AricThis Friday, the Popular Patristics Series (pt. 1) ships, and you can still get 31% off at a special pre-order price. Much like The Classic Wisdom Collection, this series devotes different volumes to different topics. A group of some of the great...
It’s the fourth week of Easter, and that means another great training video featuring some of our apologetic resources in Verbum. Today we’ll be looking briefly at the cited by tool while highlighting our Faith Basics resources (15% off...
This post features St. Teresa’s seminal work, The Interior Castle, included in every one of our base packages. A fuller body of St. Teresa of Ávila’s works are included in the Post-Reformation Catholic Thought and Piety collection, an amazing...
Tomorrow we ship the Classic Wisdom Collection, a 10-volume set of writings from some of the most prominent and influential Catholic saints and theologians. A set like this is especially helpful for those interested in devotional study; all the...
Here’s the third installment of our weekly Easter Apologetics video training series featuring Dave Armstrong. Remember, until Pentecost we are offering 15% off all of our base packages with the coupon code VerbumEaster2013. Watch the video...
I remember beginning the Ascent of Mount Carmel some three or four years ago—before converting to Catholicism—and thinking something along the lines of, “this is the most profound piece of spiritual literature I’ve ever read.” At the time, I didn’t...
Right now, you can get the special introductory pricing of 50% off Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources (4 vols.). The Pre-Pub price goes up this Friday, so act quickly to lock in an amazing price on this important...
One of the great features of Verbum is the way that the resources included in our base packages compliment each other. Here’s a short training video highlighting a couple of these resources, showing you some easy ways to keep them organized...
We celebrate Easter because Jesus Christ has risen from the dead. Christ has conquered death and, by his own power, been raised to life so that, “as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Cor 15:22). Yet we confess in our...
Today’s reading comes from the Gospel of Luke: So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, ‘Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.’ So...
Apologetics can be tricky. In order to do it well, you must have a firm knowledge both of the Faith and of what objections might be raised against it. What’s more, the answers that we give have to be tailored to the premises of the one asking the...
Happy Easter. In celebration of this Easter season, we will be offering In addition, for the next seven weeks, we will be highlighting some amazing apologetics resources here on the blog, with special offers and discounts each week. This is an...
I feel no heavier burthen than being so long a pilgrim from Thee in this world; in that glowing with love, I seek no consolation besides Thee. For I have learnt by most certain experience that my soul cannot be satisfied with the good things of this...
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is head in our land. The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give...
Alex RennToday’s guest post is by Brandon Rappuhn, a Logos marketing copywriter. What do we really know about St. Joseph? According to tradition, St. Joseph, the foster father of our Lord Jesus Christ, was born and raised in Bethlehem. He learned the trade...
This is the question on every Catholic’s mind: when will I see white smoke? When will we have a new pope? I can’t tell you exactly—no one knows precisely when the ballots will be burned—but here are some good times to check the chimney:...
Today’s guest post is by Aric Nesheim, marketing specialist in the Catholic division. As the papal conclave fast approaches, many are wondering how it actually works. The conclave’s fascinating history shows how malleable the papal-election process...
Andrew Jones1) For most of the papacy’s history, popes were elected by the clergy and people of Rome through some form of acclamation. Over time, the role of the laity and the non-cardinal clergy was gradually reduced, but the possibility of the cardinals...
The conclave is coming. While the Catholic church awaits a new pope, how will you stay in the loop? Conclave for Android and iOS makes it easy to stay up-to-date and well-informed. Conclave keeps the information you need at your fingertips, and...
Today’s guest post is by Isaiah Hoogendyk, language editor for the content innovation department. I have previously written articles discussing new or existing features in the desktop version of Verbum. Today I’d like to talk about the surprising...
. . . continued from Part III The Schism in the Church was first and foremost a schism in the College of Cardinals, a schism that lined up generally with the sides of the contemporary Hundred Years War between England and France. Once there were...
. . . continued from Part II III. The Crisis of the Late Middle Ages—the Resignations of Celestine V and Gregory XII The High and Late Middle Ages, from about 1140 to about 1378, are sometimes called the period of papal monarchy. During this time...
Louis St. HilaireCalculating the liturgical calendar is a somewhat complex affair. The General Roman Calendar is basically made up of a calendar of Sundays and weekdays calculated relative to Christmas and Easter, an overlapping calendar of saints’ feasts that land...
. . . continued from Part I II. The Crisis of the Eleventh Century—the Resignations of Benedict IX and Gregory VI The second period in which we see papal resignations is the mid–eleventh century. In the ninth century, the papacy had separated...
Today’s guest post is by Steve Ray, author, apologist, and leader of Catholic pilgrimages. Forty days in the wilderness; forty days of Lent. We are now embarking on the adventure we’ve called Lent since the early centuries of the Church. It may not...
Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he intends to resign from the Chair of Saint Peter has rightfully sent shock waves through the Church. It is an epochal development. This is so not just because papal resignations are rare, but because this time...
Guido di Pietro was born circa 1395 and became a Dominican friar in 1417, taking the name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. He earned the nicknames il Beato Angelico, “Blessed Angelic One,” and his common English name: Fra Angelico, which means “Angelic...
The discipline of regular spiritual reading is a great way to enrich your Lenten observance. Between different methods of lectio divina, Lenten devotionals, and spiritual classics, there are a lot of options available. Logos can help you deepen your...
Today’s guest post is by Brandon Rappuhn, a Logos marketing copywriter. For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals; for all...