Within the theology of grace, we see a connection between the sacraments as instruments of grace, and Christ who is the instrument of grace. Opponents of the Church argue that Christ is the sole mediator and they cite 1 Timothy 2:5 as a prooftext. Regarding Christ...
It was the spring semester of 2009, and I was in graduate school at Franciscan University of Steubenville, enrolled in Theological Foundations with Dr. Scott Hahn. One of the texts for the course we were required to read was The Spirit of Catholicism by Karl Adam. I...
Within the course of salvation history there have been many questions about the work of Christ and the role of human freedom and free will. There has been no shortage of theories, and Church history shows that there have been many heresies from those trying find a...
A few years ago, I started volunteering as a mentor to an elementary student at a local Catholic school. I was nervous at first because this was the first time I served as a mentor to a young student. On that first day, the school counselor thought it would be nice...
Christianity in general, and Catholicism specifically have a lot of symbols. Some of them are pretty well known, like the cross and crucifix. But some are much less known or outright obscure. Here are 7 symbols of the faith that you may not have known before and their...
