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Book Review: “Christ in His Mysteries” by Dom Columba Marmion
"The Mysteries of Christ are our Mysteries." Image: The WM Review As mentioned in the review of Benson's Christ in the Church, we are very happy to present readers with some pictures of books published by The Cenacle Press, which is a project of Silverstream Monastery in Ireland. The Cenacle Press was only launched in …
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Book Review: “Christ in the Church” by Mgr Robert Hugh Benson
"She is authoritative. Yes, because her Master was." Image: The WM Review I'm very happy to present readers with some pictures of books published by The Cenacle Press, which is a project of Silverstream Monastery in Ireland. The Cenacle Press was only launched in the last couple of years, and while there are many reviews …
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CLASSIC BOOK REVIEW: The Life of the Fathers, by St Gregory of Tours
"The Heavenly Power provides a unique and manifold gift when it gives us not only intercessors for our sins but also teachers of eternal life." Image: St Gregory and King Chilperic, Grandes Chronique de France de Charles V, (Wiki Commons, source) Introduction While doing research for The WM Review’s ongoing series on St Gregory the …
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What do the catechisms say about heretics and the Church? Tradivox Catechism Review – Part II
"Who are those who are not to be accounted members of the Church?" Image: Pius XII saying Mass. Wiki Commons CC 2.0 Case Study This is the second part of a review of the ongoing Tradivox Catholic Catechism Index project. In the first part (the review itself), I discussed how we can use the authority …
Learning Sacred Theology I: Preliminaries, Catechism, Latin, Philosophy and the Magisterium
In Sapientiae Christianae, Pope Leo XIII taught that it is a duty for laymen to study and spread the Catholic faith. He wrote: "In order to safeguard this virtue of faith in its integrity, we declare it to be very profitable and consistent with the requirements of the time, that each one, according to the measure …
“That Golden Book”: On the Roman Catechism, and a review of Baronius Press’s edition
This essay consists of two parts: Part I - Review of Baronius Press's edition of the Roman Catechism Part II - The Roman Catechism itself Historical background The authority of the Roman Catechism Clergy and theologians on the Catechism Comparison with the modern catechism The Roman Catechism and the crisis in the Church The nature …