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How the Ancient Christians Can Give You Hope and Teach You to Spread the Faith
‘The Church grew at a steady rate of 40% per decade,’ says Mike Aquilina, ‘and all that happened at a time when the practice of the faith was a capital crime.’
‘The Church grew at a steady rate of 40% per decade,’ says Mike Aquilina, ‘and all that happened at a time when the practice of the faith was a capital crime.’
‘I felt I had a vocation,’ says the noted British author about his life’s work. ‘It was what God wanted me to do.’
ANALYSIS: ‘The Pope is not the CEO of Catholicism, etc., who can work remotely from somewhere or who can move corporate headquarters if deemed advantageous.’
COMMENTARY: Synods have an ancient and rich history of articulating and helping to preserve the faith.
Nicholas Breakspear was born in Hertfordshire, England, and died Sept. 1, 1159.
To know well the ecumenical councils is to be deep in history
BOOK PICK: Readers would best approach ‘Christendom Lost and Found’ as a series of meditations.
From Christ’s ‘city on a hill’ to the ‘pilgrim’s road’ from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount, archaeological endeavors in Israel hold historical promise for contemporary believers.
If the 20th century teaches anything, it is that the sanity of sanctity is always the seed of life.
‘1054 and All That’ Is a Raucous Excursion Through Church History
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