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Original Unity of Man and Women

5 SEPTEMBER 1979  -  Of the Unity and Indissolubility of Marriage

12 SEPTEMBER 1979  -  Biblical Account of Creation Analyzed

19 SEPTEMBER 1979  -  The Second Account of Creation: The Subjective Definition of Man

26 SEPTEMBER 1979   -  Boundary Between Original Innocence and Redemption

10 OCTOBER 1979  -  Meaning of Man's Original Solitude

24 OCTOBER 1979  -  Man's Awareness of Being a Person

31 OCTOBER 1979  -  In the Very Definition of Man, the Alternative Between Death and Immortality

7 NOVEMBER 1979  -  Original Unity of Man and Woman

14 NOVEMBER 1979  -   Man Becomes the Image of God by Communion of Persons

21 NOVEMBER 1979  -  Marriage One and Indissoluble in First Chapters of Genesis

12 DECEMBER 1979  -  Meaning of Original Human Experiences

19 DECEMBER 1979  -  Fullness of Interpersonal Communication

2 JANUARY 1980  -  Creation as a Fundamental and Original Gift

9 JANUARY 1980  -  Revelation and Discovery of the Nuptial Meaning of the Body

16 JANUARY 1980  -  The Man-Person Becomes a Gift in the Freedom of Love

30 JANUARY 1980  -   Mystery of Man's Original Innocence

6 FEBRUARY 1980  -  Man and Woman: A Mutual Gift for Each Other

13 FEBRUARY 1980  -  Original Innocence and Man's Historical State

20 FEBRUARY 1980  -  Man Enters the World as a Subject of Truth and Love

5 MARCH 1980  -  Analysis of Knowledge and of Procreation

12 MARCH 1980  -  Mystery of Woman Revealed in Motherhood

26 MARCH 1980  -  Knowledge-Generation Cycle and Perspective of Death

2 APRIL 1980  -  Marriage in the Integral Vision of Man

Historical Man

16 APRIL 1980    Christ Appeals to Man's Heart

23 APRIL 1980    Ethical and Anthropological Content of the Commandment: You Shall Not Commit Adultery

30 APRIL 1980    Lust is the Fruit of the Breach of the Covenant With God

14 MAY 1980      Real Significance of Original Nakedness

28 MAY 1980      A Fundamental Disquiet in All Human Existence

4 JUNE 1980      Relationship of Lust to Communion of Persons

18 JUNE 1980     Dominion Over the Other in the Interpersonal Relation

25 JUNE 1980      Lust Limits Nuptial Meaning of the Body

23 JULY 1980       The Heart a Battlefield Between Love and Lust

30 JULY 1980      Opposition in the Human Heart between the Spirit and the Body

6 AUGUST 1980    Sermon on the Mount to the Men of Our Day

13 AUGUST 1980   Content of the Commandment: You Shall Not Commit Adultery

20 AUGUST 1980    Adultery According to the Law and as Spoken by the Prophets

27 AUGUST 1980     Adultery: A Breakdown of the Personal Covenant

3 SEPTEMBER 1980    Meaning of Adultery Transferred from the Body to the Heart

10 SEPTEMBER 1980    Concupiscence as a Separation From Matrimonial Significance of the Body

17 SEPTEMBER 1980     Mutual Attraction Differs from Lust

24 SEPTEMBER 1980     Depersonalizing Effect of Concupiscence

1 OCTOBER 1980       Establishing the Ethical Sense

8 OCTOBER 1980       Interpreting the Concept of Concupiscence

15 OCTOBER 1980     Gospel Values and Duties of the Human Heart

22 OCTOBER 1980     Realization of the Value of the Body According to the Plan of the Creator

29 OCTOBER 1980     Power of Redeeming Completes Power of Creating

5 NOVEMBER 1980    Eros and Ethos Meet and Bear Fruit in the Human Heart

12 NOVEMBER 1980    Spontaneity: The Mature Result of Conscience

