by Carol Lynn Miller | Aug 5, 2019 | Latest, Philosophy, Transcendental Desires, Virtue & Freedom
This article is part of a three-part series on conversion first articulated here. In a previous post, it was mentioned that the human person possesses two “selves,” that is, the higher self and the lower self. The higher self is guided by reason and love and the...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Aug 2, 2019 | God & Modern Physics, Latest, Philosophy, Science, Reason & Faith
“But today it is very hard for a scientific man to say where the supernatural ends and the natural begins, or what name should be given to either.” -G. K. Chesterton, “The New Jerusalem” Chesterton wrote this line at the beginning of the 20th century, shortly after...
by Carol Lynn Miller | Jul 22, 2019 | Philosophy, Transcendental Desires, Virtue & Freedom
This article is part of a three-part series first articulated here. In his teaching on Truth, St. Thomas Aquinas tells us that the object of the intellect is Truth. In correspondence, an intellectual conversion would have to do with the intellect’s discovery and...
by Ascension Media | Apr 29, 2019 | Evidence for God, Guest Blogs, Philosophy
What does philosophy have to do with the Gospel? While many may have college horror stories from Philosophy 101, ancient Greek philosophy was seen by the Church Fathers as a true preparation for the Gospel; in fact, they tended to see both the Old Testament and the...
by Carol Lynn Miller | Apr 19, 2019 | God and Suffering, Philosophy, Prayer
In 1979, a large crowd gathered around the church of St. Agnes in New York to hear the wisdom of Fulton Sheen in the last Good Friday homily that he preached. The topic of Bishop Sheen’s homily was “Spectators on and about the Cross.” He broke the spectators into...
by Carol Lynn Miller | Mar 25, 2019 | Latest, Philosophy
The Creator of the universe can be known through His creation. In his essay entitled “The Grand Miracle,” C.S. Lewis reveals important parallels between the Incarnation and the natural world. The moment Christ took on flesh, he allowed us to see the deep connection He...
