Tuesday, April 23, 2019

“In the narrative of Genesis, Adam does not create Eve. He discovers and welcomes her, along with the mystery of communion with which she comes loaded [(dont elle est porteuse)].”

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      "Éditorial:  La théorie du Gender:  quels présupposés anthropologiques?,"  Nova et vetera:  revue trimestrielle 86, no. 3 (...
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Friday, April 12, 2019

God is more, even, than physical survival

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"the moral calculus involved in balancing goods must respect a final limit. There are goods that are never subject to trade-offs.  Th...
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 ...