3 DECEMBER 1980     Christ Calls Us to Rediscover the Living Forms of the New Man

10 DECEMBER 1980    Purity of Heart

17 DECEMBER 1980    Justification in Christ

7 JANUARY 1981     Opposition Between the Flesh and the Spirit

14 JANUARY 1981    Life in the Spirit Based on True Freedom

28 JANUARY 1981    St. Paul's Teaching on the Sanctity and Respect of the Human Body

4 FEBRUARY 1981      St. Paul's Description of the Body and Teaching on Purity

11 FEBRUARY 1981     The Virtue of Purity Is the Expression and Fruit of Life According to the Spirit

18 MARCH 1981    The Pauline Doctrine of Purity as Life According to the Spirit

1 APRIL 1981    Positive Function of Purity of Heart

8 APRIL 1981     Pronouncements of Magisterium Apply Christ's Words Today

15 APRIL 1981     The Human Body, Subject of Works of Art

22 APRIL 1981     Reflections on the Ethos of the Human Body in Works of Artistic Culture

29 APRIL 1981    Art Must Not Violate the Right to Privacy

6 MAY 1981      Ethical Responsibilities in Art

Eschatological Man

11 November 1981    Marriage and Celibacy in the Light of the Resurrection of the Body

18 NOVEMBER 1981    The Living God Continually Renews the Very Reality of Life

2 DECEMBER 1981       The Resurrection and Theological Anthropology

9 DECEMBER 1981      The Resurrection Perfects the Person

16 DECEMBER 1981     Christ's Words on the Resurrection Complete the Revelation of the Body

13 JANUARY 1982      New Threshold of Complete Truth About Man

27 JANUARY 1982      Doctrine of the Resurrection according to St. Paul

3 FEBRUARY 1981    The Risen Body Will Be Incorruptible, Glorious, Dynamic, and Spiritual

10 FEBRUARY 1982    Body's Spiritualization Will Be Source of Its Power and Incorruptibility

Virginity for the Kingdom

10 MARCH 1982     Virginity or Celibacy for the Sake of the Kingdom

17 MARCH 1982     The Vocation to Continence in This Earthly Life

24 MARCH 1982     Continence for the Sake of the Kingdom Meant to Have Spiritual Fulfillment

31 MARCH 1982     The Effective and Privileged Way of Continence

7 APRIL 1982     Superiority of Continence Does Not Devalue Marriage

14 APRIL 1982    Marriage and Continence Complement Each Other

21 APRIL  1982    The Value of Continence Is Found in Love

28 APRIL 1982     Celibacy Is a Particular Response to the Love of the Divine Spouse

5 MAY 1982     Celibacy for the Kingdom Affirms Marriage

23 JUNE 1982    Voluntary Continence Derives From a Counsel, Not From a Command

30 JUNE 1982    The Unmarried Person Is Anxious to Please the Lord

7 JULY 1982     Everyone Has His Own Gift from God, Suited to His Vocation

14 JULY 1982     The Kingdom of God, Not the World, Is Man's Eternal Destiny

21 JULY 1982    Mystery of the Body's Redemption Basis of Teaching on Marriage and Voluntary Continence

Sacramentality of Marriage

28 JULY 1982    Marital Love Reflects God's Love for His People

4 AUGUST 1982    The Call to Be Imitators of God and to Walk in Love

11 AUGUST 1982    Reverence for Christ the Basis of Relationship Between Spouses

18 AUGUST 1982     A Deeper Understanding of the Church and Marriage

25 AUGUST 1982     St Paul's Analogy of the Union of Head and Body

1 SEPTEMBER 1982    Sacredness of the Human Body and Marriage

8 SEPTEMBER 1982   Christ's Redemptive Love Has Spousal Nature

15 SEPTEMBER 1982    Moral Aspects of the Christian's Vocation

22 SEPTEMBER 1982   Relationship of Christ to the Church Connected With the Tradition of the Prophets

