Pope Francis And Patriarch Kirill Meet In Cuba

Pope Francis And Patriarch Kirill

Pope Francis And Patriarch Kirill

On Friday, Pope Francis met with Patriarch Krill, who is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and the leader of about half of the world’s Eastern Orthodox members. He certainly holds influence in their church.

The Old Testament And Modernism

The Prophet Ezechiel

The Prophet Ezechiel

In a previous post, I talked about how reading scripture was an antidote to modernism. In that post, I focused on the New Testament but the Old Testament is full of gems as well. The book of Ezechiel is a great example. When one reads the first 15 chapters of Ezechiel, the idea that God is angry becomes very apparent. In Chapter 16 we read:

An Antidote To Modernism

Sacred Scripture

Sacred Scripture

Several years ago I was reading an article by John Salza where he talks about the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. He points out that St. Thomas is the antidote to modernism. What Salza says is very true but there is one problem, how many people study the writings of St. Thomas? To my knowledge, the only people who read St. Thomas are traditional seminarians and priests. Those people don’t need to be convinced that modernism is evil since they are already traditional.