Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Sanctity of the Catholic Church

From Chapter V of Basil Maturin’s “The Price of Unity”: For the sanctity of the Church, I need scarcely say, does not mean the sanctity of all its individual members. Our Lord, at its very start, insisted upon this. The … Continue reading

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On Schooling

There’s a poignant article over at Inside Catholic on modern schooling. Anthony Esolen writes: Yes, I know that three experiences do not a scientific study make. But they are, I think, representative; and I have spent all my adult life … Continue reading

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The School of Sanctification

John Joseph Haldane, a noted contemporary philosopher and author of Faithful Reason (2004) and Reasonable Faith (2010), had an article in First Things back in 1998 entitled The School of Sanctification on Christian education. Here’s a brief excerpt: G. K. … Continue reading

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Historical Slides to Unitarianism

Regarding Newman’s claim that Calvinism tends, historically, to slide into Unitarianism, a post by Tertium Quid connects this with our sensory human nature: ….Thus, if you look at the history of Calvinism in several countries, it follows a pattern: zeal … Continue reading

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Dead Babies Who Don’t Count

There’s a useful survey article related to early chemical abortions at the Presbyterian pastors blog Bayly Blog which points out that: . . . Midway through the twentieth century, the western world underwent a sea-change on birth control. Courts reversed … Continue reading

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The Last Superstition

From the St Augustine Press page on Feser’s book The Last Superstition: …there is not, and never has been, any war between science and religion at all. There has instead been a conflict between two entirely philosophical conceptions of the … Continue reading

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