Technology and Education by: Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']J[/dropcaps]esus once quipped that the spiritual leaders of his day were very good at forecasting the weather, but very bad at reading the signs of the times (Mat 16:3). As we approach the 50th anniversary of...
SPIRITUAL THEOLOGY: SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY by: Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio This annotated bibliography was offered to Masters level students in a spiritual theology course taught in the University of Dallas’s Institute for Religious and Pastoral Studies from 1994-2001. It is offered as a list of resources that may be...
SELECTED CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHURCH 1: FROM CHRIST TO CONSTANTINE [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']K[/dropcaps]now basic facts, centuries, and sequence of all items. Know exact dates of bolded items. (c. = approximate) 30 c. AD Death and Resurrection of Jesus followed by Pentecost, the “birthday” of the Church 50...
Scripture Texts Interpreted by the Church Definitively [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]here are many interpretations of certain biblical passages that have been officially and definitively disallowed by the Universal Magisterium of the Catholic Church. However, a definitive, positive interpretation has been provided for only seven...
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION: ITS MEANING AND BIBLICAL BASIS Compiled by Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D. The most important scripture for the understanding of the sacrament of confirmation is the narrative about Jesus own baptism and anointing by the Spirit, as well as the Church’s anointing with the Spirit at Pentecost...
Ressourcement Theology and its Intellectual Background A Select Bibliography Ressourcement Theology was a theological movement from the early 20th century through the Second Vatican Council that saw the key to the revitalization of both theology and pastoral life in the church as lying in a reappropriation of...
The Kingdom of God is Within [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']B[/dropcaps]odily health is a good thing, but what is truly blessed is not only to know how to keep one’s health but actually to be healthy. If someone praises health but then goes and eats...
Fight the Good Fight of Faith [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]hoever is in Christ is a new creation; the old has passed away. Now by the “new creation” Paul means the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in a heart that is pure and blameless, free...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps] Official Roman Liturgical Texts , Instructions and Commentaries Thereupon Book of Blessings. ICEL trans of De Benedictionibus. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1989. Paperback edition of all the liturgical blessings of the Church for people, places, and objects (sacramentals). Contains official texts, commentary, and suggestions for celebration. 832pp. Available also...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]ver the past few years, vast changes have occurred in the concept of marriage, at least in the Western world. There is tremendous disagreement over the goals, purposes, and the very definition of marriage these days. Surprisingly, however, there is one thing that everyone on...