Fr. Anthony BrooksApr 19, 20243 min readIconoclasm III April 21, 2024 This is the bad penny of heresies – it just keeps turning up. When we last saw it was in the 8th century and predominantly...
Fr. Anthony BrooksApr 5, 20243 min readChrist is risen!March 31, 2024 Christus surrexit! Christ is risen! On this beautiful Easter Holy day all of us here at St. Isidore and Holy Family pray...
Fr. Anthony BrooksApr 5, 20243 min readDivine Mercy SundayApril 7, 2024 This week, on this second Sunday of Easter, we celebrate the great feast of the Divine Mercy. It falls on the last day of...
Fr. Anthony BrooksMar 23, 20243 min readCovering Images and Crucifixes in the ChurchMarch 24, 2024 Professor Marvel PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN! This is one of my favorite lines from the movie The...
Fr. Anthony BrooksMar 9, 20243 min readIconoclasm Part II We left off last week discussing the beginning of the Iconoclasm heresy and some of the immediate consequences.
Fr. Anthony BrooksMar 3, 20243 min readIconoclasmMarch 3, 2024 This week we are going to skip ahead a few centuries and find ourselves in the 7th century looking at a peculiar heresy...
Fr. Anthony BrooksFeb 25, 20243 min readMonophysitismFebruary 25, 2024 This time around, we will be looking at the heresy that rose as a way to combat the heresy of Nestorianism. As we...
Fr. Anthony BrooksFeb 10, 20243 min readNestorianismFebruary 11, 2024 This week we move on in our journey through the heresies. We will be looking at a particularly interesting situation –...
office55831Feb 10, 20244 min readPelagianismFebruary 4, 2024 This week we will finish up with the heresy of Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism. Now the main defenders of Orthodoxy...
Fr. Anthony BrooksJan 28, 20243 min readPelagianismJanuary 28, 2024 This week as we move on from the Arian heresy, we see that it was not long before another large heresy came up. This...
Fr. Anthony BrooksJan 21, 20243 min readArianJanuary 21, 2024 This week we are going to pick up our study of the various heresies again after our break for advent and Christmas. Just...