THINK THIS, NOT THAT #4: WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I AM? Ephesus Explains Christ’s...
GLOSSARY FOR EPHESUS Nestorianism – Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, and his followers believed that divine and human persons remained separate in the incarnate Christ. For their adherence to this...
View ArticleTHINK THIS, NOT THAT #5: Knock-Down, Drag-Out Fights Over Jesus
Whiz, bam—the early church leaders certainly knew how to put heretics and dissident theologians in their place! They’d bang their coffee cups on the table and cry, “Anathema!!” (An anathema, if you...
View ArticleTHINK THIS, NOT THAT #6: Monothelitism. Say THAT With Your Mouth Full!
Oh, the confusion! Last time in “Think This, Not That,” I talked about the Council of Chalcedon, at which the Church ironed out the controversy over the “Three Chapters” and Nestorianism (which wrongly...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes at Vatican II: Yves Congar Captures a Historic Moment
Yves Congar was a complex man. The New York Times, in his obituary, called him a “vigorous ecumenist” and a “promoter of the laity.” His life in the Church toggled between acclaim and rejection. So...
View ArticlePope, Patriarch Plan “Nicaea III”; Do You Remember What Happened at Nicaea I...
It was Patriarch Bartholomew who broke the news: On his return from Jerusalem, where the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople had prayed with Pope Francis at the Holy Sepulchre, the Patriarch...
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