The Divinity of Jesus Christ
Victor R. Claveau, MJ 🔹 Core Claim Jesus Christ is not merely a prophet or teacher, but true God and true Man, the eternal Son of God made flesh. ✠ 1. Christ Explicitly Claimed Divine Identity Jesus did not present Himself as just a messenger: Key idea: His claims go beyond prophecy—they imply equality with […]
The Supreme Sacrifice
By F.J. Sheed The sacrifice of Christ was totally effective. It could not be otherwise, given that He Who offered it was God. But it is important to grasp what it effected. Whatever it was meant to effect, it did effect. But what was it? At the moment of His death on Calvary, Christ Our Lord said, “It […]
JESUS THE ANARCHIST: A MISLEADING IDEOLOGICAL READING
by Giuseppe Monno “Jesus was an anarchist.” At first glance, this claim may seem provocative and even attractive in modern contexts, where freedom is often equated with the absence of all authority and constraint. Yet a careful reading of the life and teaching of Christ shows that such an assertion is both unfounded and misleading. […]
EGŌ EIMÌ (“I AM”)
by Giuseppe Monno John 8:58 “Jesus said to them: ‘In all truth I tell you, before Abraham ever was, I Am.’” Some translations render the Greek egō eimì with the imperfect “I was.” However, this does not fully reflect the original text. The expression egō eimì in fact means “I am,” while Greek has other […]
DIFFERENT CALENDARS AND COMPLEMENTARY READINGS OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST IN THE SYNOPTICS AND IN JOHN
by Giuseppe Monno The account of the Passion of Jesus reveals a significant difference between the so-called Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark, and Luke—and the Gospel according to John, particularly regarding the date of the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. In the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus celebrates the Passover meal with his disciples on the evening before his […]
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
By Giuseppe Monno We speak of resurrection when it is the very same body that rises from death—this corruptible body becomes incorruptible, as the Apostle Paul explains: “For this corruptible body must clothe itself with incorruptibility, and this mortal body with immortality. Then, when this corruptible body has clothed itself with incorruptibility, and this mortal […]
JEHOVAH IS NOT THE NAME OF GOD
By Giuseppe Monno The name Jehovah is not the original name of God. It comes from a misunderstanding of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH (יהוה), first linked to the 13th-century Spanish theologian Ramon Martí. The name was formed by combining the consonants of YHWH with the vowels of another Hebrew word, ʼĂdonāy (“my Lord”), which Jewish […]
JESUS IS GOD
By Giuseppe Monno Parallels Between God and Jesus 1. Giver of Eternal Life God: 1 John 5:11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Jesus: John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of […]
History of the feast of Corpus Christi
This beautiful feast was inaugurated for the universal Church is 1264 AD. The circumstances that led to this are surrounded by coincidence. St. Juliana, a nun in the diocese of Liege, Belgium, had a vision of Our Lord requesting a feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. When she revealed this request, many ridiculed her, […]
Divinity in the dock
Either Jesus was God or he wasthe greatest braggartand liar the world has ever known. Frederick W. Marks Homiletic & Pastoral Review – October 2002 It is a curious fact that beginning with the Gnostics and Ebionites of the second and third centuries and running on down to the Unitarians and Jehovah’s Witnesses of our […]