“The church of the living God, the pillar and ground L of the truth … the household of God … built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone …” ...

There is much talk these days about the concept of the “development of doctrine” in the Church. The topic is a complex one and its various nuances cannot be adequately dealt with in a short essay.

Hilaire Belloc, who died in 1953, was a writer I greatly admired — indeed, whose splendid prose, as his friend Maurice Baring once put it, “emitted the mellow tones of a beautifully played cello … ...

President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency was the concluding speaker during the morning session of general conference at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. One of ...

Photo by Kenny Luo on Unsplash. Editors’ note: John C. Haughey, S.J., a former associate editor of America, died on Dec. 5, 2019. This article appeared in our May 24, 2004 issue under the title ...

The most intelligible expression of the doctrine of the Church is found in the symbolic words of the Apostles’ Creed, “I believe … in the holy, catholic Church.…” Such expression in the form of a ...