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According to Lewis & Short, on the entry for ante, the phrase ante omnia can mean “before all things,” but I believe the latter is more appropriate to the context of the creed, wherein it means “above …

Perspicuity probably isn't gonna be a terribly popular word in the Catholic world. The Catholic Church doesn't hold any scripture to be self-interpreting, not even the things that seem obvious; this i …

Lumen Gentium does indeed state that non-Catholic Christians can not be saved, but there are some important qualifications. First of all, part of the statement in Chapter II, Section 14 states: Whoso …

Whether Mary has no share in the Omniscience of God Objection 1 it would seem that Our Lady partakes in God's divine nature by the singular fact that prayers addressed to her are proven efficacious ti …

This miracle is mentioned in the National Catholic Register: Then Gomez arranged to compare those lab reports with the ones from the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano, Italy. That miracle took place du …

According to the Catechism, any person can perform baptisms in an emergency, but it is doubtful whether the use of a firehose would be considered valid or, more importantly, necessary: 1256: The ordi …

In his Summa Theologica, in an article article concerning “The Definition of a Person” (De Definitione Personæ),1 Thomas Aquinas noted the following objection,2 Further, the separate soul is an indiv …

The position of the Catholic Church is necessarily consistent with the position espoused by the pope, which position can also be described as having evolved since the middle of the twentieth century a …

Negative statements of the Golden Rule, often known as the Siver Rule, are, for some reason, far more numerous. Wikipedia identifies several ancient versions of the (positive) Golden Rule: The Stoic …

Looks like a "Use": denote[s] the special liturgical customs which prevailed in a particular diocese or group of dioceses Old Catholic Encyclopedia - Use of York and a "Rite" is : the whole complex …

This is a pretty popular question on the web 2.0 Internet forums and apparently is still relevant in web 3.0 (or whatever StackExchange is). But the Truths of the Church are still to be found on the …

I wish I could find a reference, but I've heard priests say, probably on Relevant Radio, maybe EWTN that the Catholic Church would exist even if there were no members left on Earth. There is always a …

The short answer you're looking for is martyrdom. The reason that the Church waives the requirement for a miracle for beatification. It should be noted that in cases of martyrdom the miracle require …

Is the hell that is a spirit prison in the lds.org answer, or the place were people learn the truth about God, the same as the hell that is a permanent place for Satan and the sons of perdition? No, …

Yes. Within the text of the “Athanasian Creed” is the following statement: Similarly, the Father is Almighty (omnipotent); the Son is Almighty (omnipotent); [and] the Holy Spirit is Almighty (omnipot …