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20/07/2015

Unpublished: St. Ambrose of Milan 3

Leaving the baptismal pool, you were the priest Consider what came next. It is what it says and psalmist: It is precious ointment on the head, going down the beard, running down Aaron's beard. It is the salve that says the Song of Songs: Your name is like a fragrant balsam, and the maidens [...]

15/07/2015

Review: The New Jerome Biblical Commentary

The New Jerome Biblical Commentary Hardcover – September 11, 1989 by Raymond E. Brown S.S (Author) ISBN-13: 978-0136149347 ISBN-10: 0136149340 Raymond Edward Brown (May 22, 1928 - August 8 1998) was an American Catholic priest and an expert in biblical exegesis academic world renowned. [...]

20/06/2015

Unpublished: St. Ambrose of Milan 2

III. Entrance to the Baptistery 9. After you approach also saw the fountain, also saw the bishop near the source. I can not put in your mind no doubt that had the same feeling that it was Naaman the Syrian, because, although it was purified before hesitated. Why? I'll tell you, [...]

15/06/2015

Review: Introduction to Christianity

Introducción al cristianismo., Joseph Ratzinger. Benedicto XII. Sígueme (2002) ISBN 9788430106714 What is Christianity? Answering this question is the fundamental objective of this book. To do this, nothing better to focus on one of the basic texts, the Creed, which the [...]

21/05/2015

Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle

On his way from Judea to Galilee, Jesus passes through Samaria. He has no problem dealing with Samaritans, who were considered by the Jews to be heretics, schismatics, others. His attitude helps us to realize that encounter with those who are different than ourselves can make us grow. Weary from [...]

20/05/2015

Unpublished: St. Ambrose of Milan

Book One I. Faith is prior to baptism. The baptismal anointing 1. Start the catechesis of the sacraments; catechesis that have already received, but which could not be fully explained before. Faith is the first step in the Christian life. Therefore, in Rome, those who have been baptized are [...]

15/05/2015

Review: The Four Cardinal Virtues

Las virtudes fundamentales, Josef Pieper. RIALP, 2003 ISBN 9788432131349 Josef Pieper was a German philosopher (Elte -Westfalia-, May 4, 1904 Münster, November 6, 1997). He studied philosophy, law and sociology at the universities of Berlin and Münster. He began teaching in 1946 at [...]

28/04/2015

Contingency of the created Being II

One of the Greek categories that received more modifications was that of the substance. Gilson describes thomistic metaphysics as existential, since Being is substance in Aristotle’s philosophy, but substance becomes created in Aquinas’ thesis. For a believer, contingency means [...]

20/04/2015

Unpublished: John Chrysostom 2

(...) One incident that happened during his service in Antioch illustrates the influence of his homilies. When Chrysostom arrived in Antioch, the bishop of the city had to intervene with Emperor Theodosius I on behalf of citizens who had gone on a rampage mutilating statues of the Emperor and [...]

15/04/2015

Review: Jean-Claude Nesmy

Espiritualidad del año litúrgico., Claude Jean-nesmy, Herder. Barcelona. ISBN 9788425413940 Jean-Claude Nesmy is the pseudonym of Claude Surchamp, a monk of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary of Pierre-qui-Vire. Son of Henry Surchamp, nicknamed Jean Nesmy, and Joseph's [...]

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