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Pelagius Lives

by Br. Thomas Mary Sennott, M.I.C.M. January 22, 2009

(See the From the Housetops editor’s introduction to this article.) The February 1991 issue of the Catholic magazine 30 Days featured a very striking cover designed by Romano Sicillani. Michelangelo’s famous painting from the Sistine Chapel, the Fall and Expulsion of Adam and Eve, is going up in flames, and underneath the legend reads: “Exonerating Pelagius?”

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The Salvation of the Pre-Columbian Amerindians

by Br. Thomas Mary Sennott, M.I.C.M. April 25, 2005

This article appeared in abridged form in a small Catholic archaeological journal Ancient Man, Information Exchange , Volume 7, 1989, Tekakwitha Institute, Woodbridge, Virginia. The salvation of the American Indians before Pentecost, the birthday of the Catholic Church, has never been considered a problem by theologians.

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Doctrinal Summary: ‘Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus’

by Br. Thomas Mary Sennott, M.I.C.M. March 16, 2005

Editor’s Introduction: This “Doctrinal Summary” is an appendix to a work to be published at a future date: Father Feeney’s Doctrinal Case. The work is intended as a supplement to the larger volume by Brother Thomas Mary, They Fought the Good Fight.