What does Scripture have to do with Tradition? How can Catholics respond to common objections that practices like the Rosary and belief in Purgatory are unscriptural? The relationship between ...

One of the key challenges of the Reformation, when Protestants split from Roman Catholics 500 years ago, was around the ...

In his 2001 book, The God Who Justifies (Bethany House), Reformed Baptist anti-Catholic apologist James R. White sought to establish that the Old Testament Jews believed in sola Scriptura and a Bible ...

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Presenters: Richard J. Clifford, S.J. and Thomas Massaro, S.J. In the wake of the 2016 campaign season and election, a number of concerns surfaced regarding the dual identify of Catholics as committed ...

LATELY, there has been constant mention of “tradition,” particularly in relation to the insistence of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) to proceed with episcopal ordinations without the canonically ...

According to Merriam-Webster, tradition is “the handing down of information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another without written instruction.” We all ...

The beginning lines of the Gospel of John in koine Greek. Credit: Photo by author. Happy anniversary, Scripture scholars! Today marks 60 years since the promulgation of one of the Second Vatican ...

What was the most important document to come out of the Second Vatican Council? Which will be the most significant in the decades ahead? Some Roman Catholic theologians are said to give that ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (RNS) — Richard Rohr believes the predominant theme in Scripture and tradition is grace, which he describes as a kind of divine spackling compound that God uses to fill in the gaps ...

Many of us grew up with church traditions that feel timeless and passed down through generations. But what if some of these cherished practices aren’t quite as ancient as we think? The gap between ...