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Is Jesus God? By Philip Cottraux In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not (John 1:1,10). It’s one thing to believe Jesus is the Messiah. Or the Son of God. But God? While firmly settled by Christians long ago, many still grapple with it. Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses are fine with labeling Jesus a prophet, but consider equating Him with the Almighty blasphemy, pointing out that nowhere in the four gospels did He demand...

The Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Mormons and a few other faiths have three things in common – they believe in Jesus Christ, that He is the Son of God and that He died and was resurrected for our sins. So what’s the problem? The political pundits continue to try and make Mitt Romney’s religious beliefs a big issue as he runs for the Republican presidential nomination. Different denominations of Christianity are just that – different denominations – which means different worship practices of the same fundamental Christian beliefs. Some people have commented that they cannot support Mitt Romney because...

by Fr. Paul de Ladurantaye Other Articles by Fr. Paul de Ladurantaye Trinitarian Mystery 06/05/04 Each year, the Church commemorates the mysteries of our salvation, from Christ’s birth in Bethlehem, to His death and resurrection, to the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. This week, the liturgy invites us to contemplate the central mystery of our faith: the Blessed Trinity, the mystery of God’s own inner life and the source of all graces and gifts. In His providence, God gradually revealed to human beings His own nature as a communion of three Divine Persons, sharing one and the same Divine...