Ramanuja (vs Hume et. al.): “…the essential character of consciousness or knowledge is that by its very existence it renders things capable of becoming objects…of thought and speech. This c...
“The depiction of the Last Judgment in Matthew’s Gospel tells us that Christ passes through history and our lives anonymously, and only on the threshold of the eschatological future does he s...
onancientpaths : >> “Even the gods envy the saints, whose senses obey them like >> well-trained horses and who are free from pride. Patient like the >> earth, th...
onancientpaths : > Never despair, but be ever confident, and rouse thyself. Lay hold > only on the way that leads thither, and thou wilt advance quickly. > Shut not up...
“A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as...
“The ‘triumphant heresy’ of our day no longer says that there are two separate natures in Christ: the divine and the human—it says the same thing, but in different and even more terrible ...
There’s something about looking at the very tops of trees, their many fingers stretched to the skies, content and strong, though sometimes slightly swaying, that makes me think I may, after all...
“I ask that would grant me this one miracle - that by His grace, he would make of me a good man.” - Anskar (801-865), Bishop & Missionary to Denmark & Sweden, celebrated Feb. 3
“But here I can at least point out that scripture seems to support my view . ’‘And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” (John 8:32): for freedom and truth are one, a...
I’ve seen a couple people respond to my posts on Christian vegetarianism by saying that animals were created by God to be food for humans. (“If not, what is their purpose?”) While this is...
Today we celebrate St John Chrysostom, who, it is worth point out, taught that common ownership is natural and private property unnatural and a cause of sin, that common ownership is a good, and ...
A truly sobering fact about the animal testing carried out on all sorts of products brought to market (not just on life-saving medicines, but cosmetics, cleaning products, “therapeutic” medic...
onancientpaths : >> “For the bond of the soul is not iron but cowardice, and the >> desire of wealth, and the ten thousand passions. These bind us, >> though o...
Universal Salvation and Free Will: A Response to Fr James Dominic Rooney : A bit different than the simple quotes I usually share here, but here’s a recent article I wrote in partial defense ...
Halloween/horror at its best isn’t a celebration of darkness and evil. It is a reminder of the reality of darkness and evil and the need to fight against it. It holds up to us the hidden horror...
“There are some pieces of music that, by their nature, should remain unfinished. No fourth movement that Bruckner could have composed this side of death would have fulfilled the deeper design t...
“You are unmoved, yet ever-moving, and You are wholly outside of creation, wholly in every creature. The whole of You fills all things, yet You are completely outside of everything, above...
Notes on truth, goodness, beauty, and other mundane things. Aspiring philosopher, armchair theologian, amateur classical guitarist, jazz lover.
“Neither Aristotle’s concept of an “aitia,” nor any scholastic concept of a “causa,” actually corresponds to what we—following our early modern predecessors—mean when we speak of ...
“Mengzi said “…Those who say, ‘I myself am unable to dwell in benevolence and follow righteousness’ throw themselves away. Benevolence is a person’s peaceful abode. Righteousness is a...