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The warnings of the prophet Micah to wayward Israel should concern the United States today....

The Russian philosopher and historian, George Fedotov, at the beginning of his examination of the...

Jesus, through his life, death, and resurrection, constantly touched the world at large, transfiguring it...

Scripture is full stories with prophetic warnings about potential futures. Whether we take them as...

Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus,  who, though he was in...

Champion of Orthodoxy, teacher of purity and of true worship,  enlightener of the universe and...

One of the worst aspects of medieval theological speculation is that it often relied upon...

Many of Trump’s policies, and the actions undertaken to enforce his policies, are cruel. There...

Defenders of the death penalty usually employ one or two distinct strategies in their apologetics,...

In the second letter attributed to Peter, there is a reference to the event of...

When Jesus cleared the Temple (cf. Matt. 21: 12-17; Mk. 11:15-19; Lk. 19: 45-48; Jn....

In what often seems like a robotic response, whenever someone like Pope Francis speaks about...

The inviolable dignity of life means that no one can ever deserve being put to...

In the medieval collection detailing the lives of the saints, The Golden Legend, there is...

One of the most unusual saints from Russia (Rus), St. Alexander Nevsky (1221-1263), is famous...

When the Jesuits began their mission to China, they had to find a way to...

Plato taught that philosophy serves as preparation for death. Life is impermanent. What comes next...

God entered creation and became a part of it as a human man in order...

Eschatology can be difficult to dealt with because those who write on eschatological themes, though...

Jesus, in his preaching, indicated that the way we treat others, especially the most vulnerable...

On April 4, 2001, for the 33rd anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King...

The world is being transformed, indeed, malformed, by modern humanity.  The reality of climate change...

The great Robert Taft, commenting upon the spirituality of the East, explained that a major...

When Peter asked about how many times he should forgive any offense he received from...

Reading Tolkien’s stories, it is easy to pick up the fact that the various races...

Perhaps one of the greatest contributions of Paul to Christian theology is his proclamation that...

Early Christian moral teaching consistently warned Christians against the evils of avarice, understanding it was...

As photos reveal the deplorable state of migrants crammed into cells, as more and more...

Jesus came to fulfill the law. "Think not that I have come to abolish the...

Humans, called to be stewards of creation, are not meant to be parasites taking over...