ShareHere are a couple of papers I read recently and enjoyed. The first is on terminology in Veritatis Splendor by Janet Smith, and the second is on Aristotelian metaphysics by Tuomas.
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ShareReview author – Dr. Sebastian Mahfood The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins reads better if it is read as a work of fiction told, like the first part of William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, from the point of view of the village idiot. From that vantage point, one can say that Dawkins masterfully provides his narrator [...] Share LONDON, United Kingdom—English cardinal John Henry Newman, who will be declared “blessed” by Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to Britain, is seen as one of the Church’s leading thinkers and one of its most famous converts. Born in 1801 into an Anglican family, Newman felt the call of religious life in his teens [...] ShareWhile participating in a discussion at the Physics Forums, I was struck by the value of an education in Thomism. The subject at hand was the value of applied science versus pure science. Since this is a subject of interest to me, I weighed in on the discussion. As I watched it unfold, I began [...] ShareFrom the Lumen Christi Institute website: It’s a good thing, almost everyone would say, to want to know things; that view is certainly bone-deep in our universities and colleges, as well as in the church. But there are different ways of coming to want to know things, different ways of training and forming the appetite [...] ShareIn the last 12 months more than 13,000 people have visited The Dead Philosophers Society website. This number illustrates the value of our mission and the relevance of our content. Thank you to all contributors and welcome back once more to all our visitors. ShareTo Jesus, Through Mary, In the Spirit of St. Joseph: The Wheat, the Rose, and the Lily By Jayson M. Brunelle, M.Ed., CAGS Introduction So very few persons, pious Catholic Christians included, realize the tremendous role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the sanctification of souls. Being spiritual mother of the mystical body, she, [...] Share Catholic Philosophy In Use is a new feature. Our intention is to highlight public application of Catholic philosophy. Our first article is a commencement address given by His Excellency Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. Archbishop Burke was the Thomas Aquinas College 2010 Commencement Speaker. This address is [...] |
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