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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.
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June 2024
Clerical Celibacy in Scripture and Tradition
In modern dialogue between Catholics, Protestants, and even Orthodox, it’s widely assumed that the Latin West’s discipline of clerical celibacy is a…
Jun 13
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May 2024
The Beauty of Created Grace
In modern theological discourse, the Catholic Church is often looked down upon for her teaching of “created grace.” Although I’m by no means an expert…
May 20
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Why I Cannot be Protestant or Anglo-Catholic
The main reason why I cannot be Protestant is similar to the reason I cannot be Eastern Orthodox: I would be a really bad one. Independent of Rome’s…
May 8
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St. Columbanus and Papal Infallibility
In the 7th century AD, St. Columbanus of Ireland wrote the following to Pope Boniface IV concerning one of his predecessors, Pope Vigilius:
May 3
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April 2024
Unleavened Bread in the Eucharist
A defense of the Latin custom, feat. a harmonization of John and the Synoptics on the dating of the Last Supper.
Apr 16
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March 2024
Mary Immaculate and the Holy Spirit
According to St. Maximilian Kolbe, the Virgin Mary is, in a sense, the creaturely personification of the Holy Spirit because she is the created…
Mar 15
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February 2024
Why Lying Is Always Wrong
It’s not uncommon for people to believe that lying isn’t always wrong. Even many Christians today feel an intuition that, whereas something like murder…
Feb 28
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Papal Infallibility in the First Millennium
It’s often supposed that Vatican I’s teaching on papal infallibility really just came out of nowhere. While the saints, synods, and popes of the first…
Feb 17
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How St. Athanasius Proved the Filioque
Despite the Latin West often being credited with developing the Catholic doctrine of the Filioque, I nonetheless believe that the best biblical argument…
Feb 9
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January 2024
St. James and Justification by the Law
For whoever keeps the whole Law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
Jan 26
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December 2023
The Immaculate Conception of Mary
A common argument in favor of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception is rooted in the teaching that our Lady is the “new Eve,” just as our Lord is the…
Dec 8, 2023
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