Patristic Pastoral Theology: Gregory of Nazianzus and Augustine of Hippo

For you I am a bishop; but with you I am a Christian. – St. Augustine of Hippo[1. Augustine of Hippo, quoted in Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Vatican website (21 November 1964), available at: h … [Read more...]

Patristic Ressourcement in the Theology of the Priesthood

I. Introduction Recent years have seen a significant shift in how the people of God — both priests and lay faithful — have come to view the sacrament of holy orders, as well as the baptismal character of the common priesthood of all Chr … [Read more...]

Checking the Calendar

(The Ephiphany) celebrates the end of man’s being held captive by the natural elements.  We are not fated but free. None of us is pre-determined, but now made children of God by the humanity of his only divine Son.     God the Father (righ … [Read more...]