http://pcentral-online.net/blog5 This blog will feature both classic and contemporary Catholic authors and their bestselling written works. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:08:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On September 21, the feast of St. Matthew, the great apostle and evangelist, will be celebrated. St. Matthew, originally called Levi, was probably born in Galilee - the son of Alphaeus.  He became a publican tax collector - a social status that was considered low by Jewish religious society and is associated with sinners.  When ... http://pcentral-online.net/blog5/2007/09/19/st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist/ St. Athanasius of Alexandria, Egypt, aka the "father of orthodoxy" and the "champion of orthodoxy", started as an archdeacon and secretary to Bishop Alexander in 318 A.D. At approximately 21 years of age (he was born in 297 A.D.), he composed his treatises on the Incarnation - De incarnatione verbi Dei, and Contra gentes ... http://pcentral-online.net/blog5/2007/03/19/st-athanasius-champion-of-orthodoxy/ St. Hilary of Poitiers, aka "the Hammerer of the Arians" and "the Athanasius of the West", lived in the same time as St. Ephrem the Deacon. Both are not only very good Catholic authors but also considered official teachers or Doctors of the Church in the Catholic faith. St. Hilary studied philosophy and then ... http://pcentral-online.net/blog5/2007/03/05/st-hilary-the-hammerer/ St. Ephrem of Syria, Poet and Doctor Though the Church at present is faced with many challenges and difficulties, one way she can find directions to overcome these hardships is to seek wisdom in her own past history - especially in the writings of her servant-leaders.  One of the periods of history to search ... http://pcentral-online.net/blog5/2007/03/02/st-ephrem-the-poet/ An Introduction The introduction to this blog is an apropos to the name and aliases of the author of this blog and the 12 original blogs he authored at Blogger.com In fidelity to the spirit of those 12 original blogs (which are referred to in the page Catholic Blogs), the author of this ... http://pcentral-online.net/blog5/2007/03/01/an-introduction/ Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! http://pcentral-online.net/blog5/2007/03/01/hello-world/