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judas, betrayal

Did Satan Enter Judas Because of the Eucharist?

Nate Guyear April 1, AD2025 9 Comments

We are all familiar with the Last Supper narratives in which Jesus identifies Judas as his betrayer. However, something interesting occurs in John 13 when

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crucifix, jesus, seder, sacrifice, triduum

The Theology of Science-Fiction:
Some Speculative Fiction Gospels*

Bob Kurland April 6, AD2021 19 Comments

  …when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. … There is nothing better

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Scripture, Sola Scriptura, paradoxy

The Reliability of the Gnostic Gospels

JP Nunez April 3, AD2020 2 Comments

This essay considers the reliability of the Gnostic Gospels while contrasting them to the canonical Gospels. A few months ago, I wrote an article about

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ideologies

The Necessity of Good Works for Salvation in the Gospels

JP Nunez January 12, AD2020 9 Comments

One of the biggest issues separating Catholics and Protestants is the question of the necessity of good works for salvation. At the risk of oversimplifying

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Why We Can Trust the Gospels as History

JP Nunez July 9, AD2019 9 Comments

Are the Gospels trustworthy as history? Did the stories they tell about Jesus really happen? Christianity is a historical religion, a faith that’s based on allegedly historical

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ordinary time

Anything But Ordinary Time, Part I

Cynthia Millen February 22, AD2019 1 Comment

Now the vestments are back to green. Boring, old, no-feast-day, no-solemnities green. All the big holidays are done, until we hit Ash Wednesday, of course;

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Loneliness, repentance

A Book Launch, Hidden Mystical Power, and the Art of the Impossible: Part 1

David Torkington February 16, AD2018 1 Comment

On the 15th February, I had the honour of sharing the launch of my book,  Wisdom from the Christian Mystics with Kevin Grant, former editor-in-chief of

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Confession

Can Christians Believe in a Christ Without Miracles?

Anthony S. Layne May 19, AD2017 No Comments

Do we really need to believe in certain miracles to be Christians? That is the question Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times asked Evangelical

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