by Editor | Oct 24, 2023 | Catechesis, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. I have been asked to speak on the deposit of faith and the Catechism. I would like to somewhat refine the subject by speaking on The Catechism of the Catholic Church as the basis for heroically Living the Divine Faith. You notice what I...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2023 | Apologetics, Teaching, Truth
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J Not many years ago, it would have been a strange title for a lecture to ask, “What makes Catholic materials really Catholic?” The reason is obvious. Catholics were Catholics. They were not Protestants, or Mormons, or Jehovah’s Witnesses. But...
by Editor | Feb 27, 2023 | Church Fathers, Council of Nicaea, Doctrine, Heresy, Holy Spirit, Incarnation, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Arianism, a fourth-century heresy which denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. Its author was Arius (256-336), a priest of Alexandria, who in 318 began to teach the doctrine which now bears his name. According to Arius there are not three...
by Editor | Nov 26, 2021 | Books, Shop, Teaching
A scholarly study by Father Hardon of what the Church teaches regarding membership of non-Catholics in the Church, and the true distinction and meaning between BODY and SOUL of the Church. Fr. Hardon saw Bellarmine’s teaching as the antidote to false and...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2021 | Council of Trent, Eucharist, Mass, Prayer, Sacraments, Teaching, Vatican II
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The purpose of our present meditation is to explain how the Mass is the sacrifice sacrament of the Eucharist. Again, we will draw on the church’s teaching on the Mass, especially focusing on definitions from the Council of Trent in the...
