History

American and Church History

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SYMBOLS – Identifying Features of Faith

Reflection for Tuesday of the 5th Week of Lent

Do you know the symbols of faith? Can you identify people from Holy Scripture and Saints from Church History by their symbols? What are some of these Symbols.

Fr. Bill reviews just a handful of them to give a sample of the richness of symbolism in just our Scripture and Tradition of Saints.

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Andrew Jackson & Donald Trump – Two Wars with Congress

My latest visit to the Brett Winterble Show in which Brett and I discuss the similarities between the Presidencies of Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump, particularly between the Current War With Congress over the Border Security and Jackson’s War With Congress over the United States Bank.

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ARMAGEDDON – What? Where? When? (Apocalypse #37)

ARMAGEDDON!!!
Apocalypse, part 37

The concept of the “Battle of Armageddon” originated in the 16th and 19th Chapters of the Book of Revelation. But what kind of a battle will it be, has it happened already, and, when all is said and done, despite the exaggerations of modern interpretive expectation regarding the End of the World, what did Armageddon mean in the context of the Book of Revelation?

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