Monthly Archives: October 2012

Lent LENT BASIC R.C. BELIEF The name given to the 40 week days before Easter, starting Ash Wednesday. During Lent Roman Catholics are supposed to undergo some voluntary privation and…

Judaism JUDAISM The origin and development of Judaism is traced in the Old Testament. Moses was not the founder of Judaism since YAHWEH (normal rendition of the unpronounceable name for…

Holy Viaticum HOLY VIATICUM BASIC R.C. BELIEF Holy Communion given to a person in danger of dying, in the Sacrament of Extreme Unction. Viaticum means provision for a journey.

Gods Of The New Age God's Of The New Age Here are a couple of quotes that I read in a book called "Gods of the New Age" by Caryl…

Nottingham Statement NOTTINGHAM STATEMENT In April 1977 the Nottingham Congress for Evangelical Anglicans published the Nottingham Statement as a faithful expression of the mind of evangelical Anglicans. Chairman of the…

Mother Teresa MOTHER TERESA RELIGIOUS JOURNALS From WORLD MISSION, Nazarene Publising House., April 1990. "...there is no Mother Teresa without Jesus Christ. There is no aspect of her life that…

Mormonism Why Work For The De WHY WORK FOR THE DEAD? Mormons believe that everyone who lives and dies on this earth goes to a place called the Spirit Prison,…

Monstrance Or Ostensorium MONSTRANCE (or OSTENSORIUM) BASIC R.C. BELIEF A portable gold-plated receptacle so constructed that the Blessed Sacrament, when enclosed therein, may be seen by the Faithful. It is…

Miraculous Medal MIRACULOUS MEDAL BASIC R.C. BELIEF From THE "MIRACLE" OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL by The Assn of the Miraculous Medal, Perryville, MO 63775. "The medal we call `miraculous' came…

Memorial MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN COMMENT Some Roman Catholics refer to the Mass as a memorial. However, the Roman Catholic definition of memorial is "the making effective in the present of an…