This question, posed right at the beginning of St. Peter Canisius' Catechism, is becoming more and more important each day to ponder. Many souls today lay claim to the Christian name, but are they truly to be considered as such? Some people are confused by the myriads who say
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Andrew Kiernan of Crusader Filmworks joins the Living Echoes Podcast to answer this important question: Should Catholics Hate or Love Their Country? While we focus on the United States of America in this show as we both are born and reside here, the Catholic principles will apply to any country.
Written by Alexander Lanshe on January 13th, Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, Anno Domini 2025 In “Desire and Deception: Is the Church Necessary?” by Thomas Hutchinson, he lays out a crucial philosophical thought shift which has had incredible ramifications on the salvation dogma, and the world at large.
Q: How many persons are there in God? A. Three divine persons, really distinct, and equal in all things. 1 John 5:7. Q. How do you call the three divine persons? A. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Q. Is the Father God? A. Yes; the Father
Q. What does the Apostles Creed contain? A. The principal mysteries of religion and other necessary articles. Q. Which are the principal mysteries of religion? A. The Unity and Trinity of God, the Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection of our Savior. Q. Why are they called principal mysteries? A. Because these
Q. What is Man? A. One of God's creatures composed of a body and soul, and made to God's likeness. Q. In what is man made to God's likeness? A. In his soul. Q. In what is man's soul like to God?
Q. Will God judge our most secret thoughts and actions? A. Yes; and every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it on the day of judgment - Matthew 12:36 Q. Had God a beginning? A. No; He always was, and always will be.
All of the questions and answers are taken from Butler's Irish Catechism and will be bolded. All commentary is mine, and will be un-bolded. Question (Q). Who made the world? Answer (A). God. Q. Who is God? A. The Creator and Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth, and
At long last, Living Echoes is launching the afore-promised Catechism Series. We shall be engaging in two, simultaneous explorations of these illustrious Catechisms: Butler's Irish Catechism (originally published in 1775), and the Catechism of St. Peter Canisius (originally published in 1555 and first published in English in 1622)
In Butler's Irish Catechism, we are asked this question in Lesson X, On the True Church. Is there any other true Church besides the Holy Catholic Church? Many men of today would say "absolutely" but is that the answer we are given in the Catechism? What
Hello Living Echoes members, My last email contained the wrong month, so here is the updated version: On Tuesday, JULY 30th, at 6PM EST, I am doing a Livestream on the Living Echoes YouTube Channel with Ian of Early Christian Beliefs. We shall be discussing the divine revelation of Christ