Liber locorum communium
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Anyone seeking to reform the Church must share the Church's faith
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"Anyone seeking to reform the Church must share the Church's faith and accept the essentials of her mission. The Church cannot tak...
Franks on the natural law
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"one must be in the right sort of community in order to learn what nature has to teach. . . . Natural law . . . is only promulgated by ...
Martin on Catholic reserve
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"over the two millennia of the Catholic Church's existence, she has defined the meaning of some ten or twelve texts." Francis ...
Sterne on the Shandean mode of argument
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"many an undertaking critick would have built two stories higher upon worse foundations." Laurence Sterne, The life and opi...
Grafton on the new medium of print
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"The Evangelical demand for literal reading of Scripture was dangerous enough in itself. . . . [But] These dangers were magnified thous...
Yes, but what if you aren't a national depository, have very limited funds, and must therefore choose?
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"As a national depository, Cambridge University Library was entitled to a copy of every book published. Nevertheless, it disdained to ...
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Seaford on our hostility to limit
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"Among the ancient Greeks there is what I call a culture of limit. By contrast, our culture is characterized by hostility to closure (l...
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