Ecclesiology

One True Religion from Adam to Christ

svfonline2019-08-05T06:44:29-04:00

There has only been and always will be only one True Religion that has been proclaimed and practiced by believers throughout history. True Religion, revealed by God, began with Adam and continued through Abraham, Moses, David, and various prophets. This True Religion received its perfection and completion in Jesus Christ. The Roman Canon, which in essence originated with St. Peter and comes from the oldest of the Church's liturgical rites, sublimely proclaims this reality. All other religions, including Judaism as it is practiced today, are false religions. Yet we pray that God will lift the veil from disbelieving Jews, as he [...]

Unity of One Flock

2019-05-30T10:20:43-04:00

Let us consider the desire we have for unity and how best to nourish it. Christ calls us to be one as He and the Father are one. He is the only Gate by which to enter Heaven, and thus He has established one Church in which all are to be united in the one true Faith. There is no unity without truth, but a sign of truth is unity. Hence it is one of the marks of the Church. Unity has great attractive power. We can only find it in Tradition and by submitting, not to the spirit of the [...]