Apocalypse 20 is a grand outline of history from the Incarnation to the Day of Judgment.

VERSES 1-3 describe the binding of Satan by Christ’s cross and resurrection. This is the “binding of the strong man.”

VERSES 4-6 describe the age of the Catholic Church, ruled by the

ST. AUGUSTINE: NO CONFLICT BETWEEN GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY, GRACE, AND OUR FREE WILL

“Listen to the Lord, when he says, ‘I have prayed for thee, Peter, that thy faith fail not’ (Luke 22:32), that we may never think of our faith as so lying in our free will that it has no need of the

Throughout the writings of the Church Fathers, you see constant references to “the teaching of the Church,” “the Church’s doctrine,” or “the Church teaches,” etc.

Such phrases can only come from those who believe there is one true Church, teaching the same doctrine and Faith.

Reading St. Gregory of Nyssa’s “On the Making of Man,” written in the late 300s.

It’s a truly beautiful work, and shows how the Christian conception of man did more than anything else in history to elevate human dignity.

Here’s a small snapshot from the beginning (Ch. 2-3):

Throughout the writings of the Church Fathers, you see constant references to “the teaching of the Church,” “the Church’s doctrine,” or “the Church teaches,” etc.

Such phrases can only come from those who believe there is one true Church, teaching the same doctrine and Faith.

CHURCH FATHER: “GOD HIMSELF WAS CREATED IN AND FROM THE VIRGIN”

This reality is why the Church has grown in its understanding of the mystery of Our Lady at the heart of the Incarnation.

“Therefore, the Word of God, the very same God the Word, when he took human flesh from the

This is the same teaching as the Council of Trent, by the way.

Except more than 1,000 years earlier.

It's a product of the Treaty of Augsburg and Peace of Westphalia, which ended the wars of religion by adopting a relativistic political order that declared, 'Whose reign, his religion,' thereby surrending the solidity of the moral order.

ANCIENT CHURCH FATHER: GRACE HEALS OUR FREE WILL

St. Fulgentius of Ruspe, writing in AD 519 to a group of monks who inquired of him about the Catholic doctrine of grace, articulates a beautiful Catholic formulation of how grace elevates man’s free will, enabling it to obey God

This is very funny.

My beloved teacher gave me a choice in 2008: I could learn ANY piano concerto I wanted to learn.

I chose Rachmaninoff’s 3rd, the famous “Rach 3.”

In many ways it was just to play this extraordinarily beautiful finale.

Music changes who we are—for the better, if we choose well.

Redeemed Zoomer I was just reading this today, words from St. Gregory of Nyssa—a Church Father—talking about a time period when another Church Father, St. Basil the Great, was standing for the true faith against imperial overreach:

“It was a time of exile, confiscation, banishment, threats of

The West fell into secular relativism because it accepted Christian relativism first.

What a nice surprise to get this signed book with a kind note in the mail today as a thank you for supporting Eternal Christendom. Joshua Charles it is a pleasure and a delight to be a small part of what you are building for the kingdom of God. You have been a huge blessing to

This has been the consistent Catholic response to heretics—both the ancient Arius, Eunomius, and others; and the more modern Luther, Calvin, etc.

“Explain to them [Christians] how he [Eunomius] came to think it right to adopt opinions which contradict universal belief, and to

ST. AUGUSTINE ON HOW TRUE CHRISTIANS RESPOND TO CRISES IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

For St. Augustine, when there are crises in the Catholic Church because of “carnal men,” the only Christian response is to “defend to the death” the Catholic Faith—NEVER fall into heresy, NEVER fall