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Hyperpapalists are instituting tactics inspired by the French Revolution.One of the most distinct and basic — though sometimes contentious — tenets of Catholic doctrine is that of papal supremacy. Catholics are morally and theologically bound to accept the authority and supremacy of the pope, the bishop of Rome, as the visible head of the Holy Catholic Church. Failure to do so — schism — designates the schismatic as someone who willingly places himself outside the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, leftists within the Church’s ranks have isolated this basic tenet from all other basic tenets of Catholicism and weaponized it. The latest...

Readings: Genesis 9:8-15 Psalm 25:4-9 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:12-15 Lent bids us to return to the innocence of baptism. As Noah and his family were saved through the waters of the deluge, we were saved through the waters of baptism, Peter reminds us in today’s Epistle.And God’s covenant with Noah in today’s First Reading marked the start of a new world. But it also prefigured a new and greater covenant between God and His creation (see Hosea 2:20; Isaiah 11:1-9).We see that new covenant and that new creation begin in today’s Gospel.Jesus is portrayed as the new Adam...

Scott Hahn Hospitalized, Undergoes Surgery for Five Hernias January 3, 2015 by Kathy Schiffer   Dr. Scott Hahn, theologian, author and Catholic apologist, has undergone a successful surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where a skilled medical team used laparoscopic incisions to access and repair five hernias.Dr. Hahn posted a personal message on his Facebook page, updating his followers regarding his condition:A brief update on a very recent development (Jan 2):Surgery went well. My good friend (and great surgeon), Dr. McKeating (the most admired by all the nurses), managed to find five hernias (not just two), which...

The Catholic Church claims that Christ is really present in the Eucharist, that the sacrifice of calvary is repeated at every Mass, and that he gives Himself to us in Holy Communion as food unto eternal life. With this in mind, let's look at Scripture. Luke 22, verse 15, our Lord says, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you." So we are assured that the Last Supper in the Upper Room was a Passover meal. In Mark 14, verses 22 through 26, we hear the words of institution, "And as they were eating He took bread...

Last Words (Prayer and Typology) SCOTT HAHN Prayer is necessary, but it's not easy. "[F]or we do not know how to pray as we ought" (Rom 8:26). We know how to pray in a superficial way, but not as we ought. The good news is that our Father knows this, and so He has sent His Son to teach us and has sent His Spirit to transform our moans, groans, and sighs into the profoundest prayers that reach the depths of God's heart. "The Spirit helps us in our weakness. . . . [T]he Spirit himself intercedes for us with...

Scott Hahn on Our Lady The following is the transcript of Scott Hahn's audio and video tape presentation, "Mary: Holy Mother" as it appears in the "Catholic Adult Education on Video Program" with Scott and Kimberly Hahn. This morning we want to focus on Mary and the Marian doctrines and devotions of the Catholic Church to see where in scripture do we see, not necessarily logical demonstrations that are brought forth from proof texts that kind of force the mind against the will to give in and to acquiesce in these beliefs, but where do we find in scripture the...

The Lost Soul of Scott Hahn By John W. Robbins Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism. Scott and Kimberly Hahn. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993. Foreword by Peter Kreeft What sorts of people write autobiographies when they are healthy and well at 35? Generally there are three sorts: egotists, egomaniacs, and megalomaniacs. There seems to be no other plausible reason for writing the story of one's life when it has barely begun. But the fawning Peter Kreeft, a confused mind who wrote the Foreword for this book, disagrees. According to Kreeft, Scott and Kimberly Hahn are "one of the...

It was described as “elegant,” “Spirit-filled,” and “awesome.” One man said he’d learned more Scripture in two hours on that Saturday than he had in his entire life! Two Protestants who attended are now headed to the Catholic Church.International Flavor One said she cried tears of joy all the way home. The other, a resident of Missouri, came because she didn’t think Catholics studied Scripture and wanted to see for herself what this conference was about. She said she was flabbergasted and awestruck. To the delight of her husband, who took her to the event, she bought a Catholic Bible...

Despite Scott Hahn's appeal to popular Catholics such as Maximilian Kolbe, Edith Stein or Helen Hull Hitchcock, Catholic dogma says nothing in support of Hahn's attempt to identify the Holy Spirit as the feminine side of the Trinity. Likewise, it is not surprising that Hahn finds virtually no support among the Fathers. Of the over two hundred Fathers at his disposal, Hahn can find no Latin Fathers who agree with him. This is quite a lacuna in the evidence, considering the voluminous writings of Augustine, Jerome and Ambrose. Of the scores of Eastern Fathers, Hahn can only find four rather...