The exclusive focus of attention, in this article, will be on the preaching to priests by two of the greatest saints of the Middle Ages, two Doctors of the Church, one from the 12th century, and one from the 14th; a man in one case and a woman in the other: St Bernard...
If the Donatist Controversy is treated nowadays at all in seminaries and divinity schools, it is probably mentioned only briefly, perhaps in a survey course on Church History, perhaps in a course on sacramental theology. What most students take away from this...
Most Reverend Fathers, Very Reverend Fathers, Reverend Fathers and Deacons, Ladies and Gentlemen – and fellow bloggers. I mention bloggers last because, as my companions in the new media will know, in the eyes of many ecclesiastics, we priest bloggers are the lowest...
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