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Source of "A priest can say three heresies in a sermon but must not insist on them"?
I was said that some pope of last centuries wrote a document where he stated this idea:
"A priest can say three heresies in a sermon but must not insist on them." I have a suspicion that I ...
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Jonathan Edwards on James 2:19
What did Edwards mean when he penned the subject line of a sermon he preached in 1752: "No such experiences as the devils in hell are the subjects of are any sure sign of grace." I'm trying ...
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Locating a transcript of a Jonathan Edwards' handwritten sermon entitled "To The Children."
I'm trying to locate a transcript of Jonathan Edwards's sermon from August 1740 that he delivered to the children of his congregation. I have already located a facsimile of the handwritten manuscript ...
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English translation of Karl Barth's Fürchte dich nicht (1949)
Does anyone know where I can find an English translation of a book containing Karl Barth's sermons from 1934 to 1948, Fürchte dich nicht! - Predigten aus den Jahren 1934 bis 1948, published in 1949?
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Do Catholics have a religious duty to report possible cases of heresy committed by a priest to their local bishop?
I am a life-long Catholic. At almost all of the Catholic Churches I have attended over the years, the priests there have given sermons based on various Biblical passages/parables which have always ...
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What Does St. Francis de Sales Mean by "Sounding Periods" in Sermons?
In St. Alphonsus Liguori's Dignity and Duties of the Priest, it is written:
Empty words and sounding periods are, says St. Francis de Sales, the pest of sermons. (De la Predic. ch. 5, a. I.) First, ...
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Where can I find the source of "I perish today not because of the crime I committed, but because of the pardon I did not accept"?
From a sermon illustration: That quote was the last words of a young man in southern USA (18th century), who was sentenced to be hung for a crime, whose family had interceded with the governor. The ...
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Looking for Complete Online Collection of the Sermons of German Priest, Fr. Franz Hunolt, S.J
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Hunolt's idea was to treat the entire field of morals in his sermons thoroughly and completely. Each of the six volumes contains seventy-two sermons, and the various divisions in each ...
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Seeking full text of St. John Chrysostom's homily "On the Cemetery's Name and the Cross"
I became aware of a homily by St. John Chrysostom entitled "On the Cemetery's Name and the Cross" from a blog post by John Sanidopoulos. In the post, Sanidopoulos indicates that this sermon &...
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Looking for a Digital Copy of Any Handwritten Sermon of St. John Vianney
I am looking for a digital copy of any personally handwritten sermon of St. John Vianney.
From what I have read, I am under the impression that 80 or so are extant, but I have not been able to locate ...
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English translation of "Sermon sur la communion indigne" by St. John Vianney
I am looking for the complete English translation of St. John Vianney's sermon, "Sermon sur la communion indigne" ("Sermon on Unworthy Communion").
It is part of the Sermons ...
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An Original Source Containing the Sermon of St. Leonard of Port Maurice: The Little Number of Those Who are Saved
This rather famous homily of the eighteenth century Franciscan is rather easy to come by on the internet; for example, see
https://www.saintsbooks.net/books/St.%20Leonard%20of%20Port%20Maurice%20-%...
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What did pastors in the 1800s in the United States teach their congregations about interacting with Native Americans?
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During the 1800s, Americans expanded farther west into the territory of Native Americans, which led to many interactions between settlers and Native Americans. From my limited but ...
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How to suggest more reasonable themes/paradigms for Covid-19 homilies (sermons) to Catholic priests and bishops?
While I am a fan of Catholic theology particularly and religious sciences and philosophy of religion generally (For example, I am trying to read journals such as Theological Studies from cover to ...
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Are there denominations that emphasize apologetic sermons?
Are there denominations that emphasize apologetic sermons?
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Homilies during liturgical seasons?
I would like to know the differences, if any, seen in homilies offered at Mass during different liturgical seasons. For instance are both Marian and Rosary-based prayers included customarily or are ...
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Is there a script of St. Francis' "famous" speach in Bologna, the 15th of August of 1222?
I was reading a book about St. Francis and there is a mention about a "famous" speech he gave in the piazza of Bologna, the 15th of August of 1222. There are several descriptions around of this speech....
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What does "labor or cost of a godly life" mean?
Richard Baxter, the famous Puritan writer, wrote:
In a word, that in all your neglects of duty, your sticking at the supposed labor or cost of a godly life, yea, in all your cold and lazy prayers ...
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Looking for a specific sermon about Barnabas
I remember hearing a sermon1 in the last few years (so probably after 2010). I think it was a series of three about Josephs in the Bible (hence one sermon per Joseph). The first was about Joseph, son ...
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Can I project more than 500 verses of Scripture over the course of a year? Or, an entire book of the Bible? [closed]
In this question What major translations of the Bible are in the Public Domain? we established that most modern translations allow for fair use of a certain amount of Scripture - meaning that ...
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