I Am the Vine, You are the Branches The reality of the Church as Communion is … the central content of the ‘mystery’, or rather, the divine plan for the salvation of humanity. By Pope John Paul II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Mystery of the Vine The...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]HAPTER I -- INTRODUCTION. Romans, the things which have recently happened in your city under Urbicus, and the things which are likewise being everywhere unreasonably done by the governors, have compelled me to frame this composition for your sakes, who are...
SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD FOR PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE JOHN PAUL, BISHOP [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Shepherd of the Lord's whole flock is the Bishop of the Church of Rome, where the Blessed Apostle Peter, by sovereign disposition of divine Providence, offered to Christ the...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']C[/dropcaps]HAPTER I -- ADDRESS. To the Emperor Titus Ælius Adrianus Antoninus Pius Augustus Caesar, and to his son Verissimus the Philosopher, and to Lucius the Philosopher, the natural son of Caesar, and the adopted son of Pius, a lover of learning, and...
This reflection on baptism as illumination or enlightenment was written by St. Justin Martyr around 155AD in Rome and reflects the liturgical practices of not only the Church in that city, but most probably the practice of the Church in Ephesus and Palestine as well,...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]ctober 11, 1962 Mother Church rejoices that, by the singular gift of Divine Providence, the longed-for day has finally dawned when–under the auspices of the virgin Mother of God, whose maternal dignity is commemorated on this feast–the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council...
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION FAMILIARIS CONSORTIO OF POPE JOHN PAUL II ON THE ROLE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY IN THE MODERN WORLD INTRODUCTION [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Church at the Service of the Family 1. The family in the modern world, as much as and perhaps more than any other institution, has...
ENCYCLICAL LETTER FIDES ET RATIO OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON JOHN PAUL II [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps]y Venerable Brother Bishops, Health and the Apostolic Blessing! Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the...
JOHN PAUL II SUPREME PONTIFF APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION UNIVERSI DOMINICI GREGIS ON THE VACANCY OF THE APOSTOLIC SEE AND THE ELECTION OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF JOHN PAUL, BISHOP SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD FOR PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Shepherd of the Lord's whole flock is the Bishop of the Church of Rome,...
ENCYCLICAL LETTER ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS MEN AND WOMEN IN THE CONSECRATED LIFE AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL ON THE EUCHARIST IN ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Church draws her life from the Eucharist. This truth does not...