The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787) Their History and Theology By Leo Donald Davis Never have I learned so much from a book I understood so little. It’s a sweeping account of 500+ years of Catholic Church history, a period…
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BOOK REVIEW The Word on Fire Vatican II Collection: Constitutions Forward by Bishop Robert Barron, with commentary by postconciliar popes. I must say this is one of the most depressing books I have ever read. First a few words about…
In Pensées, Blaise Pascal makes an effective and paradoxical argument in favor of miracles. He says the existence of demonstrably false miracle claims proves, rather than refutes, the existence of true miracles. Why? Boiling it down, Pascal contends people’s experience…
I’m reading Blaise Pascal’s Pensées, long considered a classic of Christian apologetics. Pensées (“Thoughts”) is a collection of fragmentary notes Pascal had been putting together in preparation for a systematic book of apologetics he did not live long enough to…
The changes in classical music over the centuries reveal a lot about our relationship to God. Let’s take a look. Here is a sampling of Gregorian Chant: Beautiful chants, are they not? Gregorian Chant goes back to the 10th century.…