Click here for access to Emery's article. Here are some of my summary notes: 1: The practice of Trinitarian theology is a spiritual exercise of faith. The study of Trinitarian theology is an exercise of faith because we are dealing first with … [Read more...]
Click here to read Elizabeth Anscombe's famous essay on the Eucharist. My Favourite Idea: Transubstantiation is simple for 3-year-olds. "It is easiest to tell what transubstantiation is by saying this: little children should be taught about it … [Read more...]
Here are some of my summary notes from this wonderful book by Dr. Scott Hahn: The Old Passover Liturgy Covenant renewal every year: In the Book of Exodus, Moses presents the Passover liturgy as scripted by God himself, something that "should be … [Read more...]
Click here to read the document. “Be imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God” (Eph 5:1-2). "The experience of divine tenderness should be for … [Read more...]
Introduction Bishop Robert Barron wrote this book "to accompany the Eucharistic Revival" project in the USA, which was born out of a response to a 2019 Pew study that revealed only 1/3rd of those questioned subscribed to the Catholic Church’s … [Read more...]
What comes to mind when you think about the death of Jesus? A Roman execution? Yes. An unjust martyrdom? Certainly. The sacrifice of the Son of God? Definitely. The consummation of a wedding? Really??? "How could a first–century … [Read more...]
"Servant of God" Charles Cardinal Journet (1891-1975) was the 1st Swiss Cardinal in the Catholic Church. He was a close friend of renowned philosopher Jacques Maritain (with whom he founded the theological journal Nova et Vetera in … [Read more...]
My Introduction This book is about Trinitarian theology: "the confession of the Church that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three distinct persons who are one in being and essence" (5-6). Using "Aquinas's reflection on the mystery of God … [Read more...]
My Introduction Dominic Legge’s book, The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas, seeks to affirm one simple but critical statement: “Aquinas’s Christology is Trinitarian.” The significance of this statement is threefold: For … [Read more...]
The Aristotelian Society of Marquette University each year invites a scholar to speak on the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 1951, Etienne Gilson gave the following lecture about Aquinas. Here are two key questions with summary points from his … [Read more...]
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