The Cambridge historian Richard Rex has noted that the first great crisis in Christianity was over the nature of the Trinity, especially over the nature of Christ, hence the early Christological heresies. The second great […]
Rev. Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J. is an American Jesuit priest who teaches sacramental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He holds a B.A. in English and philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, […]
The Eucharist is the source and summit, the font and apex, of the Church’s life. As a result, the Mass is at the heart of the Church, a constituent part of the daily and weekly […]
That the Reformation was a revolution is not a new idea. Centuries before contemporary scholars Brad S. Gregory or Patrick J. Deneen assessed the Reformation as an accelerant for modern secularism, individualism, and materialism, thinkers […]
Pope John Paul II often gratefully spoke of an “ecumenical gift exchange.” In that spirit, the rector of my Anglican boyhood parish, knowing of my interests in both psychology and theology, gave me books by […]
Through this labor-of-love translation, Jason Baxter makes the case for a new take on the Inferno: here is not some dense and heady masterpiece, an unread but highly-regarded doorstopper, or a leather-bound-coffee-table-conversation-piece displayed to impress curious […]
The Nicene Creed: A Scripture. Historical & Theological Commentary, published recently by Baker Academic, is co-authored by two Catholic theologians and professors; Jared Ortiz and Daniel A. Keating. Dr. Ortiz, who is a contributor to […]
After college, I was a member of a small, traditionalist Presbyterian church in my native Northern Virginia. Most everyone was politically conservative, and there were few formally endorsed ministries because, church leadership argued, only ecclesial […]
Some ten years ago, I was an Irish dance mom. Our girls had the wigs, the dresses, the spray tans; we traveled all over the Midwest for competitions. I used to tell them that if […]
It has been persuasively argued that American education is subject to an “Unholy Alliance.” One wing of this alliance comprises leftist radicals, heirs of the 1960s, who promote sexual experimentation; the other wing is made […]
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