One who preaches to the peope the word of faith is not saying things that are likely to please them, but must expect to meet with opposition. Jesus did not promise upholstered chairs or Cabinet posts, but only his Baptism and his chalice. In saying that, we have identified the two fundamental sacraments, Baptism...
In Christ, according to Christian belief, God himself has entered into history; in him the last things have already begun, the end time is already at hand, and the pilgrimage of the nations to Mount Zion has become God’s pilgrimage to the nations. Universalism is no longer just a vision of something that is...
In the magnificent Romanesque cathedral of the little Apulian town of Troy, my interest was attracted, above all, by a somewhat enigmatic relief of the year 1158 that adorned the chancel. This relief shows three animals in whose hostile relationship the artist clearly intended to depict the condition of the Church of his time. ...
