Retired La Plata Archbishop Héctor Aguer has talked to LaPrensa.com.ar (July 10). Highlights. • Vatican II must not be exalted beyond what it deserves and “should not be confused with the post-conciliar …More
Retired La Plata Archbishop Héctor Aguer has talked to LaPrensa.com.ar (July 10). Highlights. • Vatican II must not be exalted beyond what it deserves and “should not be confused with the post-conciliar period” which was “disastrous.” • Many of those who studied theology with Aguer during and after Vatican II left. • After Vatican II, a Marxist infiltration began in the Argentinean Church. • As a teenager, Aguer studied Saint Thomas Aquinas with famous Father Julio Meinvielle. • Francis beatified left-wing Bishop Enrique Angelelli (+1976) as “martyr for the faith” but German born Bishop Bernardo Witte (+2015) brought in a team of German investigators to study the car accident in which Angelleli died, concluding that it was an accident, “Angelelli always drove badly.” Aguer, “I think the beatification was a big mistake.” • “What is the Church of the poor? … The Church must make Christians of the poor.” • During their meetings, Aguer used to say to some bishops, “You are extremists of …More
How Do We Know the Early Church? - Dr. William Marshner. The Coming Home Network International;Former Lutheran (now Catholic),scholar Dr. William Marshner explores the sources of information about the …More
How Do We Know the Early Church? - Dr. William Marshner. The Coming Home Network International;Former Lutheran (now Catholic),scholar Dr. William Marshner explores the sources of information about the early church and used by early Christian historians. How did early Christians learn and pass on the faith? (This talk was originally given in 2004 at the CHNetwork's "Deep in History" conference) About the Deep in History Talks from the CHNetwork: The early period of the growth of Christianity (ca. A.D. 50-700) is a rich source for learning how the earliest disciples and apostles of Jesus Christ passed on the “faith delivered once and for all to God’s holy ones” (Jud 3). From Ignatius of Antioch in the early second century to Gregory the Great in the early seventh, the story of the Church’s proclamation in winning over pagan culture to Christ is widely diverse in practice and wonderfully unified in doctrine. The faith of these early Saints inspires and challenges us to live more deeply in …More
