Friday, December 29, 2017

Did Mary and Joseph enjoy a specifically conjugal intimacy?

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". . . Mary has a higher allegiance. . . . And yet, in his trust in God, Joseph reveals he has a higher allegiance too.  Their shared h...

Capital punishment as a form of respect

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"The act of judicial execution is one of respect toward persons; it honors the fact that they can do things worthy of punishment by exe...

"Liberalism brings about the very thing, a universal civil war, from which it initially promised deliverance."

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     Phillip Blond, "Politics after liberalism" a review of The politics of virtue:  post-liberalism and the human future, by John...

"We promote the good of the world most fully in prayer and worship, reminding our fellow citizens that they too are meant to enjoy the heavenly peace of the city of God."

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     "The Christian way:  a statement by Evangelicals and Catholics Together,"  First things no.  278 (December 2017):  46 (43-49)...

"The dominion of sin is another cruel idol toppled by the risen Lord."

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     "The Christian way:  a statement by Evangelicals and Catholics Together," First things no. 278 (December 2017):  44 (43-49).
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

"opinion trusteeship"

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Columbia Journalism School "we live in a state of opinion trusteeship. None of us have the time and few of us the ability to do our...

Two equally requisite forms of the love of neighbor: admonition and prayer

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"Our king, despite his exalted majesty, came in humility for our sake; yet he did not come empty-handed. He brought his soldiers a grea...