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
A Poem composed in honor of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord, Jesus Christ: Oh precious blood most holy, Oh precious blood divine, Oh blood that washes o'er me, And makes me always Thine. Oh royal blood most potent, Oh royal blood most true, Oh blood which
Just an announcement that I will be going live on the Living Echoes YouTube channel at 7:30pm EST. Tonight I will be answering some questions from Deuterocomical regarding things we discussed in our justification debate. The answers to these questions will lead us to some very interesting discoveries ... I
Good evening, Tonight, Living Echoes is live-streaming at 7:00pm EST with His Excellency, Bishop Gabriel Tetherow. The topic is a very important one - Apostolic Succession. What is required to validly obtain it? Once someone has it, when may one licitly (lawfully) receive sacraments from them, and when may
In tonight's, first ever, LIVE (8:00pm Eastern) episode of the Living Echoes Podcast, we explore the question - did the Catholic Church defect in 1917? Join myself and our guest, Mr. Michael Creighton, as we as we explore a critical document from 1917 that has been the
At last, here is the final installment of Pope Leo XIII's amazing Encyclical, On the Chief Duties of Christian Citizens! Special thank you to my wife, Sabrina, for her brilliant editing and video creation. Enjoy this final section and may God guide us home!
To all the new subscribers - welcome to Living Echoes. To all who have subscribed from the beginning, thank you for your continued support. I hope you finding benefit from the content and the Catholic truth it contains. I wanted to take this opportunity to share our past work in
Happy Easter to you from Living Echoes! I pray you had a spiritually productive Lent and a good Holy Week. My family and I spent Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church with Bishop Gabriel Tetherow, SVC. The Church was beautiful, the traditional liturgies
First of all, welcome to our new subscribers! We gained several subscribers over the past few weeks and I would like to welcome you to the Living Echoes newsletter. I pray our work is edifying for your soul and the souls of your families and friends. We recently launched sections
In this captivating interview, His Excellency Bishop Gabriel Tetherow, SVC shares personal testimony of his life, background, and experiences while he was in the Novus Ordo diocese of Scranton, PA. It is an amazing and humbling story of how he went from having the Blood of Christ on his hands,
For the very first episode of the Living Echoes Podcast, I had the great honor and privilege of interviewing his Excellency, Bishop Gabriel Tetherow, SVC on Catholic Masculinity. If we are to perform the chief duties of Christian citizens that we are learning about from Pope Leo XIII, then we
A few days ago, we released sections 5-9 of our audiobook of Pope Leo's encyclical, Chief Duty of Christian Citizens, on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LivingEchoes1890 Pope Leo is starting to really get into the meat of his teaching, and these sections have very powerful
Today is the feast of St. Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers. He was made patron saint of writers by Pope Pius XI, in 1923. He was canonized by Pope Alexander VII in 1665, on April 8th. Today on his feast day, I am delighted to announce that
Thank you so much to everyone who has viewed the first installment of my audiobook of Pope Leo's, On the Chief Duty of Christian Citizens. The second video with sections 3 and 4 of the Encyclical are ready to view. My wife has done a beautiful job editing
On January 10th, 1890, Pope Leo XIII wrote an encyclical entitled, "Chief Duties of Christian Citizens". It served as the inspiration for this newsletter, and after we explore its contents together, you will understand why. We will explore the encyclical in installments, pausing along the way to really
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This is Living Echoes, a brand new site and newsletter run by Alexander Lanshe which will explore Traditional Catholic teaching, conduct interviews, host debates, investigate modern issues, and transmit information from old Catholic books in written and audio format. The name of the newsletter is taken from Pope Leo XIII&