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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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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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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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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.

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Father Feeney and Catholic Doctrine

by Brian Kelly January 31, 2005

[This article was published in February, 1987 as a Res Fidei monograph. The Verbum in question (#24) is no longer available online. However, the offending article can be read here .]