Analogia Press LLC

Welcome to Analogia Press!

This is Ryan Scanlon (dad in the picture). Analogia Press is currently just me, along with the patient support of my family & friends, trying my best to do God's will in accordance with Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church. Here is my witness and testimony!

Analogies are powerful in helping to make sense of mysteries of faith that lie at the heart of Catholic metaphysics. The technical Catholic term in Latin is analogia entis (analogy of being), which means we can speak truly about God and the mysteries of faith by drawing comparisons to things we know, while always remembering He surpasses every analogy. The mystery of the Christian Trinity can only be understood, at best imperfectly, through analogy. Here is one initial example.

My mission is to help individuals, families, schools and communities strengthen their faith through high impact content that leverages my background in biotechnology and authentic analogies to create media, books, games, tools, and storytelling that awakens
souls, restores clarity, and renews culture.

Learn more

All authentic Catholic art can be understood as an application of the analogia entis.

True visual art reflects the creative process of how the artist or creator uses the forms, colors, and symbols of the created world to point beyond themselves to invite us to contemplate the mysteries of God, who is at once knowable through creation and always greater than what we can express or imagine.

This analogical character is what gives Catholic art its distinctive sacramental quality: it is always more than decoration or illustration; it participates in, and points toward, the mystery it seeks to unveil.

The true purpose of art—especially sacred art—is to reveal layers of meaning that go beyond the immediate material reality. The aesthetics and material forms of art (shapes, colors, textures) are not meant to be ends in themselves but are meant to facilitate encounters with higher realities—spiritual truths, the invisible divine order, and the structure of being.

Shop Now