Saturday, April 6, 2019

Oscar Wilde, predator

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Trinity College, Dublin "although Wilde has long been acclaimed as a gay martyr and hero, he needs to be treated with care. "...

Bolshevik intolerance

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"'in conditions of fierce class struggle, in a large Party intimately connected to the broad masses, . . . the personal can become ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

John Calvin's prayer before going to work

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Prayer [to be said before doing one's work]      "Our good God, Father and Savior, since You have pleased to command us to work t...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Confirmation as administered by a born-again evangelical in a state church

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Given that "only a few" will "find the way to life," "the general confession [(das gemeinsame Bekenntnis)]" of...
Monday, March 25, 2019

Enlightenment

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The Ape. A Brief Fable. One night an ape set a grove |  of cedars on fire, | a nd was then very pleased with himself, | a s he found ...

"true man": "the undiminished and perfect nature" that "the Creator established in us from the beginning" and assumed in order to restore

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     "So the proper character of both natures [(Salva . . . proprietate utriusque naturae, the saving property of both natures)] was ma...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

"the effort of nature in the transition [so astonishing] from nothing to existence"

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"The establishment of democracy in a nation that has languished in chains for a long time can be compared to the effort of nature in th...