The Purposeful Universe
Does order in nature imply purpose?
Recent Posts
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5 Historical Ways of Verifying Jesus’ Resurrection
Are there any ways of verifying Jesus’ resurrection? Exegetes like N.T. Wright and Gary Habermas have found 5 historical ways of proving the resurrection.
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Everything Hinges on the Tomb Door
If the Resurrection did actually happen, that event must be viewed as the most important event in human history. There’s really no middle ground here.
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Shroud of Turin: Available for Veneration Via Livestream
The Archdiocese of Turin livestreamed a veneration of the Shroud of Turin. Turin Archbishop organized the livestream in response to thousands of requests.
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What is Conscience? Quotes from Immanuel Kant and John Henry Newman
Kant and Newman believed you could prove the existence of God through our awareness of the conscience. Here are some quotes that explain their arguments.
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Aesthetics and Spirituality Part I: High Places
Over the millennia, the human species has made cultural objects that bear striking resemblance to each other despite distances of time and space.
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New Testament Writers & Early Church Fathers on the Eucharist [Video]
The conviction about Jesus' real presence in the Eucharist is the universal view of the New Testament writers and the early church fathers.
Who We Are
Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D., the President and co-founder of Magis, is a Catholic Priest in the Society of Jesus and former President of Gonzaga University. The Magis Center provides comprehensive and systematic responses to restore, reconstruct, and revitalize belief in God, the transcendent dignity of every person, the significance of virtue, the higher levels of happiness, love, and freedom, and the real presence of Jesus Christ.
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.
Saint John Paul II: Fides et Ratio