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The Virtue of Religion and the Act of Doing Sacred Theology by Sherwood, David Francis

“…In the theological tradition of St. Thomas Aquinas, this paper will argue that the practical actions of studying, contemplation, and teaching sacred theology…”
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Jean Leclercq, Modern Psychology, & Structural Hermeneutics by McWhorter, Matthew R.

“…In this discussion, I examine various remarks of spiritual writer and medieval historian Jean Leclercq concerning his proposal of a methodology for…”
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Review of: “The Pastoral Epistles” by S E Porter by Brumwell, Dom Anselm

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How Christ Saves Us While Dead: An Exploration of Aquinas’s Position by Newton, William

“…In explain how Christ saves us, Aquinas focuses predominantly on the Passion and the Resurrection. Staying within the general orbit of Aquinas’s theological…”
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Subversive Theology: The Patristic Theology of Joseph Turmel by Talar, Charles J. T.

“…Among nineteenth-century Protestant theologians were those who sought to deconstruct aspects of the Patristic synthesis in order to “purify” those of the…”
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A Monastic Antichrist Satire from Medieval Bury St Edmunds: Interpreting the Iconotypicon Buriense by Young, Francis

“…The so-called Iconotypicon Buriense (‘copy of the Bury picture’) is a painted panel of around 1560 that purports to reproduce a late medieval stained-glass…”
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‘No One Seems to Notice the Dress’: Three Benedictines at Large in Hastings, 1897 by Anderson, Roberta

“…In 1897, after several nasty bouts of bronchitis, the Abbess of St Mary’s, East Bergholt, Lady Gertrude Lescher, was recommended a change of air, and, since…”
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Mary Vavasour, ‘Abbesse Unworthy’: Her Life, Miracles and Our Blessed Lady of Jesus Oake by Baker, Patricia

“…Mary Vavasour, ‘Abbesse Unworthy’: Her Life, Miracles and Our Blessed Lady of Jesus Oake…”
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Synods in Newman’s ecclesiology and in the twenty first century by Vélez, Juan R

“…In his Arians of the Fourth Century (1833), John Henry Newman began his study of synods, and the Church’s Tradition and Magisterium. In two later texts, On…”
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‘In the Beginning’: Three Catholic Insights into Hinduism: Vasco Da Gama, Saint Francis Xavier and Roberto De Nobili by Didier, H.

“…Before the landing of Vasco Da Gama and his seamen, India did not remain an isolated world: during the 4th century B.C., Alexander the Great reached the Indus…”
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Gift of Unity: The Spirituality of Communion of Chiara Lubich and Luigi Giussani by Gourlay, Thomas V.

“…In his Apostolic Letter Novo Millenio Ineunte, Pope John Paul II wrote that the Church must become the ‘home and school of communion’ if is to ‘be faithful to…”
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Bishop Charles Davis’ Management and Leadership Skills as Coadjutor to Archbishop John Bede Polding (1848–54) by Pender, Graeme

“…Davis arrived in Sydney in December 1848 from Downside Abbey and immediately took up administrative duties at St Mary’s monastery attached to St Mary’s…”
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The Troubled Monastic Career of John Benedict Spencer O.S.B. (1803-1864) by Fowler, Colin

“…The article traces the monastic career of John Benedict Spencer, a member of Bishop Polding's group of Benedictine monks on the initial journey to Australia in…”
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Hugh of St. Victor: Medieval Wisdom for Modern Educators by Sullivan, John William

“…Using Hugh of St. Victor (1096–1141) as an example, the article outlines key features of medieval educational assumptions and practices that can be drawn upon…”
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‘You Collared a Maiden Young Ireland in this House’: The Patriotism of Dom Francis Sweetman and His School – Mount St Benedict, Gorey, Co. Wexford by Brunning, Diane

“…‘What you in England call “politics” we call “patriotism”’ Dom John ‘Francis’ Sweetman (1872–1953) replied in 1919 to the Abbot of Downside’s reminder that he…”
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The Modernist Interest in Mysticism. Friedrich von Hügel’s Contribution to the Discourse on ‘Religious Experience’ around 1900 by Stoll, Christian

“…The article analyzes from the case of Friedrich von Hügel what the special interest of Roman Catholic Modernism in mysticism was about. Different from major…”
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Eucharistic Fast in the Catholic East and West—With Special Emphasis on the Current Legislation of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church by Szaplonczay, Mate

“…For every catholic adult, careful preparation is necessary before receiving the Holy Eucharist. The Eucharistic fast plays an important role in the preparation…”
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‘Though an enclosed nun you have not an enclosed mind’: Dame Laurentia McLachlan of Stanbrook Abbey by Truran, Margaret

“…George Bernard Shaw’s insight pays tribute to the remarkable human and spiritual development of Dame Laurentia McLachlan. An enclosed nun since the age of 18,…”
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Tillich and Buber by Thomas, John Heywood

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Some Thoughts on Administering the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick to Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 by Newton, William

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has raised questions about access to the Sacraments, particularly the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. To stop the transmission of…”
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