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AD BEATISSIMI APOSTOLORUM ENCYCLICAL OF POPE BENEDICT XV APPEALING FOR PEACE TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN THE PATRIARCHS, PRIMATES, ARCHBISHOPS, BISHOPS, AND OTHER LOCAL ORDINARIES IN PEACE AND COMMUNION WITH THE APOSTOLIC SEE. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']V[/dropcaps] enerable Brethren, Greeting and Apostolic Benediction. Raised by the inscrutable counsel of Divine Providence without any...

26 January, 2016 /

Chapter 1 Prefatory remarks on the need of exact investigation of the most minute portions of theology. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']Y[/dropcaps]our desire for information, my right well-beloved and most deeply respected brother Amphilochius, I highly commend, and not less your industrious energy. I have been...

26 January, 2016 /

Here St. Basil asks if boasting is ever appropriate and answers yes -- we are to boast only of the Jesus Christ crucified, finding our righteousness in Jesus. In his cross, human pride is laid low....

26 January, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Way of Light is this: if any man wants to journey to his appointed home then he must put his whole heart into his work. To aid our steps on the road, illumination has been given to us as...

26 January, 2016 /

CHAP. I.-- SALUTATION AND INTRODUCTION [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]ll hail, ye sons and daughters, in the name of our Lord(1) Jesus Christ, who loved us in peace. Seeing that the divine fruits(3) of righteousness abound among you, I rejoice exceedingly and above measure in your happy and...

26 January, 2016 /

This brief reading from St. Augustine succinctly expresses the implications of the full divinity and the full humanity of Christ for the proper interpretation of the Scriptures, particularly the passion narratives which become the focus of the Church's meditation in the closing days of Lent....

25 January, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]e, the Christian community, assemble to celebrate the memory of the martyrs with ritual solemnity because we want to be inspired to follow their example, share in their merits, and be helped by their prayers. Yet we erect no altars...

25 January, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]e entreat you, brothers, as earnestly as we are able, to have charity, not only for one another, but also for those who are outside the Church. Of these some are still pagans, who have not yet made an act...

25 January, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]o Proba, a devoted handmaid of God, Bishop Augustine, a servant of Christ and of Christ's servants, sends greetings in the Name of the Lord of Lords. CHAPTER I 1. Recollecting your request and my promise, that as soon as time and...

22 January, 2016 /

Here Augustine explains the necessary and important role of trials in the Christian life. Without the discipline of trials and chastisements, there would be no true spiritual growth. Chastisement means that God has truly adopted us as sons....

22 January, 2016 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]s we have heard, so also have we seen. Truly blessed Church! You have both heard and seen. You have heard the promises, and you see their fulfilment; you have heard in prophecy, and you see in the Gospel. Yes,...

22 January, 2016 /
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