29 SEPTEMBER 1982    Analogy of Spousal Love Indicates the Radical Character of Grace

6 OCTOBER 1982    Marriage Is the Central Point of the Sacrament of Creation

13 OCTOBER 1982   Loss of Original Sacrament Restored with Redemption in Marriage-Sacrament

20 OCTOBER 1982    Marriage an Integral Part of New Sacramental Economy

27 OCTOBER 1982   Indissolubility of Sacrament of Marriage in Mystery of the Redemption of the Body

24 NOVEMBER 1982    Christ Opened Marriage to the Saving Action of God

1 DECEMBER 1982     Marriage Sacrament an Effective Sign of God's Saving Power

15 DECEMBER 1982    The Redemptive and Spousal Dimensions of Love

5 JANUARY 1983     The Substratum and Content of the Sacramental Sign of Spousal Communion

12 JANUARY 1983    The Language of the Body in the Structure of Marriage

19 JANUARY 1983     The Sacramental Covenant in the Dimension of Sign

26 JANUARY 1983     Language of the Body Strengthens the Marriage Covenant

9 FEBRUARY 1983     Man Called to Overcome Concupiscence

Reflections on Humanae Vitae

23 MAY 1984    Return to the Subject of Human Love in the Divine Plan

30 MAY 1984    Truth and Freedom the Foundation of True Love

6 JUNE 1984     Love Is Ever Seeking and Never Satisfied

27 JUNE 1984    Love Is Victorious in the Struggle Between Good and Evil

4 JULY 1984      The Language of the Body: Actions and Duties Forming the Spirituality of Marriage

11 JULY 1984     Morality of Marriage Act Determined by Nature of the Act and of the Subjects

18 JULY 1984   The Norm of Humanae Vitae Arises from the Natural Law and the Revealed Order

25 JULY 1984     Importance of Harmonizing Human Love with Respect for Life

1 AUGUST 1984    Responsible Parenthood

8 AUGUST 1984    Faithfulness to the Divine Plan in the Transmission of Life

22 AUGUST 1984    Church's Position on Transmission of Life

28 AUGUST 1984     A Discipline That Ennobles Human Love

5 SEPTEMBER 1984    Responsible Parenthood Linked to Moral Maturity

3 OCTOBER 1984     Prayer, Penance and the Eucharist: Principal Sources of Spirituality for Married Couples

10 OCTOBER 1984   The Power of Love Is Given to Man and Woman as a Share in God's Love

24 OCTOBER 1984   Continence Protects the Dignity of the Conjugal Act

31 OCTOBER 1984    Continence Frees One from Inner Tension

7 NOVEMBER 1984    Continence Deepens Personal Communion

14 NOVEMBER 1984   Christian Spirituality of Marriage by Living According to the Spirit

21 NOVEMBER 1984   Respect for the Work of God

28 NOVEMBER 1984    Conclusion to the Series: Redemption of the Body and Sacramentality of Marriage

Articles on the Theology of the Body

What is the Theology of the Body?

Jesus points to the Beginning

In the beginning—there was original innocence

The Nuptial Meaning of the Body

Original Nakedness

An Essay on the Principle of "for"

The Hermeneutic of the Gift

Reciprocity

Freedom as a foundation of the Nuptial Meaning of the Body

The Role of Shame

The Distortion caused by Sin

St. Paul’s “Theology of the Body”

The Resurrection of the Body as the Realization of the Nuptial Meaning of the Body

The Resurrection of the Body

The Sacramentality of Marriage as the Ethos to Holiness and realization of
the Nuptial Meaning of the Body

The Sacramentality of Marriage

A Personal Commentary on Humanae Vitae

Virginity and Celibacy as a sign of Absolute and Eternal Meaning of the Nuptial Meaning of the Body

