“Men are not bound to scrutinize hearts." Photo by Sayak Bala on Unsplash Following a revision and expansion of an earlier essay, I thought that it would be worthwhile re-publishing this edited section containing more detail on the profession of faith. The topics expanded include: How formal professions of faith can be a red herring …
"What is the "material object of faith," and where can we find it proposed?" Photo by DDP on Unsplash Editor's Comments Many essays on The WM Review refer to "professing the faith" as a condition for membership of the Church - and to heresy, the corresponding failure to profess the faith, which entails loss of …
"None of this is relevant to membership of the Church – and therefore, it has nothing to do with Francis' legitimacy." Image: Wiki Commons Public Domain This essay is written in response to Mr Michael Lofton's comments on a debate hosted by Mr Matt Fradd on Pints with Aquinas on 20 September 2022. (We have …
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"I am happy to make known its odious and shocking mysteries, known to few Britons." Image: John Bull, from Wiki Commons CC Editors' Notes Archbishop Fulton Sheen famously said: “There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe …
"This unity consists principally in the common profession of the same faith." Photo by Mike Kenneally on Unsplash In this essay I will begin explaining the following two points: The Church is, among other things, a visible unity of Faith; she is a visible society which is visibly one, or united, in faith. Membership of the …
"How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? How long dost thou turn away thy face from me?" This is based on a 2016 article, edited and expanded throughout by S.D. Wright, with the permission of the author. A more extended addition is indicated with square brackets. Photo by Austrian National Library …
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"The Mystic Body shares the shame of the real Body. It is scoffed at and despised. But it also shares his glory." Image: Muncaksy, Christ in front of Pilate, Wiki Commons. Editors' Notes Many of those discussing the post-Vatican II crisis refer to "The Passion of the Church". Behind this is the idea that the …
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“Without faith it is impossible to please God.” Image: John Martin's Last Judgment Wiki Commons CC Editor's Notes I recently shared the Simple Summary of the Catholic Faith written to help my recently deceased Grandmother when she was being received into the Church. I hope that that document will be useful to others. As I …
Continue reading What must we believe to be saved? from McHugh and Callan’s Moral Theology, 1958
"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 …
"One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism." By James Larrabee This article is published with the permission of Mr James Larrabee. We are very grateful for the opportunity to make it available to our readers. We have added the various links to other articles. Image: St John Lateran, CC Attribution 4.0 International © Vyacheslav Argenberg / …
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