The Heritage of Pilgrimage – Podcast
Dr. Italy, in this 14 minute podcast, discusses the central and constant role pi...
Dr. Italy, in this 14 minute podcast, discusses the central and constant role pi...
2 minute trailer for the new video Bible Study series from Ascension Press, Jesu...
The Passion of Perpetua and Feliciy contains the prison diary of Vibia Perpetua a young woman martyred in Carthage in the third century AD. This is on...
Religion is not supposed to be the opposite of spirituality. But sometimes religion becomes a cold routine, even a business. The Lord's cleansing of...
In this 14 minute podcast excerpt from the SonRise Morning Show, Anna Mitchell interviews Dr. Italy on the subject of the third pillar of Lenten penan...
Isn’t Advent great? Welcome to the season where the only song we sing for four weeks is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel! It’s the best! Advent is...
28 November, 2016Most Americans tend to think of religion as something rather fluid. It’s very common for us to say things like “all religions are basicall...
12 February, 2016St. Clement was the bishop of Rome and third in succession from St. Peter. Around the year 95 AD, a letter was written by the Church of Rome to the Church at Corinth. Its goal was to reconcile factions that had developed in Corinth and restore unity and brotherly love through humility and reconciliation. This document, attributed to St. Clement, is the earliest Christian writing besides the New Testament documents. In fact, the Gospel of John is likely written around the same time as this letter. This “first letter of Clement” (a second letter was falsely attributed to him) was favorably received by the Corinthian Church, copied by them, and circulated all over the empire. This letter was then, in a sense, the very first papal “encyclical” (circular letter). It was so highly regarded by the universal church that for several centuries the Church in Egypt and elsewhere regarded it as one of the New Testament scriptures. The Church of St. Clement is one of the most fascinating places in Rome. Excavations revealed that the medieval Church, built in the 12th century, actually was built on top of a 4th century Church which was in turn built over a house church going back to the first century. It is very possible that this house-church, where Christians of the late first century met for worship, was the home of St. Clement himself. Clement is not only regarded as one of the Fathers of the Church, but because his life overlapped the lives of several of the apostles, he is known as one of the “apostolic fathers.” For more on Clement of Rome and his First Letter, see When the Church was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers. Biography by Dr. Italy