catechesis
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Knights Lex Orandi
Lex orandi lex credendi. The rule of praying is the rule of believing. This is an ancient Latin maxim attributed to St. Prosper of Aquitaine that speaks to the intrinsic linkage between how we worship and what we believe. It’s another way of stressing the importance of orthodoxy. Orthodoxy is the English version of a… Continue reading
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Holy Week
Palm Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week, and it is the only Sunday in the church year when we read two Gospels. The first gospel we read at the very beginning of Mass, which covers Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and the second gospel was the very long reading of the passion, the suffering… Continue reading
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From Christendom to Apostolic Mission
Monsignor James Shea Monsignor Shea is the president of the University of Mary, in Bismarck, ND, and he is the driving force behind the two books that constitute the text for this series on Sunday mornings that will take us to the end of the calendar year. Monsignor Shea was ordained in 2002, and he… Continue reading
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Theology of the Body
Many thanks to Deacon Jim and Stephanie for a compelling look at an important teaching given to us by St. John Paul II, one of the greatest popes of the 20th century. Week One – Introduction and Setting the Stage Week Two – Man Before the Fall Week Three – The Fall and Its Effects Continue reading
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Advent: Two Comings
What’s Coming and Why Advent is for Christians the beginning of a new year, and for us here in Georgia and everywhere in the northern hemisphere, Advent arrives as the days are getting shorter and shorter down to the point that when we’re right at the end of Advent, we have the shortest day of… Continue reading
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Modern Heresies
Deism God is an impersonal force of origin, and he does not intervene in history. Rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge. Contemporary religions are corruptions of a single pure, natural, simple, and rational religion. (Very connected to Freemasonry; many American Founders were Deists.) Enlightenment Rationality A human-centered philosophy and moral system in which… Continue reading
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Early Christian and Mediaeval Heresies
Jesus Not Really Man Docetism: The humanity of Jesus is an illusion. He only “seems” like a human but is actually God (divine). Modalism: The three persons of the Trinity are not separate and distinct divine persons but simply three modes or manifestations of one and the same divine being. Apollinarianism: Jesus had a human… Continue reading
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Non-Christian Heresies
Animism – all things have spirit & will This is pantheistic system in which all things participate in divinity. All things, even plants and rocks and words, are animated and have their own power to act and a will to choose a course. Atheism – there is no God This is the belief that God… Continue reading
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Heresies – Protestants and Moderns
Protestants Here in the 21st century we do not generally refer to Protestants as heretics. We are more likely to refer to them as our Protestant brothers and sisters. But it is included as a heresy by all three of our primary sources. So why is that? Our friend Hilaire Belloc thinks it deserves to… Continue reading
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Heresies — Three of the Big Five
Our three authors take different approaches to the topic of heretics, but they generally agree on a top five. Bishop Schneider tries to be comprehensive, so he starts with pre-Christian religions that might not be technically Christian heretics but are useful to understand as we Christians interact with a post-Christian culture. Bishop Schneider also likes… Continue reading
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