Abandoned is the daily prompt. So here are a few thoughts I have that are related to the idea of abandonment somehow. St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle were abandoned by Descartes. This was a colossal blunder in the history of…
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Tagged with: abandoned, abandonment, books, catholic, jesus, movies, music, television, the Cross
Posted in Ascent of Mt Carmel, Etc
Posted in Ascent of Mt Carmel, Etc
That they may be one
I read the high priestly prayer of Jesus this morning, and I was struck by something that maybe I have never noticed before. I remembered that the Lord prays not just for the apostles, but also for those who would…
Tagged with: ecumenism, jesus, John 17, Prayer, that they may be one, unity
Posted in Apologetics, Called to Communion, Prayer, Scripture, Unitatis Redintegratio
Posted in Apologetics, Called to Communion, Prayer, Scripture, Unitatis Redintegratio
Obedience is not faith alone
Why did Isaac enjoy the favor of God? Was it because of his faith? He was a man of faith, to be sure (see Hebrews 11:20), but why did he enjoy God’s blessings? The book of Genesis offers two reasons…
Giving to the poor is not faith alone
If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me. (Matthew 19:21) Jesus did not call the rich young ruler a liar when…
Tagged with: gospel, jesus, rich young ruler, sola fide
Posted in Faith, gospel, Justification, Sola Fide
Posted in Faith, gospel, Justification, Sola Fide
Confessing Christ is not faith alone
I thought I was done with my recent series of posts, but then I stumbled upon this and decided to add one more. The theme of these posts is that the Protestant doctrine of sola fide (justification by faith alone)…
Forgiveness is not faith alone
For my last trick before I go slinking off into hibernation again, I offer another post examining the Protestant doctrine of sola fide in the light of other things taught in the Bible. Previous posts in this miniseries may be…
Love is not faith alone
I stumbled across the grist for this mill just reading through Scripture. It has inspired a second and now this third post on the same general theme. I hope I am not boring you, gentle reader. My theme in these…
Baptism is not faith alone
A long time ago in a blog far, far away I wrote about today’s subject as part of a larger article. It seems like an appropriate moment, given the topic of yesterday’s post, to return to the passage I discussed…
Repentance is not faith alone
In Matthew 4:17 the Lord’s preaching is summarized by St. Matthew in this way: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. I say that Matthew summarized the Lord’s preaching thusly because we do not find many occasions in…
That pesky sola fide — missing again
I have written a few posts in recent weeks concerning passages of Scripture where the erroneous Protestant notion of sola fide is just plain missing (more may be found here). Here is another one. And behold, one came up to…
Aquinas, Etc. 