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1 day ago · According to Catholic tradition, when Jesus was condemned to die, only St. John the Evangelist ("the most beloved disciple" of John 19:26-27) actually bothered to show up to the Crucifixion, comforting the Virgin Mary as she watched Jesus die. The rest, despite their stated fidelity to Jesus, were nowhere to be found.
4 days ago · One of the most common objections I hear from protestants criticizing Orthodoxy, or even Catholicism, is: “The saints are dead, they can't hear you.”. The saints in heaven are not dead. That is a fundamental rejection of what Christ did during His decent into Hades. He emptied the graves of the righteous dead and pulled everyone into heaven.
1 day ago · Orthodoxy involves right belief, but it’s not simply head knowledge. You will remember the accounts in the Gospel when the demons rightly identify Jesus—even when he doesn’t want to be identified—as the Son of God. The demons know exactly who he is! They had right belief. But they were far from orthodox.
1 day ago · Christianity, major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth (the Christ, or the Anointed One of God) in the 1st century ce. It has become the largest of the world’s religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused of all faiths.
1 day ago · Christ’s Transfiguration aims at strengthening the apostles’ faith in anticipation of his Passion: the ascent onto the ‘high mountain’ prepares for the ascent to Calvary. Christ, Head of the Church, manifests what his Body contains and radiates in the sacraments: ‘the hope of glory’ [CCC 568].
4 days ago · Christ’s death, after all, was the event that triggered his resurrection: no risen Christ without a crucified Christ. I am going to set aside for now theologies of the atonement. I believe Christianity, as a religion, began in trauma: the trauma of seeing our beloved leader brutally executed by an uncaring occupying force.
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4 days ago · It is participating in Christ, which is also known as union with Christ. When people place their trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior of their life, and believe he died for their sins and rose again ...
