Starting afresh from Christ

Starting afresh from Christ

A reflection on the 'Year of Grace' The decision of the Bishops of Australia to have a “Year of Grace”, with its subtitle “starting afresh from Christ”, was to me at least a surprising outcome to an extended period of reflection by the bishops at their meetings over a...

All is grey, yet all is grace

All is grey, yet all is grace

The anthropological focus of the modern dilemma The Swiss-English philosopher Alain de Botton, in his book Religion for Atheists, says that we can have the music, architecture, illuminated manuscripts, pilgrimages and fellowship, and even the good works of religion,...

What grace is

What grace is

This is the first article in a five part series: What grace is The teaching of the Council of Trent: Decree on Justification The Protestant errors regarding grace and justification The controversies between the Jesuits and Dominicans in the 16th century and...

Trent’s teaching on grace

Trent’s teaching on grace

This is the second article in a five part series: What grace is The teaching of the Council of Trent: Decree on Justification The Protestant errors regarding grace and justification The controversies between the Jesuits and Dominicans in the 16th century and...

Protestant errors on grace

Protestant errors on grace

This is the third article in a five part series: What grace is The teaching of the Council of Trent: Decree on Justification The Protestant errors regarding grace and justification The controversies between the Jesuits and Dominicans in the 16th century and...

Controversies between Dominicans and Jesuits

Controversies between Dominicans and Jesuits

This is the fourth article in a five part series: What grace is The teaching of the Council of Trent: Decree on Justification The Protestant errors regarding grace and justification The controversies between the Jesuits and Dominicans in the 16th century and...

Matthias Scheeben on grace

Matthias Scheeben on grace

This is the fifth article in a five part series: What grace is The teaching of the Council of Trent: Decree on Justification The Protestant errors regarding grace and justification The controversies between the Jesuits and Dominicans in the 16th century and...