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About Matthew Tsakanikas, STD
Dr. Matthew Tsakanikas is Chair of the Department of Theology, Christendom College, Front Royal, Virginia. His doctorate was from the Pontifical University of the Lateran’s John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family, Rome. He has taught for Benedictine College, Saint Meinrad Seminary’s Permanent Diaconate Program, and Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity.
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The Motto of St. Pius X and the Restoration of the Church

August 31, 2021 Matthew Tsakanikas, STD, Kevin Tracy, PhD 7

The Church Burns would be an English translation for the title of Andrea Riccardi’s recent book, La Chiesa Brucia. He began writing it after Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was severely damaged by fire. The […]

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Orthodoxy, worship, and Saint Augustine

August 27, 2021 Matthew Tsakanikas, STD 5

Doctrine exists for worship and not simply for itself. Doctrine apart from worship is barren. […]

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Fatima to Vatican II: Mary, ‘Mother of the Church’ and Our Loving Mother

January 1, 2020 Matthew Tsakanikas, STD 6

The title of Mary, “Mother of the Church,” was officially promulgated alongside Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) in 1964. It was instituted by Pope Francis as a liturgical memorial only last […]

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