The role of Eros in the Nuptial Meaning of the Body

Humanae Vitae: A Renaissance of Solid Catholic Doctrine

The effects of lust on Conjugal love

Original Solitude

Communion of Persons

Notes for an Intro Talk on the TotB

Church Teaching and Contraception

Church Teaching and Abortion

Imago Dei and Human Dignity

The Family is the Fruit of the Nuptial Meaning of the Body

The Role of Innocence

The Redemption of the Heart

The Centrality of Christ for the Nuptial Meaning of the Body

Marriage as the way to Sanctification

The Language of the Body

An Email / Another Email

An Argument Against Abortion

Church Documents

Deus Caritas Est - (Benedict XVI) God is Love - December 25, 2005  (encyclical letter)

Humanae Vitae  -  (Paul VI) Of Human Life -  July 25, 1968  (encyclical letter)

Sacerdotalis Caelibatus -  (Paul VI) On the Celibacy of the Priest - June 24, 1967  (encyclical letter)

Evangelium Vitae  -  (John Paul II) The Gospel of Life -  March 25, 1995  (encyclical letter)

On the Dignity and Vocation of Women   -  (John Paul II) Mulieris Dignitatem -  August 16, 1988   (apostolic letter)

Familiaris Consortio  - (John Paul II) The Christian Family in the Modern World - November 22, 1981 (apostolic exhortation)

Pastores Dabo Vobis - (John Paul II) I will give you shepherds - March 25, 1992  (apostolic exhortation)

Fides et Ratio  -  (John Paul II) Faith and Reason -  September 14, 1998   (encyclical letter)

Veritatis splendor  -  (John Paul II) The Splendor of Truth -  August 6, 1995  (encyclical letter)

Ecclesia de Eucharistia  - (John Paul II) The Church of the Eucharist  -  April 17, 2005  (encyclical letter)

1995 Letter to Women  (John Paul II) (letter)

1994 Letter to Families  (John Paul II) (letter)

Seminarian Essays

On Knowledge:  Augustine and Aquinas By Kyle Sanders

Under the Influence of Plotinus: Augustine’s Ascent of the Soul By Kyle Sanders

A Presentation on the Role of Pride In the Systems of Plotinus and Augustine With a Response from Christian Monasticism By Br. Silas Henderson OSB

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics And Benedictine Monasticism: A Comparison of  Systems and Values  By Br. Silas Henderson OSB

John Henry Newman's Grammar of Assent By Br. Silas Henderson OSB

The Behaving Subject: From Robot to Person By Peter Finney III

Thomas Aquinas’ Notion of Free Will  By Dan Good

Does Evolution Rule Out God’s Existence: Opposing Views  By Dan Good

Facing the Other: Levinas’s Ethics of Love  By Peter Finney III

Empty Evil and the Positive Devil in Augustinian Philosophy  By Peter Finney III

On the Necessity of Mary’s Immaculate Conception  By Brent

The Procession of the Holy Spirit   By Peter Finney III

Good Friday as the Day of Atonement with Jesus Christ, Our High Priest  By Dan Good

Saint Elizabeth Seton: Wife, Mother, and Foundress By Br. Silas Henderson OSB

The Civil Constitution on the Clergy and The Martyrs of September  By Br. Silas Henderson OSB

A Presentation on the Development Of the Sanctoral Cycle of the Liturgical Year By Br. Silas Henderson OSB

The Black Christ of Esquipulas: A Brief Look into El Cristo Negro By Scott Thomas

The Sign of Jonah By Andre Melancon

Solidarity By Dan Good

Baptizing a Greek Myth: Till We Have Faces  By Kyle Sanders

Archbishop John Hughes The Irish Catholic Who Helped Shape American Catholicism By Kyle Sanders

Faux-Encyclicals

Dan Good

Peter Finney III

Scott Thomas

Brent Maher

Andre Melancon

Humanae Vitae

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