Saturday, March 21, 2026

"without thee we are not able to please thee"

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Vat. Reg. lat. 316 , fol. 178v "May the working of your mercy, O Lord, we pray, direct our hearts aright, for without your grace we can...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

"the [twentieth-century] narrative concerning the medieval [Christian] reaction to [Hindu-Arabic numerals] and the number zero" constitutes "a bizarre funhouse mirror image of the Middle Ages"

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Archiv für Kulturgeschichte 3 (1905), 155–19 5 "the way the introduction of the number zero as well as the whole system of Hindu-Arabic...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Friendship with God is unavailable to those who find the idea incredible and/or despair of it

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"just as friendship with a person would be impossible if one disbelieved in, or despaired of, the possibility of his fellowship or fami...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Faith and works

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"Deus, innocentiae restitutor et amator, dirige ad te tuorum corda servorum:  ut, spiritus tui fervore concepto, et in fide inveniantur...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

'Orthodox' means orthodox in life as well as faith

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"It was a sign of the times that in the discussion about the vertical and horizontal aspects of the faith, not only [at the W.C.C. Asse...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

'Orthodox' means orthodox in life as well as faith

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Index of Medieval Art (Public Image) "orthodoxus est recte credens, et ut credit [recte] vivens." The orthodox man is [the one who...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

"Nor did He stand in need of our service when He ordered us to follow Him; but He thus bestowed salvation upon ourselves."

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"Not needing our service, but, bestowing salvation upon us [(nobis ipsis)], He commanded that we follow Him." "Neque nostro m...