The word Abbot is a title given to a male superior (leader) of a monastic community or order. It’s derived from Aramaic word ab (“father”), or aba (“my father”). In the Septuagint, it was written as “abbas”. The feminine equivalent of the word is Abbess. The word Abbot was earlier used to address any …
In my previous article I gave an answer the popular question which is been asked by non Catholics “Do Catholic Priests have the power to forgive sins “. Knowing that Catholic priests have the power to forgive sins, I will be explaining the next question “Must we confess our sins …
In the early days, Christians where persecuted by the governments and other religions. This made Christians to mostly meet in their homes or in a secret place like cave to worship. As Christianity grew, they were now accepted by the people and they now came out to worship in open …
In the Catholic Church, a person is to acknowledge and confess sins which he or she has committed after baptism to a priest so that the sins will be absolved and forgiven(aka confession, sacrament of reconciliation, sacrament of penance) . This practice has raised a very important question; Does a …
‘’In the beginning, when God created the universe, the earth was formless and desolate….By the seventh day, God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day’’ (Genesis 1: 1, 2: 2). The seventh day which is …
The word purgatory is from the Latin verb ‘’ purgo, purgare ‘’ which means ‘’ I make clean, to make clean’’. This is in the 1st conjugation of regular Latin verbs and it literally means to purge. Purgatives are imbibed in order to remove unwanted harmful substances from the bowels …
Im Bereich der katholischen Hingabe nimmt das Braune Skapulier einen besonderen Platz als Symbol des Glaubens, des Schutzes und der göttlichen Versprechen ein. In jahrhundertealter Tradition verwurzelt, hat dieses kleine Stück Stoff eine ergebene Anhängerschaft gewonnen und wurde als kraftvoller Ausdruck der Hingabe an die Jungfrau Maria angesehen. Lassen Sie …
In devotionis catholicae ambitu, Scapulare Brunneum locum specialem obtinet ut symbolum fidei, praesidii et promissionum divinarum. In traditio saeculorum radicatum, haec pannicula parva sequaces pium habet comitatum et ut exprimere potentem dedicationem ad Beatam Virginem Mariam habetur. Adepti sumus itinere ut promissa et significatum quod Scapulare Brunneum fert detegamus. In …
