Concluding Chapter XXXIII of ‘I Believe’: Amen
By Fr Joseph B Francis - We have come to the conclusion of the Creed and we conclude with a ...
Would Heaven Be Monotonous?
By Fr. Joseph B Francis - Continuing his series on the Apostles’ Creed I Believe, Fr. Joseph Francis relates an incident ...
Chapter XXXII: (I Believe in the) Life Everlasting
By Fr. Joseph B Francis - Continuing the series on ‘I Believe’, the Niceno-Constantinople Creed (381 AD) has a variant: ...
Pneumatological Aspect of Our Final Resurrection
By Fr. Joseph B Francis – Continuing the series on 'I Believe', there is also a Pneumatological (Holy Spirit) aspect ...
Chapter XXXI: (I Believe in the) Resurrection of the Body (2)
By Fr. Joseph B Francis - Paul's teaching on the Resurrection of the Body Paul experienced much difficulty in proposing ...
Chapter XXX: (I believe in the) Resurrection of the Body (1)
By Fr. Joseph B Francis - The hope of our bodily resurrection at the end of time The Niceno-Constantinople Creed ...
Chapter XXIX: I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins
By Fr. Joseph B Francis - God is ever ready to forgive the repentant sinner The Niceno-Constantinople Creed (381 AD) ...
Chapter XXVIII: The Catholic Doctrine on Purgatory
By Fr. Joseph B Francis - The development of the doctrine on the existence of “purgatory” The Catholic doctrine on ...
Chapter XXVII: Significance of Our Biological Human Death
By Fr. Joseph B Francis - Our biological death has to take place before we move from this world of ...
Chapter XXVI: (I Believe in) the Communion of Saints
By Fr. Joseph Francis – What does the Church document Lumen Gentium say about the Communion of saints? The ...
Chapter XXV: I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church (2)
By Fr. Joseph Francis - The 4 Notes of the Church of God Here we briefly examine the 4 “notes” ...
Chapter XXIV: I believe in the Holy Catholic Church (1)
By Fr. Joseph Francis — The Niceno-Constantinople Creed (381 AD) has a longer expansion of this: “I believe in one, ...
Chapter XXIII: I believe in the Holy Spirit
By Fr. Joseph Francis — Who is the Holy Spirit? In the Niceno-Constantinople Creed (381 AD) this is long and ...
Chapter XXII: To Judge the Living and the Dead (2)
By Fr. Joseph Francis — At the end would there be a destruction and re-creation of new heavens and new ...
Chapter XXI: To Judge The Living and the Dead (1)
By Fr. Joseph Francis — Judgment as completion The purpose of this complete, fully visible manifestation and presence at “Parousia” ...
Chapter XX: From There He Will Come
By Fr. Joseph Francis — Parousia or visible presence of the Lord at the end of time One of the ...
Chapter XIX: Seated at the Right Hand of the Father Almighty
By Fr. Joseph Francis — Symbolic or metaphoric language Obviously here we are using metaphorical or symbolic language whose meaning ...
Chapter XVIII: A Descriptive Definition of Heaven
By Fr. Joseph Francis -- What is this heaven into which Jesus ascended? Heaven that awaits each one of us ...
Chapter XVII: He Ascended
By Fr Joseph Francis – How to understand “descending” from heaven and “ascending” into heaven? Descended from heaven or ascended ...
Chapter XVI: The Question of Resurrection
By Fr Joseph Francis – Chapter XVI: On the third day he rose again from the dead (2) The Sadducees (a ...
Chapter XV: On The Third Day He Rose Again From the Dead (1)
By Fr Joseph Francis - Why the third day? The variation in the Nicene Creed is: “and rose again on ...
Chapter XIV: He Descended Into Hell
By Fr. Joseph Francis - “Hell” refers to “Sheol” Many a Christian today is surprised by this statement in the ...
Chapter XIII: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was Crucified, Died and Was Buried
By Fr. Joseph Francis – Passion and death of Jesus are steeped in history Pontius Pilatus (Pilate) was the Roman ...
Chapter XII: A Marian Trilogy
By Fr. Joseph Francis - Mary is “Mother of God” In this chapter we reflect on a Marian trilogy i.e., ...
Chapter XI: Who Was Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary (3)
By Rev. Fr. B Joseph Francis - Consequences of Incarnation The Nicene Creed (325 AD) proclaims: “For us men and ...
Chapter X: Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary (2)
By Rev. Fr. B Joseph Francis - The importance of the question about the virginal birth of Jesus In this ...
Chapter IX: Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary (1)
By Rev. Fr. B Joseph Francis - The existential situation of the human being in sin or the meaning of ...
Chapter VIII: Jesus CHRIST
By Rev. Fr. B Joseph Francis - The meaning of the name of Jesus It sometimes happens that many do ...
Chapter VII : Our LORD
By Rev. Fr. B Joseph Francis - Titles of Jesus used by the primitive Church express their faith in Jesus ...
Chapter VI: I Believe in Jesus Christ, His Only Son
By Rev. Fr. B Joseph Francis - Who is Jesus Christ as a Person? The Nicene Creed (325 AD) expands ...
Chapter V: Creator of Heaven and Earth
What do we understand by “creation”? There is a difference between creation and production. We say the carpenter produces the ...
Chapter IV: I believe in God the Father Almighty (2)
The meaning of the Power of God Let me not forget that the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is ...
Chapter III: I believe in God the Father Almighty (1)
Our God is not impersonal God We Catholics do not believe in an impersonal God or nameless Reality, a “Tad” ...
Chapter II: I Believe in God
Faith is primarily acceptance of the Person of God Sometimes people tend to think of faith and belief as acceptance ...
An Insightful Understanding of The Creed ‘I Believe’
Beginning this week, every Thursday we will bring you a series of exemplary articles by Rev. Fr. B. Joseph Francis ...