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Good and Bad Universalism

I think there are two basic motivations for Universalism. One is a genuinely charitable hope that none will choose eternal separation from God that really

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Out of Date Apologetics

There is, interestingly, no office of “apologist” in the New Testament. Paul tells that God’s “gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some

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Lynching is Back

Some facts: From 2000 to 2025: Civil rights groups documented over 70 suspected modern-day lynchings. The rate of these killings is speeding up, which is

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Dive into the Sheavings

Where the Bible Came From

What with the media hubbub about the “Jesus Seminar” and the supposed unreliability of Scripture, many modern readers naturally wonder, “Where did the Bible come from anyway? Why are these gospels included in the canon and not, say, the Gospel of Thomas?” This is a question profoundly troubling to the

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The Shared Wound of Jesus and Mary

When I was a new Catholic, I still retained enough of my Evangelical DNA to fret that Catholics “honor Mary too much” and that titles like “co-Mediatrix” were “unbiblical”. But of course “Bible” doesn’t appear in the Bible either and I didn’t think that unbiblical. But, in fact, the idea

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Concupiscence and the Battle of the Spirit

One of the big differences between Catholic teaching and a great deal of the sort of dilute Protestantism that floats around in our culture is the Church’s teaching on temptation and failure after we become Christians.  Not a few Protestants have been troubled over the years by the fact that

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About Mark Shea

Greetings! I’m Mark P. Shea, a Catholic author and blogger who’s also done a spot of podcasting and even acting here and there, as well as radio and TV work. My latest book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching was published in September 2020 by New City Press. Other works include By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Ignatius), Mary, Mother of the Son, This is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Christendom), and Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Basilica), Salt and Light:  The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life (Servant), The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary (Our Sunday Visitor) and The Work of Mercy:  Being the Hands and Heart of Christ (Servant).

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