Regis Martin

Regis Martin is Professor of Theology and Faculty Associate with the Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He earned a licentiate and a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Martin is the author of a number of books, including Still Point: Loss, Longing, and Our Search for God (2012) and The Beggar's Banquet (Emmaus Road). His most recent book, published by Scepter, is called Looking for Lazarus: A Preview of the Resurrection.

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Ignatius and Polybius

According to St. Ignatius of Antioch, the bishop occupies a seat of governance no less authoritative than that of God Himself.

On Hedgehogs and Synods

The Hedgehog knows one big thing, but our Synod Fathers (and Mothers) seemed consumed with many lesser things.

Rearranging the Synod Table Chairs

The Synod was a series of fixations on matters of utter inconsequence, rather like the deck hands busily arranging chairs on the Titanic before its final plunge into the sea.

Missive to Magnesia

St. Ignatius of Antioch implores the good Christians of Magnesia not “to be led astray by wrong views or by outmoded tales that count for nothing.”

Blessing a Sterile Parody

Same-sex unions are not even unions, only a parody, both sad and sterile, of a relation that is not real.

Whither the Synod?

The Synod organizers themselves don’t really know where any of this is going, but we’re all supposed to be on the way anyway.   

The Other Letter to the Ephesians

Of the seven letters of St. Ignatius, all written in great haste along the way from Antioch to Rome, the first in the order of importance, as well as the longest, was the letter sent to the Ephesians.

On the Trail of Ignatius

The life of St. Ignatius of Antioch was connected to other great figures in the early Church, not least being St. John the Evangelist.

Driven to Martyrdom

It was not in defense of any sort of abstract principle that drove St. Ignatius of Antioch to such an extremity as to choose death, despising even the most cruel and pitiless of its torments.

If Stones Could Speak

St. Ignatius of Antioch’s life, writings, and death all point us to the purpose of life: to be converted to Christ.

Awaiting the End

At the end of our lives the yearning for God innate in all of us is more and more revealed.

Liquidating Love in Eight Words

If being in love means anything, it means a willingness, and one which requires constant exercise, to say you’re sorry.

The Honored Dead

We can debate the morality and prudence of our wars, but we also can be grateful to those who fought and died before most of us were even born.

Are We Willing to Defend Our Faith?

If Catholic conviction about Christ, grounded in history from the time of the first stirrings of the Church’s life on the day of Pentecost, is true, then we’re all obliged to defend it.

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