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August 2016

August 06, 2016
A hierarchy of merit - or demerit The hierarchy of  angels, Origen says, must be...
August 05, 2016
Angels are holy because of the Spirit Though Scripture does not explicitly  mention the creation...
August 05, 2016
This week we have two titles to give away! One lucky winner will receive a...
August 04, 2016
The angels earned their roles in the hierarchy Origen, speculating about the different orders of...
August 04, 2016
Review by Pete Socks Ignatius Press has recently released a softcover photobook tribute to the...
August 03, 2016
Myriads of myriads The number of angels is simply unimaginable, says the speculative philosopher Dionysius the...
August 03, 2016
Review by Michele Craig “I do believe that Christ is calling all of His children...
August 02, 2016
How many kinds of angels are there? We commonly mention nine kinds of angels, but...
August 01, 2016
The orders of angels St. John of Damascus summarizes the teaching of Dionysius the Areopagite, who...
August 01, 2016
Stephen P. White is a fellow in the Catholic Studies Program at the Ethics and...

July 2016

July 31, 2016
How the Bible describes angels Scripture, says Dionysius the Areopagite, uses symbolic imagery (in Ezekiel...
July 30, 2016
Descriptions of angels are figurative The writer we call Dionysius  the Areopagite, beginning a work...
July 29, 2016
Heavenly beings as well were made by the Word Interpreting Psalm 45, St. Augustine imagines...
July 29, 2016
This week one lucky winner will receive a copy of Red, White, Blue, and Catholic  by...
July 28, 2016
The creation of angels Genesis doesn’t tell us explicitly when the angels were created, says St....
July 28, 2016
We have been hearing a lot about “Making America Great Again” this election cycle. As...
July 27, 2016
Some truths about the angels remain a mystery St. Augustine addresses the question of  whether...
July 27, 2016
Hollywood feature to be made on the power of the Rosary Several Catholic filmmakers have...
July 26, 2016
We're part stone, part angel A human being, says  St. Gregory the Great, is in...
July 26, 2016
For three years, Ramona worked as the manager of a Planned Parenthood abortion-referral facility in...
July 25, 2016
The three kinds of intelligence St. Gregory of Nyssa remembers the opinions of his sister,...
July 25, 2016
Mike Aquilina is the award-winning author of more than forty books on Catholic history, doctrine,...
July 24, 2016
We exist because God knows us God has angel messengers, says St. Augustine, but they...
July 23, 2016
All things have being through God St. Augustine presents a hierarchy of living beings, from...
July 22, 2016
We're not the only intelligent life We tend to place humanity rather proudly at the...
July 22, 2016
This week we have two titles to give away! One lucky winner will receive a...
July 21, 2016
One year ago we embarked on a journey through Paul Thigpen's book A Year with Mary:...
July 21, 2016
There are a countless number of saints we can use as our example on the...
July 20, 2016
Hymn to the Mother of God The Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God dates...
July 20, 2016
Review by Julie Abell I picked up this book to read, Redeemed by Grace: A...
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