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Thomas Aquinas on the Flying Nun: I Didn’t Know Nuns Wore Such Big Boots

by Brian Kelly January 28, 2013

Quote of the day. Courtesy of Father Dwight Longenecker Patheos: In a nearby convent there was a nun who had taken to levitating during mystical prayer. The people were, of course, stupefied by this astounding miracle and were flocking to see the flying nun. The novices in Thomas’ friary were just as excited as the others and dragged the great philosopher off to see the floating … More →

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Reflections on Knowledge, Beauty, and Wisdom

by Br. Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M. November 14, 2011

[Taken randomly from Brother Francis' lectures, with a minor amount of editing.] Some things have to become part of our knowledge through acquaintance, so to speak. Knowledge becomes impossible if everything needs a definition. If someone were to ask you a question and say, “What does this mean?” And you say, “It means this or that.” And he asks, “And what does this or that … More →

Posted in Articles, Philosophy | Tagged beauty, definition, knowledge, Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Saint Thomas Aquinas, teleology, truth, wisdom | 1 Comment

Saint Thomas Aquinas

by Br. Thomas Mary Sennott, M.I.C.M. May 7, 2010

Brief intro: Brother Thomas Mary wrote this gem of a tribute to the Angelic Doctor in 1948 for an early issue of From the Housetops. The quote from the Preface alone, which Saint Thomas wrote for his work, is worth savoring. Even if you’ve never read the Summa you will, I am sure, appreciate our late Brother’s tribute. It is usually forgotten that Saint Thomas Aquinas … More →

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Habeas Corpus

by Brian Kelly January 29, 2010

Saint Thomas Aquinas, whose feast day on the new calendar was yesterday, died at the age of forty-nine in the Cistercian monastery of Foss-Nuova on his way to the second ecumenical council of Lyons. He died on the seventh of March, 1274, exactly two months before the council opened. Even though, just a few months before, the saint had put away his pen, vowing never … More →

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So Many Martyrs

by Brian Kelly August 17, 2009

After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands (Apoc. 7:9). And one of the ancients answered, and said to me: These that are clothed in white robes, who are they? and whence came … More →

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The Mystery of the Moral Virtues

by Brother André Marie April 14, 2008

In modern theology, biblical criticism, and other sacred sciences, articles are often entitled, “The Problem of X,” or “The X Problem,” as in “The Problem of Free Will” or “The Synoptic Problem.” Modern folk have the bad habit of looking at a mystery and calling it a problem. These things are neither moral problems which show a defect in our dogmatic system, nor mathematical problems … More →

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Questions and Answers on Salvation by Rev. Michael Muller, C.SS.R.

by Rev. Michael Müller, C.S.S.R March 1, 2008

Father Muller was one of the most widely read theologians of the nineteenth century. This article was first published in 1875.

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Catholic Truth and the Salvation of Souls are at Stake

by Brother André Marie February 15, 2008

“I believe the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews owes those of us in the dialogue some explanation of how the theologies behind the two prayers can stand together, and whether Cardinal Kasper’s often-quoted statement that Jews should not be the subject of proselytizing because they have authentic revelation and are already in a valid covenantal relationship with God. Does the new papal … More →

Posted in Current Issues in the Church, Heresies and Errors, Theology, «Ad Rem» A Weekly Email Message from the Prior | Tagged Council of Florence, Pope Pius XII, Saint Augustine, Saint Justin Martyr, Saint Thomas Aquinas | 1 Comment

A Letter to Bedfordshire (in Response to Mr. Thomas Sparks)

by Brother André Marie September 22, 2006

(240K PDF version of this same article. ) Introduction. Mr. Thomas Sparks, of Bedfordshire, England, has posted an “Open Letter” to me on his web site. The present offering is my reply.

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Reply to a Liberal: Conclusion

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

Modern liberalism, which makes membership in the Catholic Church unnecessary for salvation, undermines something more than the dogma that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. In postulating the existence of an Invisible Church, or in suggesting that membership in the Visible Church can be invisible and purely internal, liberals are actually, whether they realize it or not, endangering the doctrine of the Incarnation.

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Reply to a Liberal Part III: Baptism

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

Contents : 1. Baptism is Absolutely Necessary for Salvation. 2. Is Baptism by Itself Sufficient for Salvation? 3. Baptism of Blood and Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

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Reply to a Liberal Part II: Outside the Church There is No Salvation

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

Contents : 1. Explicit Faith in the Catholic Church and in Her Teaching is Necessary for Salvation. 2. there Two Kinds of Membership in the Church? 3. Can a Person Who Remains Separated from the Church be Saved? 4. Are Protestants Formal Heretics? 5. Pope Pius IX’s Real Teaching with Regard to the Salvation of Non-Catholics 6. Concerning the Question of Ignorance

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Reply to a Liberal Part I: Answer to Five Minor Points

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

I It seems to be a habit of liberal theologians to give more weight to the opinions of theologians of their own type than to the infallible definitions of the Church. Some of them never quote the Scriptures and the Councils; others do, usually by way of pious preamble.

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Reply to a Liberal – Introduction

by Raymond Karam February 7, 2006

We have been asked many times to explain what we mean by the term “liberal Catholic.” Articles in each issue of From the Housetops have referred to these “liberals,” accusing them of religious indifferentism, or lack of concern for the Faith, of absence of loyalty to the Church, to the Pope, to the officially appointed teachers of Catholic doctrine, and, at times, of open heresy.

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The Fathers of the Church on Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus

by Catholicism.org April 25, 2005

Let us examine how “the Church over the centuries” has explained the dogma, Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus . This study will not only give us the “context of the entire teaching of the Church on this matter,” but will also enable us to pinpoint the exact point in time when revisionists began “to explain it” differently. The following quotations are presented in chronological order so … More →