Today Christ's Church commemorates the feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria, leaving many to ask: Who was St. Cyril? Where is Alexandria? Why do weird popish - baby dunking - Christians like Andrew celebrate him? Besides the obvious reason that he's slavishly devoted to men in robes, candles, and chants. Well: -St. Cyril expelled the Novationists from Alexandria. What's a … [Read more...]
The Catholic Literary Revival & Graham Greene
In English History, the period leading up to the First World War and all the way to the Second Vatican Council the Catholic Literary Revival. During this time, so many prominent authors were converts to Roman Catholicism, that there are records of aspiring British novelists even converting to the Roman Church in hopes of finding some new literary inspiration. Graham Greene was … [Read more...]
St. Anselm of Canterbury's 'Evangelical' Faith
Wikipedia has been my true alma mater in so many ways, however there are days when something irks me in its endless pages. If we understand Evangelical to mean one who is a Christian and places their faith in the saving life, death, and resurrection of Jesus who meritted their salvation, then Evangelicalism can hardly be said to have emerged in the 17th century. The Middle … [Read more...]
A Few Early Fathers on Peter, The Rock, and Matthew 16:18
There has been a flurry of Evangelical conversions to Roman Catholicism recently (I did it once when I was young and foolish) in the Blogosphere. That seems as good an occasion as any to return to the early fathers of the Christian Church between which and the current RCC there is a great gulf fixed. Far from having any real consensus, at times, the consensus of the fathers … [Read more...]
"Silence" by Shusaku Endo
As a website that promotes the Holy History of the Christian Church, I figured there ought to be an endorsement of noteworthy writings composed by other authors. Probably one of my favourite books, "Silence" by Shusaku Endo is a classic piece of Christian (specifically Roman Catholic) historical fiction. The book has been embraced by many Japanese Christians from Pentecostal … [Read more...]