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The Spirit Who Embraces Both East and West, Part 6
As we said on Friday in best Rest is History cliffhanger fashion, sometime in the 700s, a local council in Spain did something momentous: they
The Spirit Who Embraces Both East and West, Part 5
The Filioque Controversy One of the more arcane controversies in the history of the Church has to be touched on here. It is a matter
The Spirit Who Embraces Both East and West, Part 4
The Procession of the Spirit Means God is Love Some people have the notion that all this sort of thing is just cold theological abstraction
Dive into the Sheavings
Answering the Call of God
Fr. Philip Scott probably has a special appreciation for God’s word to Jeremiah: “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.” His mother was warned by doctors that she should have her tubes tied to prevent death in a future
Sacraments: Introduction, Part 1
Evangelicals, like all orthodox Christians, vigorously affirm the doctrine of the Incarnation—the faith of all Christians that God the Son, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary and became man. Evangelicals, like Catholics, believe this doctrine with
Hope for a Post-Hope Culture
Hopelessness assaults us from all sides. When a culture no longer looks to the eternal God, it starts looking to this passing world—and it passes. So we fret about demographic winter amid the barrenness of a contraceptive culture facing its doom both economically and socially (as the Muslims happily attest).
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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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