Where Does the Bible Teach That the Holy Spirit is God? By Clement Harrold May 17, 2024 In the fourth century, the Catholic Church struggled mightily against a heresy known as Macedonianism. Made popular by a former bishop of Constantinople called Macedonius, the Macedonian heresy denied the full divinity of the Holy Spirit, arguing instead […]
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What are 10 Things I Should Know About Ezekiel? By Clement Harrold May 10, 2024 1) He is the third of the four major prophets. Whereas Jewish tradition considers Ezekiel to be the last of the great prophets (after Isaiah and Jeremiah), Christian tradition lists Daniel as a fourth. 2) He is an exilic prophet.
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Why does God try to kill Moses in Exodus 4? By Clement Harrold May 3, 2024 Chapter 4 of the Book of Exodus contains one of the strangest passages in all of Sacred Scripture. Verses 18-26 describe how Moses, living in exile in the land of Midian, goes to his father-in-law Jethro to request permission
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What is Hope and How is it Different from Faith? By Clement Harrold April 26, 2024 Hope is surely the most neglected of the theological virtues. Less intuitive than its two sisters, faith and charity, it can be difficult to define and easy to overlook. To make matters worse, the relationship between hope and faith
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Did Jesus Appear to the Disciples in Jerusalem or Galilee? By Clement Harrold April 19, 2024 One of the more puzzling elements in the Gospel descriptions of the post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus is the fact that Matthew’s Gospel ends on a mountaintop in Galilee, while Luke’s account concludes near Bethany and the Mount of Olives,
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Did Jesus Really Descend into Hell? By Clement Harrold April 11, 2024 In reciting the Apostles Creed, the Christian faithful affirm that Jesus “descended into hell” following His crucifixion and death. But is this literally the case, and does the Creed use the word “hell” in the same way that we understand it today? The
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What Does “The Day of The Lord” Refer to in Sacred Scripture? By Clement Harrold April 5, 2024 “Day of the Lord” is a term which crops up from time to time in the Bible, but what does it mean exactly? In the Catholic Bible Dictionary, biblical scholar Scott Hahn explains that the day of
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Was Jesus’ Death the Most Painful Death in History? By Clement Harrold March 29, 2024 Although crucifixion is not necessarily the most painful form of execution ever devised by men, it is nevertheless reasonable to believe that Christ’s death was the most painful death in history. First, on the physical level, crucifixion is undoubtedly one
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Over the centuries, various theories have been proposed regarding how St. Joseph reacted to the news that Mary was pregnant (see Mt 1:18-21).
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Catholic doctrine clearly teaches that a person in a state of mortal sin must not receive Holy Communion. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains, “The Eucharist is not ordered to the forgiveness of mortal sins – that is proper to the sacrament of Reconciliation. The Eucharist is properly the sacrament of those who are in full communion with the Church” (#1395).
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