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Pope St. Leo on Roman Primacy & the Filioque Paid Members Public
I will be referencing specific extracts from the letters and sermons of Pope St. Leo related to the Roman Supremacy and the Filioque. All emphasis will be mine. The following comes from Sermon 3, delivered on September 29, 443 AD, as translated in Leo The Great: Sermons (Fathers of the
Pope Leo & Petrine Primacy Paid Members Public
The following sermon is taken from Leo The Great: Sermons (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series), published by The Catholic University of America Press Publication in 1996, pp. 25-29. All emphasis is mine. Sermon 4 29 September 444 I rejoice, dearly beloved, in the pious affection that arises from your
Protestant Scholarship on Peter as the Rock Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing from a variety of reputable Protestant commentaries on Matthew 16:18 in regards to Peter being the rock upon which Christ will be building his Church. These commentators utterly reject the Roman Catholic interpretation that Jesus was establishing Peter as the first Pope,
Hippolytus: The First Antipope Paid Members Public
I upload the following post by Thomas V. Mirus: The First Antipope. The first four of the six popes covered in this installment found themselves in conflict with a priest named Hippolytus, the most brilliant intellectual of the Roman Church at the time. Hippolytus would become the first antipope in
Biblical Canon of Isidore of Seville Paid Members Public
Isidore, bishop of Seville (c. 560–636), is a canonized saint in the Catholic Church. In his work, titled The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, compiled between 615 and the early 630s AD, he lists the Scriptures which the Church accepted as canonical. I quote from the English translation of
St. Bernard on the Glorious Form of Jesus Paid Members Public
The quotation cited here is taken from St. Bernard's Sermons On The Canticle Of Canticles: Volume 2. COPYRIGHT © 2024 BY eCatholic2000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN BY A PRIEST OF MOUNT MELLERAY VOLUMES 1 & 2. BROWNE AND NOLAN, LIMITED ST. BERNARD, O.CIST. Doctor
The 9 Choirs of Heavenly Creatures Paid Members Public
According to the ancient apostolic Churches, i.e., Oriental Orthodox (OO), Eastern Orthodox (EO), Assyrian Church of the East (ACOE), and the Catholic Church, there are nine choirs or categories of spirit creatures God has made. They are: Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Powers (Virtues), Authorities, Principalities, Archangels, and Angels. In
Catholic Commentary on John Paid Members Public
In this post I will be quoting from Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture: The Gospel of John, by Francis Martin and William M. Wright IV, published by BakerAcademic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and published in 2015. All emphasis will be mine. Authorship The Gospel does