On Evangelistic Dialogue with Jews and Muslims

Reading Time: 10 minutes The following was a college essay written by Jonathan McMonigal. It has been edited and approved by Julea Pehl. 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. Part I: Introduction The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council decreed that […]

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 […]

Liturgies for Pregnancy Loss: Healing Through Faith

Reading Time: 16 minutes The following was a college essay written by Mary Biese. 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 Mary Biese, Notre Dame The ritual is “an elongated […]

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 […]