In this excerpt from a popular video Bible study, Dr. Italy and Jeff Cavins discuss the paradox of why the sinless Jesus of Nazareth had to be baptized by John the Baptist. The baptism of John was a baptism of repentance from sin. Christian baptism is...
In this video #7 in his series on Liturgy and Sacraments, Dr. Italy explains the origin, meaning and rhythm of the weekly and yearly cycle of days and seasons in the Christian Liturgical Year. This is known as the temporal cycle. There is a certain rhythm...
Video 6 in Liturgy & Sacraments seies by Dr. Italy that explains how the roots of the Church's liturgical year and cycle of feasts are to be found in the celebrations of ancient Israel as shown in the Old Testament Scriptures. To understand the liturgical cycle...
In this 20 minute video, Dr. Italy explains what the term "liturgy" really means, what liturgy includes, and what happens when the Catholic church engages in it. One of the big differences between the Catholic church and many other Christian communities is that the Catholic church...
In this video, Dr. Italy explains that ritual and liturgy are required by the very nature of human beings for whom symbols and gestures are indispensable forms of communication. Many Christian believers since the 16th century Protestant Reformation have rejected rituals altogether as religion of the...
The first session of the 10-part study of Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life, is available here to view below for free. It is an introduction to the series, focusing on the world into which Jesus came. It is actually two very different...
Dr. Italy begins his course on Liturgy and Sacraments by pointing out the inseparable unity between Liturgy, Theology and Spirituality. Video 1 in Theology 552, Liturgy & Sacraments for the Catholic Distance University. In this first video of his course on Liturgy and Sacraments, Marcellino D'Ambrosio,...
St. Sharbel was a Lebanese Maronite hermit in the second half of the 19th century renown for holiness and miracles. Since his death in 1898, Christians and non-Christians alike have come to his shrine seeking healing through his intercession. This short video is a moving story...
In this video, Dr. Italy discusses Augustine's fight against both Manicheans and Pelagians defending free will on the one hand and the utter necessity of grace on the other in light of original sin....
Video in which Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. discusses the how and why of Divine Revelation - God's purpose for revealing himself and the way he goes about it. God enters into human history and reveals himself for a purpose - and it not exclusively or even primarily...