by Carol Lynn Miller | Dec 20, 2019 | Latest, Philosophy, Resources
“When the year dies in preparation for the birth of other seasons, not the same, on the same earth, then saving and calamity go together make The Advent gospel, telling how the heart will break. Therefore, it was in Advent that the Quest began.” -C.S. Lewis The word...
by Carol Lynn Miller | Oct 3, 2019 | Latest, Philosophy, Science, Reason & Faith
“Faith and Reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of Truth.” These are the opening words of “Fides et Ratio,” St. Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on faith and reason. In his encyclical, St. John Paul II addresses the vitally...
by Rory O'Donnell | Aug 29, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Philosophy
In his great work the “Summa Theologiae,” Thomas Aquinas discusses the will of God and asks two very similar questions: (1) Is what is willed by God necessarily willed? And (2) Does God have free will? Aquinas teaches that there is one thing that God wills...
by acarlson32 | Aug 27, 2019 | Latest, Philosophy, Transcendental Desires
Saint Augustine is one of the most intriguing figures in the two-thousand-year history of Christianity. He represents misspent youth, passionate romance, a deep conversion, and ultimately a profound, compelling Christian faith. It’s a hard story not to fall in love...
by Carol Lynn Miller | Aug 25, 2019 | Latest, Philosophy, Transcendental Desires, Virtue & Freedom
In previous posts, we discussed intellectual and moral conversion: intellectual conversion has to do with knowledge of God and moral conversion focuses on the practice of moral actions directing one toward the good and away from evil. The last, and certainly not...
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...
