One of the most common objections made against Catholic teaching on Mary is simple: “Where does the Bible say that Mary was assumed into Heaven?” There is no verse that simply says: “And Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven.” But that does not mean the Assumption is disconnected from Scripture. Catholic teaching does…
From the Tabernacle to the Altar: How the Catholic Mass Fulfils the Worship of the Old Cove The Old Testament Concealed — the New Testament Revealed When we read the instructions God gave Moses for the worship of Israel, something remarkable begins to emerge. There is a sanctuary. There is an altar. There are priests…
How did the earliest Christians know which interpretation of Christianity was true? By the end of the second century, many groups claimed to possess the real teaching of Jesus. Some claimed to have secret knowledge. Others produced alternative interpretations of Scripture. Some even claimed that the visible Church had misunderstood the faith handed down by…
A Challenge to Sola Scriptura Many Christians today sincerely believe in Sola Scriptura — the idea that the Bible alone is the Christian’s final rule of faith. But there is a historical question that every Christian should consider: How did Christianity work before there was a completed New Testament? The answer takes us directly back…
What would happen if we could walk into a Christian church less than 130 years after the Resurrection of Jesus and watch Christians worship? Would we find something completely unfamiliar? Would we find Christians simply gathering informally, reading Scripture and sharing ordinary bread and wine as symbols? Or would we recognise something remarkably similar to…
In this episode of Catholic Feedback, Keith Nester sits down with Franciscan University of Steubenville Theology professor Dr. Jeff Morrow to discuss his remarkable conversion to Catholicism and the biblical themes that transformed his understanding of the Christian faith. Together, they explore how the story of the Bible—from Genesis to Revelation—reveals God’s covenant plan, the…
St. Ignatius of Antioch — c. AD 107 Imagine being able to read the words of a Christian bishop writing only a few generations after the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Not a medieval theologian. Not someone writing a thousand years after the Apostles. But a bishop of one of the great churches of…
The Didache — c. AD 70–120 What did Christianity look like immediately after the age of the Apostles? Did the earliest Christians simply gather together, read Scripture and interpret Christianity individually? Or was there already a recognisable Christian way of life involving Baptism, Eucharistic worship, fasting, confession, bishops and deacons? One of the oldest Christian…
