essays by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
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08, 2018
The Catholic Church and Salvation, Part 4
Part 1 documented that “Outside the Church there is no salvation” has been a consistent Catholic teaching. Part 2 examined the current confusion [...]
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07, 2018
The Catholic Church and Salvation, Part 3
Part 1 documented that “Outside the Church there is no salvation” has been a consistent Catholic teaching for many centuries. Part [...]
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07, 2018
The Catholic Church and Salvation, Part 2
Part 1 documented that “Outside the Church there is no salvation” has been a consistent Catholic teaching for many centuries. [...]
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07, 2018
The Catholic Church and Salvation
Some years ago a close friend told me of an experience she had in the early 1950s. A recent convert [...]
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07, 2018
“Think Before You Speak”
This advice was common for centuries. Today it is considered passé because we have been taught that mental health depends [...]
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06, 2018
Does Truth Change?
Heraclitus famously observed, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's [...]
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05, 2018
Cardinal Dolan’s Discernment Deficit
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is America’s “most important churchman,” according to Newsweek. The magazine based that assessment on his position as [...]
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05, 2018
Understanding Infallibility, Part 4
Part 1 discussed the origin of the doctrine of Papal Infallibility in the first Vatican Council (1869-1870). Part 2 examined [...]
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05, 2018
Understanding Infallibility, Part 3
Part 1 discussed the origin of the doctrine of Papal Infallibility in the first Vatican Council (1869-1870), as well as [...]
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05, 2018
Understanding Infallibility, Part 2
Part 1 discussed the origin of the doctrine of Papal Infallibility in the first Vatican Council (1869-1870), as well as [...]