Church Fathers and theologians - The theology of Creation

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October 13, 2024 Loved, Lost and Found - Appendix - A Defense of the Literal Interpretation of St. Augustine's Writings on the Sacred History of Genesis
The author argues that the exegesis of St. Augustine, while valuable, does not necessarily support a non-literal interpretation of Genesis, as many have claimed. Specifically, the author contends that St. Augustine's understanding of the six days of creation was based on his belief in a simultaneous creation, a belief the author argues was grounded in a misunderstanding of the biblical text. The author ultimately concludes that the literal interpretation of Genesis is not at odds with reason and that the Church Fathers, including St. Augustine, would have agreed with this interpretation.
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October 13, 2024 Loved, Lost and Found - Part 3 - Our Abba's House Is Heaven: Our True Home
The text is a collection of excerpts from a book that explores the relationship between Catholicism, history, and the prophecies of the end times. The author examines a series of prophecies from various saints and Church Fathers concerning the coming of a great monarch, the restoration of Christianity, and the eventual rise of the Antichrist. The author argues that these prophecies offer hope and insight into the future, but also emphasize the importance of personal holiness and consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as a means of resisting evil and preparing for the coming era of peace.
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16min
October 13, 2024 Loved, Lost and Found - Part 2 - Genesis: Lost and Found
The text argues for the literal truth of the Biblical account of Creation and the Flood, challenging modern scientific theories of evolution and an old universe. It defends a geocentric view of the universe, believing that the Earth is the center of creation, and presents evidence from ancient traditions, human genetics, and astronomy to support its claims. The text also emphasizes the importance of Christian traditions and the spiritual value of holy icons.
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18min
October 13, 2024 Loved, Lost and Found - Part 1 - The Creator Reveals Himself
Exploring the historical and theological foundations of Christianity. It focuses on the divine inspiration of the Bible, the existence of God as a Trinity, and the importance of the Virgin Mary in God's plan of salvation. The author argues that the Bible is historically accurate and that God's existence can be supported by reason, logic, and historical events. The text also emphasizes the role of the Catholic Church as an authoritative interpreter of Scripture and a source of truth. The author uses examples from the Bible, the lives of saints, and historical events to demonstrate the validity of these theological claims.
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17min
October 13, 2024 Deep Dive: Love, lost and found
Deep Dive into Book by Hugh Owen "Love, lost and found"

Foreword of the book

This book will most likely fall into the hands of three categories of readers: Catholic true believers, qualified believers, and skeptical non-believers.

If you are in the first category, the Catholic true believers, you need only to know that your Heavenly Father has revealed the true origin of man and the universe and the early history of the world in the book of Genesis. You know that He spoke the world into existence through His Son by the power of the Holy Spirit. You know that He knows everything, that He made everything for you out of love, and that He wants you to know your place in space and time to confirm that you are the apple of His eye. You do not need to be shown the fatal flaws in the evolutionary myths and long-age chronologies that purport to be derived from scientific observation. Your Heavenly Father has confirmed the true age and history of the world in His revelation as it was understood in His Church from the beginning, and that is enough for you. The only reason why you want to know the fatal flaws in the “scientific” arguments used to refute the Biblical history of the world is so that you can help your skeptical brothers and sisters to obtain the child-like supernatural faith that God has given you.
If you are in the second category, a qualified believer, you believe in God and in the fundamental truths of Christianity, but you have been led to believe that the age of the universe is not a matter of fundamental importance. You believe that the Bible is the Word of God, but you believe that natural science has progressed far beyond the level it had reached among the Hebrews in Old Testament times or among the Apostles and Church Fathers. Consequently, God adapted His revelation regarding Creation to the cultural level of His audience and inspired His believers to pursue the study of nature so that they would eventually discover the laws and constitution of the natural world, including the right understanding of the age and development of the universe.

If you are in the third category, a skeptical non-believer, you regard the Biblical chronology of the world as an artifact of a primitive pre-scientific period in human history, long before the scientific disciplines of geology, biology, and astronomy made it possible to determine the age and development of the cosmos with accuracy, without having recourse to any but natural causes to explain the origins of man and the universe. Perhaps you are only reading this book to humor a Christian friend, to satisfy your curiosity, or to see how easily you can refute its claims.

My brother or sister, whoever you are, may God who is the Way, the Truth and the Life, open your mind to receive and believe the Truth about your sacred heritage, for His glory, for the good of your soul and of all souls, and for the coming of His Kingdom “on earth as it is in Heaven”!
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23min
September 28, 2024 The City of God - Book 5
Book 5 Augustine first discusses the doctrine of fate, for the sake of confuting those who are disposed to refer to fate the power and increase of the Roman empire, which could not be attributed to false gods, as has been shown in the preceding book. After that, he proves that there is no contradiction between God's prescience and our free will. He then speaks of the manners of the ancient Romans, and shows in what sense it was due to the virtue of the Romans themselves, and in how far to the counsel of God, that he increased their dominion, though they did not worship him. Finally, he explains what is to be accounted the true happiness of the Christian emperors.
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13min
September 28, 2024 The City of God - Book 4
Book 4 In this book it is proved that the extent and long duration of the Roman empire is to be ascribed, not to Jove or the gods of the heathen, to whom individually scarce even single things and the very basest functions were believed to be entrusted, but to the one true God, the author of felicity, by whose power and judgment earthly kingdoms are founded and maintained.
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September 28, 2024 The City of God - Book 3
Book 3 As in the foregoing book Augustine has proved regarding moral and spiritual calamities, so in this book he proves regarding external and bodily disasters, that since the foundation of the city the Romans have been continually subject to them; and that even when the false gods were worshipped without a rival, before the advent of Christ, they afforded no relief from such calamities.

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September 28, 2024 The City of God - Book 2
Book 2 In this book Augustine reviews those calamities which the Romans suffered before the time of Christ, and while the worship of the false gods was universally practised; and demonstrates that, far from being preserved from misfortune by the gods, the Romans have been by them overwhelmed with the only, or at least the greatest, of all calamities — the corruption of manners, and the vices of the soul.

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September 28, 2024 The City of God - Book 1
Book 1 Augustine censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world, and especially the recent sack of Rome by the Goths, to the Christian religion, and its prohibition of the worship of the gods. He speaks of the blessings and ills of life, which then, as always, happened to good and bad men alike. Finally, he rebukes the shamelessness of those who cast up to the Christians that their women had been violated by the soldiers.
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