Ecclesiasticus 4:28

"Fight to the death for truth, and the Lord God will war on your side."

Ora pro nobis,

Most Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Francis de Sales, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Dominic. Amen.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Ecclesiology

Posts related to the Catholic Church: its structure, authority, and history, as well as its relationship to the world, other religions, and other forms of Christianity.

The Authority of the Church

  • Was (or is) the Reformation Necessary? An examination of Protestantism’s doctrinal Pillars: Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide -- 4 (2nd Interlude, looking at the authority of the Church)
  • Does Catholic Doctrine Contradict the Bible? (Pt 4) (Original Sin, the Perpescuity of Scripture, an "everyday Catholic's" willingness to evangelise, Tradition, and the Conclusion.)

    The Make-up of the Church
  • What Is It? (Christopher's probing question...)
  • What It Truly Means to Be a Catholic (Gregory's wife Melissa answers Chris' question)
  • Do I Gotta Go? (A response to a friend's question about the necessity of regular church attendance)


  • Was (or is) the Reformation Necessary? An examination of Protestantism’s doctrinal Pillars: Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide -- 3 (First Interlude, looking at the notion of The Body of Christ and the Church as an Institution)



  • Christian History
  • The Gnostic Crisis, p.I
  • The Gnostic Crisis, p.II
  • The Gnostic Crisis, p.III
  • The History of the Rosary (Part 1) (The development of the Rosary from the Early Church to the Ministry of Saint Dominic)
  • The History of the Rosary (Part 2) (The development of the Rosary from the Ministry of Blessed Alan de la Roche until the Present)



  • A Light to the World
  • Evangelisation (What is Evangelisation, and how do we go about it as Catholics?)
  • Does Catholic Doctrine Contradict the Bible? (Pt 4) (Original Sin, the Perpescuity of Scripture, an "everyday Catholic's" willingness to evangelise, and Tradition, and the Conclusion.)
  • Notes on a Scandal (A response to the clerical sex abuse scandal.)


    Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus
  • The Church and non-Christian religions
  • The Church and other Christian denominations

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