In that strange and sobering tale from the First Book of Samuel, the Ark of the Covenant is returned to the Israelites after wreaking havoc among the Philistines. It had crushed Dagon, the god of grain and thunder, in his own temple—first knocking him face-down before the Ark, then shattering his head and hands on […]
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The deadly religion of the self is everywhere today — in self-help slogans, modern spirituality, and the worship of the “god within.” But long before this inner idol re-emerged, G.K. Chesterton had already exposed its fatal flaws. In Chapter 5 of Orthodoxy, he delivers a timeless warning: self-worship is not just mistaken. It’s destructive. Only
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“A man is not a man because he says he has observed the moon rising every night. A man is a man because he wonders why it rises at all.”— G.K. Chesterton Science asks many good questions, what is it made of, how does it behave, when did it occur? But of the six great
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If you ever find yourself tempted to seize power that isn’t yours, you might want to take a quiet moment to read Numbers 16. It’s the kind of biblical story that makes Game of Thrones look tame. It’s a wild story, the kind you’d think belonged in a dramatic action movie instead of Scripture. In
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Introduction The notion that Christ established His Church on Earth, entrusting it to the leadership of Peter and the Apostles, is foundational to Catholic theology. This understanding stands in contrast to the modern idea that each person can independently decide their path in following Christ, effectively becoming their own church. To address this debate, we
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There is a curious thing about human nature that we should rather look away from uncomfortable truths than face them squarely. We prefer our religion sanitised, our theology tidied up, our symbols cleaned and made respectable. This tendency, I think, explains why so many of our Protestant brethren have such an aversion to the crucifix—that
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The Weight of the Most Solemn Day There are moments in human history when time itself seems to hold its breath, when the ordinary rhythm of days is interrupted by something so profound that it demands absolute attention. For ancient Israel, the Day of Atonement was precisely such a moment. On this single day each
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Introduction: The Challenge of the “New Prophecy” Among the many theological challenges that confronted the early Church, few were as provocative or enduring in their implications as Montanism. Emerging in the latter half of the second century in Phrygia, a region of Asia Minor, Montanism presented itself not as a rival religion, but as a
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Introduction Monophysitism—from the Greek monos (single) and physis (nature)—represents a significant theological controversy in early Christian history. This Christological doctrine asserts that Jesus Christ possessed only a divine nature, rather than the two natures—divine and human—taught by Catholic doctrine. The Catholic position, known as the hypostatic union, maintains that in the single person of Jesus
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I. Introduction: Defining Docetism and its Initial Appearance in Early Christianity Docetism, a term originating from the Greek word “dokein” (δοκεῖν), signifying “to seem” or “to appear,” represents an early Christian belief that was subsequently identified and condemned as a heresy within the developing orthodox tradition. At its core, Docetism espoused the notion that Jesus
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