The Heresy of Berengar
In the annals of medieval theology, the name of Berengar (sometimes known as Berengarius) holds a very important place. A mo...
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The Assault on Constitutive Tradition
Why does the liturgy always bear the brunt of the attacks launched by those intent on remaking the Catholic Church in the im...
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Jansenism Phase Two: 1665-1701
Jansenism is a difficult heresy to categorize. What began as a theoretical dispute about grace transformed into a very prac...
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De Rossi Finds the Catacombs of Callixtus
The Catholic religion has always left in its wake monuments of great artistic and historical value. Cathedrals, paintings, s...
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King David's Name Found on the Mesha Stele
For decades, the only undisputed pre-Exilic extra-biblical text reference to King David was an enigmatic mention of the "kin...
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The Feast of All Saints and the Roman Pantheon
The origin of the Feast of All Saints dates to the late 4th century in the eastern Roman Empire. Syria, Pontus, and Con...
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