The Nicene Creed invites us to die. Indeed, it requires it. This probably sounds rather dramatic, especially to those of us who recite the Creed each week without much serious concern. Readers of this website […]
David Deane is Associate Professor of Theology at the Atlantic School of Theology (Halifax, Nova Scotia). He received his doctorate from Trinity College (University of Dublin) and has taught at Colorado State University. He is […]
On the Readings for Sunday, November 12, 2017 […]
Natural Law, common law, Natural Rights, and localism—all so dear to the Founding—existed in 1776, simply put, because of the Catholic Church. […]
I. As a general principle, an honest man will want know what something is, or is said to be, before he decides whether he thinks it is true or that he must do anything about […]
Dr. Peter Kreeft is a prolific writer. Stunningly prolific. This is a man who has taught philosophy at Boston College since 1965, while maintaining a robust schedule as an in-demand speaker on all things Catholic—although […]
Strange things were demanded of many young Evangelicals in the twentieth century. Perhaps topping the list were the exhortations to question, criticize, and even ridicule evolutionary science, which, we were told, represented a direct assault […]
Douglas Farrow, PhD, is professor of theology and Christian thought at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. A noted lecturer and a prolific essayist, he is the author of several books, including Ascension and Ecclesia, Ascension Theology, […]
In the ancient Lavinium, a port city thirty miles south of Rome, the people celebrated the festival of the god Liber for a whole month. The main festivity was a parade which included a large […]
Editor’s note: This essay was originally posted on July 31, 2014, and is re-posted to mark the 100th anniversary of Kirk’s birth. Ordinarily Providence works through men and women—through St. Gregory, through St. Joan. Saints […]
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