Totus Christus and Augustine’s Hermeneutical Center
Reading Time: 4 minutes The following was a college essay written by Joseph Tuttle. It has been edited and approved by Ariel Hobbs. If you have a Theology essay that you would like published that received a grade of an A- or higher, please be sure to contact us. By Joseph Tuttle, Benedictine College When St. Augustine was made […]
The Eucharist and John 6: A Former Protestant’s Perspective
Reading Time: 11 minutes By Jack Morgan, Auburn University One of the dividing issues between Protestants and Catholics consists in what we believe takes place during the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. Catholics — and all other ancient Christian sects for that matter — have always upheld belief in the “Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.” That is, […]
Restored: Jesus Brings Us New Life
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Ellie Bixenman, Catholic University of America, En Español Here When we see the face of Jesus Christ in a painting, what is the first thought that comes to mind? Most of the time, Jesus seems so far from us because he is so powerful, reigning with God-like qualities. However, do we ever think about […]
Authorship and Interpretation of the Scriptures
Reading Time: 3 minutes The following was a college essay written by Mary Grace Raddell. It has been edited and approved by Aidan McIntosh. If you have a Theology essay that you would like published that received a grade of an A- or higher, please be sure to contact us. By Mary Grace Raddell, Catholic University of America The […]
Testimony: Why I am Catholic
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Ben Daly Labelle, University of Rhode Island Why am I Catholic? The easy answer would be that I was raised that way and that it is easy to make Catholicism a cultural identity. But it goes deeper than that. At some point in every Catholic’s life, they have to decide whether to make this […]
Arguments for Just War
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Simon Falk, Catholic University of America I recently watched a debate about just war between two Catholics and two Conservative Anabaptists.[1] There were some very interesting arguments on both sides, and I thought there was a lot to be learned from watching it. It is my goal in this article to try and summarize the […]
Heresy as Ignorance of Christ
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Lizzie Self In Book Three of Against Heresies, Saint Irenaeus responds to a request that he refute the doctrines of various heretics, and he proposes that this is a singular task. At the heart of the grievances between the Church and the heretics of his day was the debate over human knowledge: is […]
