St Robert Bellarmine
Today the Church celebrates the heroic life of faith of Robert Bellarmine. Born in 1542 after the beginning of the reformation, he was a theologian, bishop, catechist and Doctor of the Church.
His work "Disputationes de Controversiis Christianae Fidei adversus hujus temporis hereticos"
was an important work to defend the Church against the attacks of protestantism. He eloquently explained how the pope could not be the Anti-Christ as was being taught by some of the reformation writings.
St. Bellarmine, pray for us that we would have both boldness and charity in defending and explaining our Catholic faith to others.
posted by Russ Rentler, M.D. | 7:47 AM
2 Comments:
It's interesting that today, I was asked for a summary of what I believe as a Catholic. I never really thought about it before. I wrote the inquirer that a summary would start with the Apostles' Creed. But how does one condense 2000 years of Church tradition and doctrine? The Catechism isn't the most concise document.
I am not sure there is a way!
But the Compendium of the Catechism that came out a few yrs ago is a great help to encapsulate the main points of the Catechism. It is available free online at the vatican website.
hope all is going well for the St Jimbob household.
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