All the Company of Heaven: Praying to the Saints
“You know,” I said to my friend, “I’m not sure that prayers to the saints are such a bad thing.” My friend looked at me with a troubled expression. “What do you mean?”...
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How to be Thankful
I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people.- 1 Tim 2:1 In my previous post I wrote about the life of thankfulness that...
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C.S. Lewis, Roman Catholicism, and Bad Apologetics
After giving his talk, the venerable old Dominican friar came and sat near me, sipped his beer, and began to ask me questions about myself. Before long, it became clear...
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The Nicene Creed: “one baptism for the remission of sins.”
**This post is part of a series reflecting on the Nicene Creed** << Previous post View series “We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.”...
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The Nicene Creed: “…who spoke by the prophets.”
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The Nicene Creed: “And [we believe] in the Holy Ghost…”
With the annunciation of the Holy Spirit the Nicene Creed completes its Trinitarian formulation. But to understand the role of the Spirit in the Trinity we have to look back into the Creed. In doing so it will be come clear that the Holy Spirit isn’t a new phenomenon but an eternal participant with the Father and the Son in the creation, maintenance, and healing of the world.
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