"...following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body; of one substance with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as regards his … [Read more...]
Jesus Loves Me
"that I may live to God; with Christ I am nailed to the cross. And I live, now not I: but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and delivered himself for me." - Galatians 2:19-20 (Douay-Rheims)"The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain." - Pope … [Read more...]
My Reading List
These books are laying around the house that I'm still trying to finish:Apologia Pro Vita Sua - John Henry Cardinal NewmanThe Christian Tradition (Volume 4) - Jaroslav PelikanLove Alone is Credible - Hans Urs Von BalthasarThe Trinity - Karl Rahner (though the book comes so close to modalism, I think I might stop it for a while, if not indefinately)The Christian Tradition … [Read more...]
I'm Fine With Unpopularity / Peer Pressure
I don't know how, but tonight I actually learned alot about myself. I think the 3 causes of these changes that I noticed are: 1. Going to Counseling, 2. Accepting Aristotle/Thomas into my brain, 3. Becoming Catholic (I know everyone's sick of me talking about it, but it will be really brief I promise).Tonight, I was guilted into going to a party I didn't want to go to. It was … [Read more...]
Star Wars and the Great Schism
A Catholic apologist I met online who aided in my conversion posted something on facebook today that made me laugh really hard: "Constantinople, You are totally the Anakin Skywalker of Church history" followed by re-worked star wars quotes into East-West church history references.The funniest ones were: "You're asking me to be rational. That is something I know I cannot do. … [Read more...]