Editor’s note: An earlier version of this essay was posted at CWR on January 25, 2021. The author has now added two recent translations—Peter Constantine (2018) and Anthony Esolen (2023)—and has lightly edited some of […]
Priests are indispensable in the life of the Church. It is through our priests that we are reconciled with God, fed through the Holy Eucharist, brought into the Body of Christ through baptism, and much […]
O world invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, . . . —Francis Thompson, “The Kingdom of God” This review presents an unusual challenge. As a regular reader of the author’s excellent […]
In recent years, there has been a wider recognition and appreciation of the Jewish roots of the Catholic faith. Scholars and other authors have written numerous books and articles exploring this topic: Brant Pitre (Jesus […]
Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s recent catechism Credo: Compendium of the Catholic Faith, published in late 2023 by Sophia Institute Press, has been hailed by high prelates and famous theologians as a much-needed clarification of Catholic teaching in […]
The Cambridge historian Richard Rex has noted that the first great crisis in Christianity was over the nature of the Trinity, especially over the nature of Christ, hence the early Christological heresies. The second great […]
Rev. Anthony R. Lusvardi, S.J. is an American Jesuit priest who teaches sacramental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He holds a B.A. in English and philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, […]
The Eucharist is the source and summit, the font and apex, of the Church’s life. As a result, the Mass is at the heart of the Church, a constituent part of the daily and weekly […]
That the Reformation was a revolution is not a new idea. Centuries before contemporary scholars Brad S. Gregory or Patrick J. Deneen assessed the Reformation as an accelerant for modern secularism, individualism, and materialism, thinkers […]
Pope John Paul II often gratefully spoke of an “ecumenical gift exchange.” In that spirit, the rector of my Anglican boyhood parish, knowing of my interests in both psychology and theology, gave me books by […]
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