Feb

21

Aristotelian Epistemology and Leo XIII’s Thomist Revival

February 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

Of the three major approaches to Epistemology, (also known as “Major Logic,” or “Criteriology,” i.e., that philosophical discipline which studies the theory of knowledge), two constitute opposite, erroneous poles, while the third strikes a happy medium between them.

Feb

14

Jesus Christ and the Church: The Fullness of Divine Revelation

February 14, 2008 | 2 Comments

The assignment: Write a three page paper responding to the following questions. How can the finite man Jesus be the fullness of divine revelation? How can the finite Roman Catholic Church transmit the fullness of divine revelation? Include reference to the way in which Dominus Iesus shows the interdependence of claims for the uniqueness of [...]

Feb

7

Boniface VIII and the Heresy of Statism

February 7, 2008 | 4 Comments

A Review of The Church at the Turning Points of History, by Godfrey Kurth.

Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: IHS Press (September 1, 2007)
ISBN-10: 1932528091
ISBN-13: 978-1932528091

History is the laboratory of wisdom, says my mentor. But for all the truth of that statement, historians are not men untainted by their share of folly.

Feb

2

The Edict of Nantes, Wars of Religion, and Damnable Nationalism

February 2, 2008 | 4 Comments

The Edict of Nantes was a pragmatic, political solution to the civil strife that existed in a sixteenth-century France ravaged by wars of religion. Though the edict itself was not trusted, appreciated, or liked by most Frenchmen at the time, its implementation (and enforcement by Henri of Navarre) succeeded in securing a measure of domestic [...]