• Our Lady is the Mediatrix of All Graces
• The Road to Emmaus
• The Church, The Mystical Body
• The False Prophets
• The Ark of Noah and the Church of Christ
• Lazarus, Come Forth! — An Easter Meditation
• The Epistle of Straw
• The German Positive School
• A Better Testament
• Saint Paul against the Liberals
• In Defense of Original Sin
• The Contradiction of Core
• What is Development of Doctrine?
• Cardinal Ratzinger: Theology is Not Private Idea of Theologian
• The General Relationship between the Virtues and the Gifts of the Holy Ghost
• Reply to a Liberal
• The Blessed Trinity Explained to Thomas Butler
• Our Patriarch Abraham and the Continuity of Religion
• The Dangers of Scientism
• The Infallibility of the Pope
• Is Faith a Gift?
• The Problem of Change
• The Eucharist in Four Simple Mysteries
• Catholic Obedience
• What Laws can the Church Change?
• "I believe in the Holy, Catholic Church"
• On Grace and Nature
• A Prelude to Faith
• Love is the Spirit of Truth
• Praying to Saints
• Is Faith a Gift?
• Hans Urs von Balthasar's New Theology

Theology is the science of God and of divine things. It studies God, His Essense, and attributes, His Incarnation, and His works. The sources of Catholic Theology are the two fonts of divine revelation: Holy Scripture and Apostolic Tradition. Both are mediated to us through the teaching authority of the Church (the Magisterium) and explained according to human reason. While reason alone is not sufficient to know the truths of revelation, it must be employed in the science of theology, else it would not be a true science. Saint Anselm called theology "faith seeking understanding" (fides quaerens intellectum).

Few of the articles in our theology section would qualify as highly systematic, technical treatises in the various branches of theology (e.g. dogmatic, moral, mystical, ascetical). Rather, they are treatises on theological subjects for the non-specialist.

Philosophy is the science of all things studied in their first causes and ultimate principles. Strictly speaking, it is a natural science which explores its subject matter without the aid of supernatural revelation. However, as philosophy is the science which makes us think better, thus perfecting human reason, it is an invaluable tool in the study of theology. For this reason, it is called the ancilla theologiae, or "the handmaid of theology."

Our superior, Brother Francis, M.I.C.M. Is a philosopher who spent many years teaching the various disciplines of this science (logic, cosmology, psychology, ethics, history of philosophy, epistemology, and ontology). Brother Francis’ taped lectures are available from the Saint Augustine Institute of Catholic Studies.

Click here to read Brother Francis' Introduction to Philosphy!