716 results for 'the eucharist is really jesus'

How Do We Know Which Books Early Christians Used in Liturgy?(Post)

As Valeriy Alikin of St. Petersburg Christian University explains,“Christians began to read apostolic epistles in their gatherings at the latest from the middle of the first century onwards.” At the ...

Are Gospel Accounts Of The Nativity At Odds With Each Other?(Post)

In this excerpt from his book, Hard Sayings: A Catholic Approach to Answering Bible Difficulties, Trent Horn looks at how we can make sense of what seem to be inconsistencies with the Gospel ...

The Most Frightening Passages in Scripture(Post)

Our life has only one of two ends: eternal life with Jesus Christ or eternal damnation with the Evil One. There is no middle ground, no compromised position, no neutral or safe space. There is no su ...

Why Can Only Practicing Catholics Receive the Sacraments? (Post)

The Leadership Roles in the Old Covenant In establishing his covenant with the Israelites, God also established three different leadership roles: priests, prophets, and kings. The role of the Israe ...

Your Ascension Thursday Reflection: Preparing a Place for Us(Post)

Please enjoy this Ascension Thursday devotion from our brand-new devotional by Mike Aquilina and Adam Lucas, Feasts 0f Our Fathers: Praying the Church Year with the Early Christians, out now.Chris ...

Do the Infancy Narratives Contain Contradictions or Historical Errors?(Post)

Sometimes skeptics have claimed that the infancy narratives found in Matthew 1–2 and Luke 1–2 contradict each other. For example, it is pointed out that Luke has Mary living in Nazareth ...

Why Are There Eight Beatitudes in Matthew and Only Four in Luke?(Post)

The Sermon on the Mount related in Matthew 5-7 has much in common with the teaching of Jesus related in Luke 6. It is widely recognized that Luke 6 teaches in an abbreviated form what Matthew 5-7 te ...

Did Christians Borrow Christmas and Easter From Pagans?(Post)

  Myth: Christians borrowed Christmas and Easter from pagansEvery spring just before Easter, major news organizations run stories “debunking” one of the central tenets of the Chris ...

Need Help Defending Christmas?(Post)

Christians Borrowed Christmas and Easter from Pagans Every spring just before Easter, major news organizations run stories “debunking” one of the central tenets of the Christian faith&md ...

St. Ignatius Said What???(Post)

  How a Popular Mis-Quotation Made it Into the Catechism In the sixteenth century, St. Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits. Supporters and critics alike have called ...

Apologetics in the Early Church(Post)

As the Christian faith spread, its members encountered new challenges, and the early Church began to develop an extensive apologetic literature, directed both externally—to non-Christians—and interna ...

The Invisible Stigmata of St. Faustina Kowalska(Post)

In the midst of unspeakable chaos, we must remember that God sends men and women—saints—who are most needed at the time.St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), who would make known to th ...