Lumen Gentium

Letter #58, 2015: Tomorrow is Christmas

December 24, 2015, Thursday -- Tonight We Celebrate the Holy Exchange “The Son of God became man so that we might become God.” —St. Athanasius, De Incarnatione, 54, 3: PG 25, 192 "Recognize, O Christian, your dignity and, enabled to share in the divine nature, do not wish to relapse into your former base condition with [...]

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Christ is the Light of the Nations

Pope Paul VI promulgated the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, known by its first words Lumen Gentium (“The Light of the Nations”) on November 21, 1964 —51 years ago. What did it say? “Christ is the Light of nations.” —First words of Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, promulgated by Pope [...]

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