Word & Table

Where did the familiar list of the Seven Deadly Sins come from? Which sins are on this "worst sin" list and what are their counteracting virtues?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Why is there a second feeding miracle in the gospels with a slightly reduced head count? How does it connect to Jesus's gospel mission?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Why is it hard to pray and what are the most common things that get in the way of our duty to pray?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How did the English break with the Pope really happen? Did it all come down to Henry VIII or was there more to the story?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

A revered Father in both the East and the West who developed monasticism and wrote down and early draft of the Seven Deadly Sins.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What are Ember Days and how and why do we observe them?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What does the word 'holy' mean and how do people become holy?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How do we know that we are receiving Communion worthily, and what was Paul talking about when he said that it's possible to "eat and drink unto condemnation?" Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How is the Christian vision of the afterlife different from other ancient religions? What is the difference between the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of the flesh? How is eternal life different from just perpetual life?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What is Catechesis and how has it developed over time. Also what is the format of a written Catechism and when did it first appear?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Learn about Peter's sermon in Acts 2 and why it was such a convincing first presentation of the gospel to its Jewish audience.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Learn where this popular Lenten devotional tool came from, how it is used, and what parts of it are biblical and which parts derive from tradition.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How is Jesus both fully God and fully man? How do those two natures work together, and what were Jesus's abilities while he was on earth?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Learn about the history of the Anglican Church from the death of Queen Elizabeth all the way on up to the present day! How did the English Church become a global communion? Where did the different tendencies and divisions come from?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Learn about John of Damascus, the last of the classical Church Fathers and his influence on the Western and Eastern traditions.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What does the miracle at Cana mean and why does the Bible call it a 'sign?' What does it point to?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Who really was the saint that Santa Claus is based on and what do we know about him?Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The letters between Pliny, the governor of Bithynia, and the Emperor Trajan offer a rare window onto early Christianity from a pagan perspective.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Fr. Stephen walks through the parts of traditional Western Church architecture.Support us on Patreon:Apply for Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What are the four Cardinal Virtues and how are they different from the theological virtues and the other virtues?Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The last of the Cappadocian Fathers, Gregory Nazianzus, known as 'the theologian' left a lasting mark on Christian theology, especially the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Did Mary have children after Jesus? Why was this and other ideas about Mary significant to the Early Church?Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

When did the Anglican Church begin? We begin at the beginning long before the Reformation and discuss Celtic Christianity, the Synod of Whitby, Gregory the Great's mission and the conversion of the tribes that brought together the Ecclesia Anglicana. Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How should Christians be buried and what is the meaning of the funeral service?Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Book of Sirach (aka the Wisdom of Ben Sira) was so beloved in the early church that it got nicknamed 'The Church Book' or 'Ecclesiasitcus.' Hear why this is one of the jewels of the apocrypha and why so many Christians have found so much to love in it for so long.Support us on Patreon:Check out Saint Paul's House of FormationEmail usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What are angels, really? Where do they show up in scripture and what is their purpose? Why are there specific angels mentioned by name and why do they have wings?Sign up for Saint Paul's House of FormationSupport us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How many names of the twelve apostles do we know? What's the difference between a disciple and an apostle? Why are there twelve?Sign up for Saint Paul's House of FormationSupport us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

One of the eight doctors of the Church, Ambrose did more than just convert St. Augustine, the West's greatest theologian. Learn about his inspiring career and the legacy he left to the Western Church.Sign up for Saint Paul's House of FormationSupport us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Are Anglicans Catholic or Protestant? Did the Anglican Church start just because a king wanted a divorce? Who decided the direction the English Church would take at the time of the Reformation?Sign up for Saint Paul's House of FormationSupport us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Psalms has always been the Church's prayerbook. But what does a collection of Hebrew hymns have to do with Jesus?Sign up for Saint Paul's House of FormationSupport us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Overview of the fifth century of Church history. Barbarians and Arians.Sign up for Saint Paul's House of FormationSupport us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What are faith, hope, and love, and why is love the greatest? How do we get these virtues? Is it possible to sin against these virtues?Sign up for Saint Paul's House of FormationSupport us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Who were the initiators of the ascetic movement in the early Church? What were their motivations? Where did Christian asceticism come from and what preceded it? How did early monastics survive so much self-denial? What is the place of asceticism in the life of the church today?Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What do you do if you are not sure whether you've been validly baptized? We go over the conditions for a valid baptism again and talk about the simple rite of conditional baptism.Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The letter from James, the Brother of the Lord is Christian wisdom and ethics in a rabbinic key. Learn the key themes of this essential book and how its message of dead faith apart from works agrees with Paul's salvation by faith.Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

An overview of the 4th Century of the Christian Church. Constantine, asceticism, heretic missionaries, and orthodox rebels.Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Can individuals be considered culpable for the sins of the group to which they belong? Can societies take on sinful characteristics? What is the Christian's duty to society?Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The two dominant schools of theology in the early church approached the scriptures and the nature of Christ from very different starting points. Learn how the Church harmonized these by taking the middle way between literalism and idealism.Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What does it mean to let your conscience be your guide? Is it just a feeling or is it something else? How does it inform the moral decisions we make?Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Book of Jeremiah is the life and message of one of the most important figures in the Old Testament. Learn about his message, his life, and the critical period of history that he lived through.The Feast of Pentecost is the birthday of the Church. Learn about the Jewish roots of the feast and what the Holy Spirit's presence means for the Church.Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

The Feast of Pentecost is the birthday of the Church. Learn about the Jewish roots of the feast and what the Holy Spirit's presence means for the Church.Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How do we apply the universal moral principles of the Bible to the individual situations of everyday life, with all of its variables and contingencies? What principles help us know both how to act well and avoid sin in the moment and evaluate our past actions?Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What is that really tall candle at the front of the sanctuary at Easter? What does it symbolize and what is written on it?Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

A big episode covering a big topic: the Hebrew Bible, its arrangement of the Old Testament, its history, languages, and how Jews and then Christians successfully transmitted God's inspired word through thousands of years of linguistic change.Music from a performance in Oxford in 2010.Support us on Patreon:Email us

What does the process for getting married look like and what is the reason that Christians--particularly Anglicans in the ACNA--take the preparation so seriously?Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How do Christians see the difference between right and wrong? How do we learn to make the right choices and examine our past choices?Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

What do all of the seasonal colors in Anglican Churches mean and which seasons do they go with? Find out here! Also: we make our triumphant return to weekly episodes!Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Deciding who is the most important early Christian writer means sifting through a crowded field, but Origen is a strong contender. His life and work laid the foundation for systematic theology and he died an exemplar of courage and piety.Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

An overview of the life of a foundational early Christian writer who nevertheless ended his life outside of the Church.Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

How old should baptized children be before they can take communion? How do different traditions approach the question? What should you be thinking about as a parent as you decide for your children?Support us on Patreon:Email usMusic by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications