Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. James V. Schall was published originally in slightly different form at Ignatius Insight on September 8, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 […]
“Objection: The Scripture is plainly full of matters not dictated by the Holy Spirit. –Answer: Then they do not harm faith. Objection: But the Church has decided that all is of the Holy Spirit. Answer: […]
Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. Schall, was first published on October 25, 2005, at Ignatius Insight. “But Barnabas took him (Paul), and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how […]
Editor’s note: The following essay was originally posted on April 9, 2012; it is reposted here in recognition of the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. “On the morning of the […]
Eventually, when the Incarnation of the Son of Man is rejected, the rejection of man inevitably follows. This abolition of man is what we are […]
If we think wrongly about God, most everything else goes wrong. […]
“What is?” questions are of particular significance. When we see or hear of something before us or of something happening, we want to know what it is. We are not satisfied until we find out. […]
Editor’s note: This “Sojourns With Schall” column was originally posted a decade ago, on July 11, 2012. ——————– “The hymn to Christ, or, more commonly, the ‘Christological hymn’ (Philippians 2:4-9) is a hymn in which […]
I. As a general principle, an honest man will want know what something is, or is said to be, before he decides whether he thinks it is true or that he must do anything about […]
To be disappointed about something means it did not live up to expectations, to some standard. A football or basketball team may not live up to its pre-season hopes. Disappointment implies that something which could […]
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