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History In The Making HISTORY IN THE MAKING (book review) by Randall Hillebrand . The first question that needs to be answered here is what is history? There are many…

Im Not Good Enough "I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH YET" Have you ever frantically straightened your living room just before company came over? Or maybe asked someone not to come over…

Dying Words Of Famous Infidels DYING WORDS OF FAMOUS INFIDELS & PHILOSOPHERS "I would gladly give one hundred and fifty thousands dollars, to have it proved there is no hell"…

The Vow of Poverty VOW OF POVERTY? CATHOLIC JOURNALS Fromn CATHOLIC NEW YORK, 3/19/87. "The Franciscans will receive $100,000 of the $873,000 estate of Franciscan Father Angelus DeMarco, who died…

Pope POPE BASIC R.C. BELIEF The name given to the Supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church; from papa, father. The pope is often called the Holy Father (See John…

Queen Of Heaven QUEEN OF HEAVEN BASIC R.C. BELIEF When Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary Nov. 1, 1950, it was stated that she went, body and soul, to…

What Is A Cult0 WHAT IS A CULT? Beware of 'Another Gospel' Galatians 1:6-9 | II Cor 11:3-15 II Timothy 3:1-16 | II Timothy 4:3-4 Colossians 2:8-23 | Proverbs 14:12…

Priest PRIEST BASIC R.C. BELIEF A man who is ordained by a Bishop in the Sacrament of Holy Orders to perform the Sacrifice of the Mass, hear confessions and dispense…

Relics RELICS BASIC R.C. BELIEF The remains of holy persons (parts of their bodies or possessions), entitled to veneration. Every Roman Catholic altar contains two relics of martyred saints. Traditional…

Sacramentals SACRAMENTALS BASIC R.C. BELIEF Rites, actions, prayers or objects used by the Church to obtain temporal and spiritual effects from God. Their efficacy depends primarily on the power of…