- Learn about the amazing parallels between the crisis of the
past and the crisis within the Church today, and how the Church has
dealt with crisis of faith in the past.
- Learn why truth, God's revealed truth and our belief in it,
has practical consequences for our lives.
- Lean how all this can help us deal successfully with the
current crisis of faith within the Church
- Learn facts that are omitted in college theology courses today.
Catholics need to equip themselves
with the facts presented in this series to be effective present-day
apostles.
Adam Miller. Adam Miller is one of the best theological and historical
minds in the Church today. Catholic Treasures is proud to offer
this series of tapes covering all twenty-one Ecumenical Councils of the
Catholic Church. In today's period of doctrinal confusion, the
Councils of the
Church are often quoted—but few people really know anything about them:
their
circumstances, their conduct, and their definitions. In this set,
Mr. Miller shows why each was called, who the primary players were,
what
events were going on in the world outside, and above all, how they
reached
the dogmatic results they achieved. In this in-depth exploration
of
the keystones of Church teaching, the whole of Catholic history is
revealed. Such episodes as St. Nicholas striking Arius at Nicaea,
the Byzantine Emperor forcing Pope Virgilius to convene Constantinople
II, and the Councils of Constance and Basel being alternately canonical
and schismatic are covered. So too are such dramatic councils as
Florence, which defined clearly that only Catholics may be saved;
Trent, which established the framework under which the Church operated
until 1965; and Vatican I, with its definition of Papal
Infallibility. The events of Vatican II are set forth with
scrupulous adherence to both fact and tradition. As the story of
the Councils unfolds, we learn of the relationship between Pope and
Council, of
the part laymen—both rulers and ruled—have played, and how far
Infallibility protects Conciliar decisions. The Infallible
dogmatic decrees of these Councils, when approved by the Pope, are the
highest exercise of the Church's magisterial teaching authority: they
are Infallibly true, and binding upon all Catholics. A rare treasure
trove of knowledge essential to
any Catholic wishing to understand the Church, her actual teachings,
and her
place in history.
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