"But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you. " -I Peter 3:15
“In order, then, that the episcopal office should be one and undivided and that, by the union of the clergy, the whole multitude of believers should be held together in […]
The Liturgical Year Dom Prosper Gueranger, O.S.B. December 11th Pope Saint Damasus Confessor This great Pontiff comes before us in the liturgical year, not to bring […]
Sermon: Capital Punishment is Consistent w/ Dignity for Life It seems that the common opinion among pro-lifers, and even Catholics in that movement, is that capital punishment is an […]
“This shameful font of indifferentism gives rise to that absurd and erroneous proposition which claims that liberty of conscience must be maintained for everyone. It spreads ruin in sacred and […]
“Those who join a Masonic sect or other societies of the same sort, which plot against the Church or against legitimate civil authority, incur ipso facto an excommunication simply reserved […]
The closing days of January are filled with many wonderful Saints and on the 29th we celebrate not only a great Saint but a Doctor of the Church, a founder […]
Fifth Lateran Council 1512-17 A.D. INTRODUCTION This council was summoned by pope Julius II by the bull Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, issued at Rome on 18 July 1511, after several schismatic […]
Council of Basel / Ferrara / Florence 1431-45 A.D. INTRODUCTION Basel had been designated as the place for this ecumenical council by the abortive council of Pavia — Siena (1423-1424). […]
Council of Constance 1414-18 INTRODUCTION 1 [This is the introduction given by Tanner in Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils] This council was summoned by John XXIII, the Pisan pope [1 […]
Council of Vienne 1311-1312 A.D. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BULLS OF CLEMENT V ON THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Vox in excelso – 22 MARCH 1312 Ad providam – 2 MAY 1312 Considerantes – […]