among the criticisms of the Catholic Church in modern times, perhaps the most...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2020 | Papacy
The Papacy Unites the Catholic Church by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Except for the Catholic Church, the very term “papacy” would not exist. It is not only that, in founding the Church, Christ told Peter “feed my lambs…feed my sheep” and “tend my sheep.” The Bishop of...
