Alex RennIt’s that time of year again. The leaves fade to red and gold, and the air turns crisp and cool. Children laugh as they scamper down the avenue, excited to learn . . . Pretty romantic, right? Here are a few (more) things to be excited about: Logos...
Louis St. HilaireLogos has a special search type just for searching the Bible. Start a Bible Search by clicking the Search button and selecting Bible on the upper left. One of the Bible Search’s special features is limiting your search to a particular part of the...
Today’s guest post is by Greg Hoerter, manager of strategic partnerships for Catholic Products. The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon held the fifth annual Real Catholic Men Conference August 18 at St. Joseph’s Parish in Vancouver, Washington. The...
Logos is proud to announce weekly social deals. Each Monday, Logos will share a coupon code on Facebook and Twitter. Copy the code and follow the link to bolster your library without blowing your budget. This week we’ll feature THREE resources from...
One of the first barriers faced by an English speaker who wants to work with the original language Scriptures is the challenge of learning the Greek and Hebrew alphabets. Even if you’ve long since mastered them, though, they still present a certain...
Today’s guest post is an unsolicited endorsement from Rev. Fr. John Trigilio Jr., PhD, ThD, president of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy and author of Catholicism for Dummies. As we prepare for the Year of Faith during this era of the New...
Today’s guest post is by Isaiah Hoogendyk, language editor for the content innovation department. A couple weeks ago, I wrote about a great way to expand your understanding of the Church’s early apostolic witness. By studying the Apostolic Fathers...
Andrew JonesA couple weeks ago, I wrote a post about the technology of Scripture study in the Middle Ages. In it, I explained how medieval monks and scholars approached Scripture as an organic aspect of the living Tradition. The Bible was understood primarily...
Today’s guest post is by Brandon Rappuhn, a Logos marketing copywriter. We’re well on our way into the month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, during which Catholics turn our eyes from ourselves to the poor in service. It’s no coincidence that August...
The Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture is available on Pre-Pub for one more week. Published between 2008 and 2011, it features contributions from many of today’s most influential theological minds. While it has not had as much time to establish...
This blog post contains Logos reference hyperlinks, a feature in the software that allows you to share what you find with other Logos users. These links only work for users who own the respective Logos resources. All links in this article will...
Today’s guest post is by Greg Hoerter, manager of strategic partnerships for Catholic Products. On behalf of Logos, I attended the Applied Biblical Studies and Defending the Faith Conferences July 25–29 at Franciscan University in Steubenville...
“May our God deign to give me the grace of speaking and you the desire of hearing.” —St. Peter Chrysologus Today is the Feast Day of Saint Peter Chrysologus, a little-known and underappreciated Doctor of the Church. Also known as the “Doctor of...
We recently posted about using Nave’s Topical Bible for topical Scripture study. Another powerful tool for this kind of study that’s probably less well known than Nave’s is Martin Manser’s Dictionary of Bible Themes. The Dictionary of Bible Themes...
We’re proud to announce that, with the addition of the Douay-Rheims Bible, RefTagger is now available for Catholics. Not excited yet? You will be. RefTagger is a free tool for bloggers that replicates Logos’ rollover and reference features. Want to...
“Our Catholic Liturgy is a grand and harmonious manifestation of man’s homage to God. Its words and ceremonies and devotions are the growth of centuries. The essentials of our Church’s worship have been embellished with a wealth of ritual...
When you type a passage into the “Go” box on the home page, Logos opens a passage guide and several resource panes that draw from your library. Unfortunately, it sometimes opens resources you wouldn’t prefer. When you search for today’s Gospel...
Today’s guest post is by Isaiah Hoogendyk, language editor for the content innovation department. True knowledge is [that which consists in] the doctrine of the apostles, and the ancient constitution of the Church throughout all the world, and the...
If you’re the sort of person who’s always looking for ways to eliminate a few mouse clicks from your day, you’ll want to familiarize yourself with the Logos Command Bar. The Command Bar can be used for many common (and uncommon) tasks in Logos, but...
It’s often said that Benedictine monasticism saved Western civilization during the Dark Ages. Normally, we think of an ink-stained monk huddled over manuscripts in a damp scriptorium, straining in the inadequate light of a flickering candle, copying...
One of the most useful things you can do with Logos resources is give them tags. Tags are essentially custom pieces of metadata, and they behave like other pieces of data—author, publisher, or resource type, for example. When you tag a resource...
On June 27, the Western Church celebrated the feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria. St. Cyril was patriarch of Alexandria from AD 412 to 444, and he played a pivotal role in the Christological controversies that engaged three ecumenical councils and...
If you haven’t read our blog post about Community Pricing, now is the time. The Catholic Encyclopedia (17 vols.) is currently on Community Pricing for $30. That’s less than $2 per volume—an outstanding price for anything, but a truly unbelievable...
I am an ecclesiastical historian by training and a Bible software guy by trade. Which, I think, puts me in the unique position to write about the history of the intersection of technology and Scripture study in a series of posts. We might start with...
The Year of Faith is coming, and everyone wants an extraordinary digital Catechism of the Catholic Church. Ideally, it would be a Catechism App, allowing you to have the Catechism in your pocket, accessible anytime. An intriguing idea . . . which is...
“Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.” This weekend’s celebration of the birth of John the Baptist is a great opportunity to delve into Scripture with Logos. While reflecting on this weekend’s...
The Logos Catholic libraries contain a number of reference books that are standard Bible study tools among Protestants but that might be less well-known to some Catholic users. One of these is New Nave’s Topical Bible. Nave’s is basically a giant...
Today’s guest post is by Greg Hoerter, manager of strategic partnerships for Catholic Products. It was a sold-out crowd of 1200 enthusiastic Catholics gathered to apply the riches of Scripture to their everyday lives. And Logos was there to help...
To the modern ear, the word “doctor” is normally associated with physicians, or perhaps university professors. But in Latin, the word means “teacher,” and docere, “to teach,” connotes “to show” or “to demonstrate”; a doctor is one who teaches us...
If you’re studying the Catechism of the Catholic Church with one of Logos’ Catholic libraries, one of the resources you should be familiar with is The Sources of Catholic Dogma. The Sources of Catholic Dogma traces the development of Catholic...