An English translation of a great catechism written by St. Thomas Aquinas. Short, but packed with explanations.
Sacred Scriptures
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
- Chuck White
- February 3, 2025
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And this is the writing that was inscribed: mene, mene, tekel, and parsin. Daniel 5:25 RSV The story of “the…
Woman, what is that to me and to thee?
- Chuck White
- February 1, 2025
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And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. And Jesus saith to her:…
The Abomination of Desolation
- Chuck White
- January 27, 2025
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When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the…
A Kingdom of Priests
- Chuck White
- January 10, 2025
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After a few months of wandering in the desert, God brought the Israelites to the base of Mount Sinai and…
The Priestly Blessing
- Chuck White
- January 1, 2025
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Let’s linger in the Sinai desert with the Israelites and consider one of the oldest blessings in the Bible, one…
Featured Posts
A March Through the Scriptures
- Chuck White
- September 2, 2023
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A Bible Study Toolbox for Catholics Some Interpretive Principles The Four Senses of Sacred Scripture– Catechism of the Catholic Church…
Bible Study Tools for Catholics
- Chuck White
- April 5, 2023
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Sacred Scriptures Online Bibles BibleGateway.com (Includes many versions of the Bible, including Catholic bibles with the Catholic books (Deuterocanonicals)) New…
Handling Bible Difficulties
- Chuck White
- October 26, 2024
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Here are some posts that explain some of the more difficult passages of the Bible.
Catechesis and Doctrine
The Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Chuck White
- February 7, 2025
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Here’s an English translation of a great catechism written by St. Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Dominican friar, saint and doctor of the Church: Aquinas,…
What Does the Catholic Church Teach?
- Chuck White
- January 28, 2025
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There are several good sources to learn what the Catholic Church actually teaches. Catechisms, especially the Roman Catechism and the Catechism of the Catholic Church,…
Why Don’t Catholics Worship on the Sabbath?
- Chuck White
- April 2, 2024
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The Seventh Day Adventists insist that Christians should set aside the Jewish Sabbath (Saturday) for rest and worship instead of Sunday. Moreover, the Seventh Day…
Artistic or Pornographic? A Theological Analysis of Nude Art
- Caleb White
- December 20, 2023
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Nude art has long been the subject of theological debate, regardless of Christian denomination. Although respect and public display of such art has been a…
The Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Chuck White
- February 7, 2025
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Here’s an English translation of a great catechism written by St. Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Dominican friar, saint and…
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
- Chuck White
- February 3, 2025
- 0
And this is the writing that was inscribed: mene, mene, tekel, and parsin. Daniel 5:25 RSV The story of “the…
Woman, what is that to me and to thee?
- Chuck White
- February 1, 2025
- 0
And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. And Jesus saith to her:…
Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit?
- Chuck White
- January 30, 2025
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Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth…
A Handbook of Moral Theology
- Chuck White
- January 30, 2025
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Here is a classic guide to moral theology, faithful to the Magisterium and written before things got wacky. Prümmer, O.P.,…
What Does the Catholic Church Teach?
- Chuck White
- January 28, 2025
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There are several good sources to learn what the Catholic Church actually teaches. Catechisms, especially the Roman Catechism and the…
The Six Days of Creation
- Chuck White
- March 6, 2022
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Introduction St. Thomas Aquinas has provided the Church with an intriguing interpretation of the six days of creation described in…
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
- Chuck White
- February 3, 2025
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And this is the writing that was inscribed: mene, mene, tekel, and parsin. Daniel 5:25 RSV The story of “the…
A Brief History of the Latin Vulgate
- Chuck White
- December 29, 2024
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Introduction What role does the Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome's translation of the Sacred Scriptures into Latin, play in the Church…
The Tent of Meeting
- Chuck White
- March 11, 2023
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Thirteen out of forty chapters of the Book of Exodus concern the “Tent of Meeting” and the ritual worship associated…
The Senses of Sacred Scripture
- Chuck White
- June 12, 2023
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Before his conversion to Christianity, the learned St. Augustine had reached a stumbling block, or so he thought. His difficulty…
The Prayer of a Desperate Man: Some Psalms and a Bottle of Coke
- Chuck White
- December 5, 2013
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Last May, Harrison Okene, the Nigerian cook aboard the tug Jacson-4, was rescued from 30 meters below the Atlantic after…
Forty Days
- Chuck White
- February 24, 2020
- 2
Several years ago my brother Carl, a drummer, announced that he was forming a new band. When I asked him…
Man Accuses Guam’s Archbishop Anthony Apuron of Molesting Him As a Child
- Chuck White
- May 17, 2016
- 2
http://pacificnewscenter.com/local/9354 Flanked by attorney David Lujan and his family members, Roy Taitague Quintanilla held a mini-press conference in front of…
“We have seen His star at its rising.”
- Chuck White
- January 7, 2024
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Here's a short podcast I recorded on the Magi, the Star of Bethlehem and an ancient prophecy that circulated among…
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
- Chuck White
- February 3, 2025
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Wherein we discuss the ominous writing on the wall in the Book of Daniel.
Woman, what is that to me and to thee?
- Chuck White
- February 1, 2025
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Wherein we discuss a strange Semitic idiom used by Our Lord at the Wedding at Cana.