What Exactly Are the Seven Churches Mentioned in the Book of Revelation?During the first century A.D., the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea were all physical locations of Christian churches that could be found in Asia Minor (modern Turkey).The churches, which got their names from the regions in which they were […]
Chastity is defined by the Catholic Church as the virtue that restrains one’s desire for sexual gratification.When it is incorporated into the relationship of one person to another, in the complete and lifelong mutual gift of a man and a woman, sexuality, which is the expression of man’s belonging to the bodily and biological world, […]
It is a recognition afforded by the Catholic Church to a departed person’s admission into Heaven and capacity to plead on behalf of others who pray in their name. The word ″beatification″ originates from the Latin words ″beatus,″ which means ″blessed,″ and ″facere,″ which means ″to create.″ The verb ″to beatify″ is defined as a […]
There are some Evangelicals who have been led to believe, by well-intentioned pastors, that Constantine ″founded″ the Catholic Church in the year 325 A.D. In the year 110 A.D., the follower of John named Ignatius uses the term ″Catholic″ to define the Church. Ignatius, a follower of the apostle John, was put to death as […]
A Catholic wedding is expected to take place at the couple’s place of worship. This is due to the fact that the Catholic Church views the act of getting married as a Holy Sacrament for both the bride and the groom. Catholics have the religious conviction that attending church services together brings a couple closer […]