In Leviticus 21:5-6 rules are set out for the priests: they may not wear tonsures or gash their bodies. Is this not a direct instruction for priests, bishops and popes not to flagellate themselves to undue mortification? Why do some well-known Catholic leaders use this outlawed method of disciplining themselves?
I was taught catechism by strictly disciplined German nuns. One indelible piece of information was that we were born, body...
Every being acts according to its nature, so human beings act according to the rational nature which governs their moral life. Human behaviour has a natural tendency to do good and seek harmony, even without any explicit desire for God and his support.
How does the Church define Transubstantiation? This complex doctrine draws from the philosophy of Aristotle but resides firmly in the realm of Faith…
We believe that the Holy Spirit governs the Church. Well then, how could Rodrigo Borgia, with a bad reputation, have become Pope Alexander VI?
Church / Liturgy / Shackleton
Incense has been used in the Catholic liturgy for ages. But doesn’t its use come from pagan origins?
Baptism / Jesus / Shackleton / Theology
From as early as the first century, Christians acknowledged that Jesus Christ the man was both divine and human, as is plainly expressed in the Apostles’ Creed.
What is the difference between heresy and schism? If the Eastern Church is in schism with the Catholic Church, are Protestant churches heretical churches?
Recently our Bible group learnt of the theories about who was the real author of the Gospel of St John....
