Archive - Benjamin John's Substack

Our Lady of Fatima

The Miracle of the Sun, Russian Orthodoxy, and the Immaculate Conception

May 13 •

The Resurrection and the Sacraments

Jesus' forty day lesson about His sacramental Kingdom

May 2 •

April 2025

Astrology in the Bible

Interpreting the Zodiac in the Old and New Testaments

Apr 14 •

The Great Dinosaurs of Genesis 1

A biblical interpretation of monsters and dinosaurs

Apr 11 •

March 2025

Why was it Gabriel at the Annunciation?

A case study in divine revelation

Mar 25 •

St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church

The glories of our spiritual father

Mar 1 •

December 2024

What Eastern Orthodox Apologists Miss About the Papacy

A Catholic perspective on popes, patriarchs, primacy, and Eucharistic ecclesiology.

Dec 27, 2024 •

October 2024

One Year as a Catholic: A Reflection

October 1st, 2024, the Feast of St.

Oct 1, 2024 •

September 2024

The Satan and the Serpent

A Critique of Peggy Day's "An Adversary in Heaven"

Sep 17, 2024 •

August 2024

The Older Shall Serve the Younger

Although it’s popular to hold that the patriarch Jacob was a wicked deceiver who got punished by God, I believe the text’s description of him as…

Aug 4, 2024 •

July 2024

The Filioque in the Original Greek?

St. Epiphanius of Salamis and the "Nicene-Constantinopolitan" creed.

Jul 31, 2024 •

The Ecumenical Authority of the Council of Florence

It’s well known that the Catholic Church attempted to reunite with the Eastern Orthodox Church at the Council of Florence in the 15th century.

Jul 26, 2024 •

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