Doctrine

3 08, 2018

What Catholics Are Missing in the Death Penalty Debate
What Catholics Are Missing in the Death Penalty Debate

What Catholics Are Missing in the Death Penalty Debate

By Father David Nix|2018-08-07T14:22:08+00:00August 3rd, 2018|Theology|

WAIT. WAIT. WAIT. Before skimming this article to see if you like my conclusion on the death penalty, please realize that this blog post is a work on systematic theology, not moral theology. Systematic theology is a consideration of the levels dogma in the Catholic Church. Indeed, the question of By What Authority must precede visceral reactions to difficult issues that divide Catholics today like the death penalty or gay "marriage." Against the better judgment of half-my-mind, I’m going to give you (here in the first paragraph) the dogmatic conclusion of this blog post that will be proved below: The Catechism of the Catholic Church is not infallible. The [...]

29 04, 2018

Heresy Podcast: 4th century Arians vs. St. Athanasius
Heresy Podcast: 4th century Arians vs. St. Athanasius

Heresy Podcast: 4th century Arians vs. St. Athanasius

By Father David Nix|2019-04-04T20:37:17+00:00April 29th, 2018|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

This podcast considers the heresy of Arius and how St. Athanasius (featured image on blog, feast day 2 May) promoted the faith that is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic. That Christ is homoousian (of one substance or one in being) with the Father is the true and orthodox view. Heterodox or heretical views include homoiousian (that the Son is of a similar substance to the Father but not the same) and homoian (that the Son is similar to the Father, in all things, without speaking of substance) and heteroousian (that the Son is of a different substance from the Father, that is, created, as Arius wrongly taught.) But again, the orthodox teaching [...]

18 04, 2018

Who Did the Saints Listen to in a Church Crisis?
Who Did the Saints Listen to in a Church Crisis?

Who Did the Saints Listen to in a Church Crisis?

By Father David Nix|2019-04-05T04:18:15+00:00April 18th, 2018|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

This podcast is about the difference Divine Law, Ecclesial Law and Particular Law. This is the necessary interlude for forthcoming heresy podcasts from the fourth century onward.

26 03, 2018

Heresy Podcast 3: The Third Century
Heresy Podcast 3: The Third Century

Heresy Podcast 3: The Third Century

By Father David Nix|2019-04-05T04:19:53+00:00March 26th, 2018|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

This podclass tackles the heresies of the third century including Sabellius (founder of Modalism), Paul of Samosata (forerunner of the Adoptionist heresy), Manes (founder of Manichaeism that temporarily ensnared St. Augustine early on in his conversion) and finally we consider two semi-heretics, Tertullian and Origin. On the blog that has photos, you can see Tertullian above. Below is Man-E-Faces, a good symbol of the Sabellian or Modalist heresy. The third century heresies as outline by St. Alphonsus Liguori in the 18th century can be found on this link.

6 03, 2018

Heresy Podclass 2: The Second Century
Heresy Podclass 2: The Second Century

Heresy Podclass 2: The Second Century

By Father David Nix|2019-04-05T04:20:59+00:00March 6th, 2018|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

In this “podclass” we’re going to see why Marcionism is the most prolific heresy today. Marcion was a second century heretic who taught that the God of the Old Testament was a different God from the New Testament. The section of St. Alphonsus Liguori's book can be found here. Scroll down to #8 to read about Marcion. Correction. I should have said the following: "St. Cyril of Alexandria taught that St. Paul wrote the New Testament book of Hebrews in Hebrew and St. Luke translated it to the Greek."

13 02, 2018

Heresy Podclass 1: The First Century
Heresy Podclass 1: The First Century

Heresy Podclass 1: The First Century

By Father David Nix|2019-04-05T04:22:09+00:00February 13th, 2018|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

This is the first in a new series called "Heresies and their Remedies." We start with the heresies that popped up in the first century and were tackled by St. John the Beloved. These series will probably be released every other Tuesday. One reference for this class will be a book by St. Alphonsus Liguori called History of Heresies and Their Refutation. NB The music bumpers for this podclass will be a funny fail at the "2001 Space Odyssey" because I thought it was appropriate for how heresy always starts glorious, but proves ugly.

27 11, 2017

24th Sunday After Pentecost
24th Sunday After Pentecost

24th Sunday After Pentecost

By Father David Nix|2019-04-05T04:29:15+00:00November 27th, 2017|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

This sermon is about how to get your kids to heaven in 15 minutes a day. The featured image is Holy Ghost parish in downtown Denver. Some families of this parish used the Baltimore Catechism in the 1980s, and it paid off.

29 08, 2017

Annulments Sermon
Annulments Sermon

Annulments Sermon

By Father David Nix|2019-04-05T16:03:33+00:00August 29th, 2017|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

This sermon is about the beauty of marriage by way of the pain of annulments, and it is sure to be controversial. It might sound excessively traditional, but it is based on a key line that I forgot to quote from Pope John Paul II. He said that for a declaration of nullity to be granted, run-of-the-mill difficulties in marriage were not sufficient, but rather, "real incapacity is to be considered [for an annulment analysis] only when an anomaly of a serious nature is present"—Pope John Paul II's exhortation on Canon 1095, written on 25 February 1987. One example of "an anomaly of a serious nature" would be the couple's [...]

25 06, 2017

3rd Sunday After Pentecost
3rd Sunday After Pentecost

3rd Sunday After Pentecost

By Father David Nix|2019-04-05T16:06:56+00:00June 25th, 2017|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

Are you saved from eternal death by your conscience or by Jesus Christ? The primacy of conscience is the New Jansenism.

4 06, 2017

Mary’s Role in Pentecost
Mary’s Role in Pentecost

Mary’s Role in Pentecost

By Father David Nix|2019-04-05T16:07:26+00:00June 4th, 2017|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

Covered in this podcast is a wide range of Catholic issues, from the first Pentecost to the charismatic movement today, to St. Maximilian Kolbe. We’ll especially consider Mary’s role against demons and the syllabus of errors in modern times. Special thanks again to the Benedictine Nuns of Mary Queen of Apostles for allowing me to use their music as the bumpers to my iTunes sermons and podcasts.