January 2015

Aquinas: The Biblical Approach of the Model Catholic Theologian

Today is the Feast Day of St. Thomas Aquinas! In honor of that, I thought I’d cover some ground I’ve been over before, namely, Thomas’ role as a model of Catholic theology and his primary focus on Scripture. Perhaps most striking—at least to some—is Thomas’ insistence on the priority of the literal-historical sense of Scripture. […]

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“What’s So ‘Great’ about St. Basil?” with Matthew Leonard and Mike Aquilina.

Ever wonder how the Catholic Church became the greatest charitable organization in the world? What was the relationship between the early Church and the State? Join Matthew Leonard and Fathers of the Church expert Mike Aquilina as they discuss the rich history surrounding St. Basil the Great,  4th century Father and Doctor of the Church.

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Joy without Borders

The apologist C.S. Lewis imagined an unredeemed world as a place where it was always winter, but never Christmas. This winter I find myself in a different place from Lewis’s imagining. It’s always Christmas, it seems — and that is as it should be. My book about Christmas, Joy to the World, appeared shortly before Advent

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