In 1965 Vatican II stated that there is a Religious freedom… [which] leaves untouched the traditional Catholic doctrine on the moral duty of men and
In his 1907 Syllabus Condemning the Errors of the Modernists, Pope St. Pius X rejected the idea that the discoveries of science or history should
This is a complicated question because there are so many variables which are potentially relevant. To simplify the issues, just three aspects will be considered:
The Tridentine Rite of Mass is the Latin Mass which was celebrated prior to the 1969 introduction of the new form of Mass (the Novus
This question is prompted by views like the following: The saints have never hesitated to break idols, destroy their temples, or legislate against pagan or
The New Testament contains two letters from St. Paul (d. 65) to the Corinthians. They deal with a lot of separate issues, but they also
There are two main types of authority: governance and magisterium. A governance is the power to impose and enforce behavioral standards. Clubs, businesses and nations
The Council of Trent (1545–63) said: “If any one says . . . that it is not better and more blessed to remain in virginity,
This is a question about the specifically religious and moral factors which impact upon Christian decisions about “personal appearance.” It is less interested in the
This is a question about the nature of faith. It asks whether a consideration of health and safety has implications for Christians’ models of faith
In the 1917 Code of Canon Law, marriage is defined, partially, as a “remedy of concupiscence” (1013). When the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) reflected on
Before the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) Catholics approached Ecumenism (Christian Unity) with an apparent negativity. Non-Catholics were seen as in error. They needed to correct
St. Etheldreda (636–679) was a queen and a nun in England, 1500 years ago. Although her life looks completely dissimilar to modern lives, she faced
There are few odder space exploration stories than the claim that six cosmonauts saw angels, and that the Soviet authorities covered it all up. What
Many Christians believe in the necessity of “Scripture and Tradition,” as a twin source of God’s Revelation. Some Christians take the stronger view of “Traditionism.”
Loyalty and disloyalty are familiar ideas. Employees who keep company secrets are loyal. Friends who gossip behind your back are disloyal. It is easy to
There is a view that Vatican II (1965) was a theological catastrophe. This view sees it as a capitulation to Modernism, sinking the Church into
St. Paul is recorded as saying that “wives should be subordinate” (Ephesians 5:22; Colossians 3:18) and “under the control” of their husbands (Titus 2:5). Some
The annals of medieval history contain many love stories. Most of the well-known tales involve romantic love, such as the troubled and tragic twelfth-century account
Scripturism is the view that everything a Christian needs to know is in the Bible (i.e., in the Scriptures). More sophisticated versions of Scripturism avoid
The Common Good is a vision for a flourishing society. Integralism is the idea that the Church should (to some extent) control secular society. If
Original Sin is a complex doctrine which has variously been misunderstood as claiming that “babies are evil” or “women wrecked the world.” Creationists and Evolutionists
