Christ is reassuring and humble, as well as powerful, mighty
Bishop Robert Vasa We live in an age which places a very strong emphasis on tolerance, mutuality, and acceptance. I have heard repeatedly over the years that “Jesus never judged, condemned or excluded anyone.” I wonder if Peter would agree as the words of Jesus, “Get behind me Satan!” rang in his ears. I wonder […]
Second Coming of Christ
Our Lord repeatedly foretold his return “on the clouds of heaven” but it is expressly and repeatedly stated in the NT that Christ gave no revelation of the time of his Second Coming. The time of the Second Coming is unknowable, in contrast to the position of some Evangelicals who confidently predict the imminent Second […]
Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Following the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a cave in 1947, some extravagant claims were made in popular magazines indicating Jesus, in his teaching, reflected the message of the scrolls. Two of the scrolls contained the Book of Isaiah. They are over a thousand years older than any other known manuscripts, yet, the […]
Catholic Apologetics
Notes by: Fr. Wm. G. Most, Ph.D. 1. Modernism: False teachers have been around since the beginning. St. Paul in Acts 20 told the presbyters of Ephesus that wolves would come from their own number. Around the turn of this century modernism, which had deeper roots, began to be a special threat. St. Pius X […]
Against the Efforts of an Ever Reviving Gnosis
Ignace de la Potterie This was what Paul VI advised the 1970 International Symposium in Rome on “resurrexit”, to re-affirm that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was, primarily, a fact. The liturgy is the great treasure that safeguards our faith. The words of the hymn, “Victimae paschal”, which the Church has its faithful read and […]
The Ascension Opens the Doors to Heaven to those Who Follow Christ
By the process of “theosis” or “divinization,” begun at the baptismal font and strengthened in every worthy reception of Holy Communion, we are being prepared for an eternal dwelling place in Heaven. Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas The Jesus of the Northeast, the Eastern Catholics, and those of the Anglican Ordinariate (and a few other ecclesiastical jurisdictions around […]
Richard McBrien’s “Catholicism”and Its Heretical Christology
James Likoudis Our previous articles observed the attacks on the Divinity of Christ by contemporary theologizers who have shamelessly declared that Jesus did not always know that He was the Messiah, or was ignorant of many things, such as the hour and Day of the Last Judgment, or made errors and mistakes regarding moral and […]
Who is Jesus?
PETER KREEFT Honesty. Be honest with yourself. Dare to ask the question: Who is Jesus, really? It’s Jesus, not the argument, that’s important. The argument is only an arrow, pointing to him. Who is he? There’s your puzzle, your challenge, if you dare to face up to it. I know you’re too honest just to […]
The Human Knowledge of Christ
John O’ Connell It is not unusual today to hear from the pulpit or in the classroom, or to read in popular or learned articles and books, that Jesus Christ only gradually grew in the realization of His Sonship and His Messianic mission – that He was mistaken or ignorant about certain facts. This idea […]
The Humanity of Christ Contributions to a Psychology of Jesus
Romano Guardini Translated from the German by Ronald Walls, Pantheon Books NIHIL OBSTAT Joannes M.T. Barton, S.T.D., L.S.S.Censor Deputatus IMPRIMATUR + Georgius L. CravenEpiscopus SebastopolisVic. Cap. WESTMONASTERII Die 12a Septembris 1963 THIRD PRINTING Copyright, 1964, by Random House, Inc. and Burns & Oates Ltd.Published in New York by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, […]