Quickly they responded: 'Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens ...

In last Wednesday’s Catechesis we reflected on the opening words of the Creed: “I believe in one God”. But the profession of faith specifies this affirmation: God is the almighty Father, Creator of ...

Why do we pray in the third person instead of addressing our pleas and praises directly to God? For example, the priest says, “Pray, my brothers and sisters, that our sacrifice may be acceptable to ...

Editor's Note: "Creed" is an ongoing article series that discusses the core beliefs of Christianity as expressed in the Apostle's and Nicene creeds. Links to the other installments are listed at the ...

God’s power may be more gentle than it is powerful. I’ve been reciting two Christian Creeds (one of them by heart) since I was little. Their recitation puts me right where I belong, in the midst of a ...

272 Faith in God the Father Almighty can be put to the test by the experience of evil and suffering. God can sometimes seem to be absent and incapable of stopping evil. But in the most mysterious way ...

Christians have good reasons to resist gender-neutral alternatives. Underlying this view is a belief that terms like father and mother are mere human characterizations of God, shaped by specific ...

In last Wednesday’s catechesis we focused on the words of the Creed: «I believe in God.» But the profession of faith specifies this statement: God is the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

Why do Christians today continue to call God "Father," especially in light of feminist critiques of language and meaning-making? What, for example, are we to make of Mary Daly's critique that "if God ...