The purpose of Advent is to set aside some time to prepare ourselves for a celebration of the birth of Christ. In the West, we decadent Latins, marked the season by celebrating a feast at the end, and the more disciplined Eastern Greek Christians underwent a great fast in preparation for the coming of Christ. In a sense this dichotomy of feasting and fasting well marks what … [Read more...]
St. Irenaeus of Lyons
Today is the feast of St. Irenaeus of Lyons, one of the most important early Christian writers. He was an apologist for the faith and wrote a famous work called "Against Heresies". This lengthy work is very early and so many apologists of modern confession positions (Catholics & Protestants) use it to prove their own system. Just look at one section. In Book III, … [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...]
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...]