Category: Part 3: The Matter of the Sacrament of Marriage

About the Author Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) was a Macedonian who went to Athens to study with the great philosopher Plato. Aristotle studied in Plato’s school, the Academy, until the death of his teacher. Aristotle might have been a natural choice to lead the Academy, but he seems to have been passed over, perhaps…

About the Author  Jacques de Vitry (1180 – 1240) was a French clergyman. Rising through the hierarchy of the Church, he was involved with the Albigensian crusade, which resulted in stamping out the heresy of the Albigensians in France. The Albigensians, or Cathars, adopted a view similar to that of the Manichees of Saint Augustine’s…

About the Author Quinton Peralta is a Byzantine Catholic residing in Toronto, Canada. He is a current doctoral student in the Political Science Department of the University of Toronto. His present work focuses largely on the virtue of moderation and its connection to personal and political identity formation, though his interests span widely in the…

About the Author Stephen of Bourbon (1180 – 1261) was a Dominican friar living and working in modern France. The Dominicans were known as the order of preachers, and Stephen moved around modern France preaching to the people. He also worked as an inquisitor. As he went, he gathered stories, weaving them into his sermons.…

About the Author Dr. Leon Podles is the husband of Mary Elizabeth Smith and by her is the father of six and the grandfather of eight. He has written two books on masculinity, The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity and Losing the Good Portion: Why Men are Alienated from Christianity. He is a board member of www.bishop-accountability.org and wrote Sacrilege:…