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Revelation
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Peter S. Williamson, Peter Williamson, Mary Healy
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In this addition to the well-received Catholic Commentary on Sacred
Scripture (CCSS), seasoned New Testament scholar and popular
speaker Peter Williamson interprets Revelation from within the
living tradition of the Church for pastoral ministers, lay readers,
and students alike. The seventeen-volume CCSS series, which will
cover the entire New Testament, relates Scripture to Christian life
today, is faithfully Catholic, and is supplemented by features
designed to help readers understand the Bible more deeply and use
it more effectively in teaching, preaching, evangelization, and
other forms of ministry. Drawn from the best of contemporary
scholarship, series volumes are keyed to the liturgical year and
include an index of pastoral subjects.
How would your life change if you were certain of your identity? If
you could know that Someone loves you, sees you, and wants to be
close to you-just as you are? In this beautifully designed weekly
devotional for women, you're invited to soak in God's Word to
embrace your identity as a beloved woman made in God's image.
Authored by Blessed Is She, a popular online community for Catholic
women, Made New walks you through rich reflections of the Gospels,
substantive Scripture for prayer through Lectio Divina, and prompts
for spiritual growth. Over the course of 52 weeks, you'll uncover:
how deeply God knows who you are and loves who you're becoming. why
you belong to God's family. what it means that your true identity
is as God's beloved. how your belief in God's love affects your
identity. how to follow God's plan for your life. Made New is a
thoughtful gift for the holidays, new year, birthdays, or for any
woman who wants a stronger sense of self-worth, deeper peace in her
identity, and a richer relationship with the God who loves her.
Each devotional entry includes: a Scripture reference a devotion
written by a Blessed Is She writer prompts for reflection
beautiful, colorful pages with original art You'll be made new as
you journey through a year of thought-provoking devotions,
inspiring personal stories, and heartfelt prayers. Experience life
change as you're drawn into relationship with a loving God who is
committed to your flourishing, advocates for you, and delights when
you come to Him.
Starting from what was, at its time, the most important vision of
the Virgin Mary ever to take place in Western Europe, The Virgin
and the Pentacle gradually uncovers a virtually unknown war that
has been taking place across 1,700 years. This is the story of the
battle between the orthodox Catholic Church and Freemasonry, itself
the most modern manifestation of a much older religious conflict
between patriarchal and matriarchal views of the godhead. Erupting
occasionally in violence it is strikingly seen in the opposing
visions of the Virgin Mary in the 19th century, which defined the
conflicting theological parameters and led to the doctrine of the
Immaculate Conception in the 1850s. Underpinning Freemasonic
practice is a fraternity that has been active in Europe and beyond
since the 4th century. At the heart of the Craft is a very specific
social, economic and religious imperative, known only to the
highest aspirants. The Virgin and the Pentacle cuts through the
accusations that have been showered upon Freemasonry and shows what
it's true objectives have been from the start. Reading like a
whodunit, it is a story of dirty tricks that have included false
visions, subterfuge and even murder. The conclusions are stunning
and far reaching.
Selection of correspondence from the house which was once Little
Malvern priory, illuminating life at the time. In 1538 John
Russell, secretary to the Council of the Welsh Marches, acquired
the dissolved priory of Little Malvern, where his descendants, the
Beringtons, still live. This selection from the family letters in
the WorcestershireRecord Office vividly illustrates the impact on
Worcestershire of the Reformation and the Civil War. Among much
else, it includes correspondence with Thomas Cromwell and Lord
Chancellor Audley (who was John Russell's brother-in-law);
Elizabethan medical prescriptions and business letters;
correspondence about evading the penal laws against Catholics; a
mock-heroic Latin skit on James I; a personal letter from one of
the Jesuits executed at the time of theOates Plot, and an official
certificate that Little Malvern had been (unsuccessfully) searched
for priests. The letters themselves are accompanied by an
introduction and explanatory notes. Michael Hodgetts has written
extensively on Recusant History and is an acknowledged expert on
English Catholic families and their houses.
How did the present authority structures within the Church come
into existence? How, if at all, can we justify their existence?
What form of authority should exist in the Church? These and other
related questions exercise the minds of many Christians in these
days when the very notion of authority is questioned, but debate
about them is perhaps nowhere more lively than within the ranks of
Roman Catholicism. This book offers an important contribution to
such debate within that church. Leading Catholic theologians from
both sides of the Atlantic take up the key issues: analysing the
concept of authority and governance; examining the history of
authority within the Roman Catholic church; discussing who should
have a say in future developments; exploring ecumenical dimensions,
with particular reference to Anglicanism and the Orthodox churches;
and suggesting the kind of reforms that might be prudent, as well
as ways in which such reforms might be brought about. The book will
prove of interest to many Roman Catholics, but given the ecumenical
impact of many of the issues explored, it is likely to exert a wide
appeal far beyond the confines of that church.
Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, architectural
historian Robert Proctor examines the transformations in British
Roman Catholic church architecture that took place in the two
decades surrounding this crucial event. Inspired by new thinking in
theology and changing practices of worship, and by a growing
acceptance of modern art and architecture, architects designed
radical new forms of church building in a campaign of new buildings
for new urban contexts. A focussed study of mid-twentieth century
church architecture, Building the Modern Church considers how
architects and clergy constructed the image and reality of the
Church as an institution through its buildings. The author examines
changing conceptions of tradition and modernity, and the
development of a modern church architecture that drew from the
ideas of the liturgical movement. The role of Catholic clergy as
patrons of modern architecture and art and the changing attitudes
of the Church and its architects to modernity are examined,
explaining how different strands of post-war architecture were
adopted in the field of ecclesiastical buildings. The church
building's social role in defining communities through rituals and
symbols is also considered, together with the relationships between
churches and modernist urban planning in new towns and suburbs.
Case studies analysed in detail include significant buildings and
architects that have remained little known until now. Based on
meticulous historical research in primary sources, theoretically
informed, fully referenced, and thoroughly illustrated, this book
will be of interest to anyone concerned with the church
architecture, art and theology of this period.
General Principles of Sacramental Theology addresses a current
lacuna in English-language theological literature. Bernard
Leeming's highly respected book Principles of Sacramental Theology
was published more than sixty years ago. Since that time, there has
been a noted decrease, especially in English-language sacramental
theology, in treatments of the basic topics and principles-such as
the nature of the sacraments of signs, sacramental grace,
sacramental character, sacramental causality, sacramental
intention, the necessity and number of the sacraments, sacramental
matter and form, inter alia-which apply to all of the sacraments.
Rather than deconstruct the Church's tradition, as many recent
books on the sacraments do, Roger Nutt offers a vibrant
presentation of these principles as a sound foundation for a
renewed appreciation of each of the seven sacraments in the
Christian life as the divinely willed means of communion and
friendship between God and humanity. The sacraments bestow and
nourish the personal communion with Jesus Christ that is the true
source of human happiness. Recourse to the patrimony of Catholic
wisdom, especially St. Thomas Aquinas, can help to highlight the
sacraments and their significance within the plan of salvation.
This book will be of use in seminary, graduate, and undergraduate
courses. It is further offered as a source of hope to all those
seeking deeper intimacy with God amidst the confusion, alienation,
and disappointment that accompanies life in a fallen world. The
sacraments play an irreplaceable role in pursuing a Universal Call
to Holiness that is so central to Vatican II's teaching.
This book explores the political dimension of Pope Francis'
theology from a variety of perspectives and makes a unique
contribution to the ongoing historiography of his pontificate. It
defines the concept of political theology when applied to Pope
Francis' discourse and reflects on the portrayal of him as the
voice of Latin America, a great reformer and a revolutionary. The
chapters offer a thorough investigation of core texts and key
moments in Pope Francis' papacy (2013-), focusing in particular on
their relation to canon theory, liberation theology, the rise of
populism, and gender issues. As well as documenting some of the
continuities between the ideas of Pope Francis and his predecessor
Benedict XVI, the author asks what the Argentinian pontiff has
brought from Latin America and considers the Latin American
dimension to what has become known as the 'Francis effect'.
Overall, the book demonstrates how the Pope's words and actions
constitute a powerful political theology disseminated from a unique
religious and institutional position. It will be of interest to
scholars of theology, religion, and politics, particularly those
with a focus on world Catholicism, political theology, and church
history.
The study of the vocabulary of the Catholic religion may be taken
as a definition of the liberal arts. Origins of Catholic Words is a
work of reference organized like a lexicon or encyclopedia. There
is an entry for each word of importance having to do with the
Catholic Church. Anthony Lo Bello gives the etymology of the word,
describes what it means, and then adds whatever further discussion
he feels is needed; in some cases this amounts to several pages. Lo
Bello has assembled, over a number of years, lucid and wide-ranging
remarks on the etymology and history of the words that occur in the
study of the Catholic religion. A true labor of love, this
sophisticated, one-of-a-kind dictionary will delight those who take
pleasure in learning. Anyone interested in words and
language-indeed, in culture, will find something interesting on
every page. This is a book one may read and not just consult. The
author has been ecumenical in his choice of authorities. J. B.
Bury, Lord Chesterfield, Mandell Creighton, S. R. Driver, Ferdinand
Gregorovius, Dr. Johnson, Henry Charles Lea, Bishop Lightfoot,
Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Stuart Mill, Henry Hart Milman,
Leopold von Ranke, and Bertrand Russell find their places alongside
Alban Butler, Denzinger, Ignaz Doellinger the Abbe Duchesne, Adrian
Fortescue, Bishop Hefele, Cardinal Gasparri, Msgr. Ronald Knox,
Msgr. Horace K. Mann, John Henry Newman, Ludwig von Pastor, Wilfrid
Ward, William George Ward, and Evelyn Waugh. There have been many
changes in the Catholic Church since 1962, and one of the goals of
this book is to describe what will soon be missing from the
memories of all living people. The Origins of Catholic Words may,
Lo Bello hopes, make its small contribution so that the situation
not arise, which would convict John Henry Newman of error when he
wrote, "What the Catholic Church once has had, she never has lost."
Back by popular demand, the bestselling Politically Incorrect
Guides provide an unvarnished, unapologetic overview of
controversial topics every American should understand. The
Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism refutes
misrepresentations and misconceptions about the Catholic Church and
separates rumor from truth when it comes to Catholic traditions,
faith, and controversial leaders.
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