They Had Been Images of God: II – Fall
In which we cover the Fall, disobedience, sin and death entering the world, and the transformation of creation.
Part 3 of 6 exploring the beginning of history within a Catholic creationist framework.
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They Had Been Images of God: I – Creation
In which we cover the formulation of Adam from the slime, the creation of Eve from his rib, and the world before the Fall.
Part 2 of 6 exploring Biblical creationism within a Catholic framework.
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They Had Been Images of God: Introduction
Who was the first man, Adam? When did he live? What was the world like, not merely before the Flood, but before even the Fall? Is his life relevant to us?
Part 1 of 6 exploring Biblical creationism within a Catholic framework.
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REVIEW: Live Not By Lies – Rod Dreher (Penguin Random House, 2020)
With Live Not by Lies, Rod Dreher continues in much the same vein that his 2016 effort The Benedict Option left off: a practical stab at dealing with the severe cultural rot that lurches ominously toward outright persecution. Where his previous book used the Benedictine Order and its impact on medieval Europe as its framework, Dreher here focuses on the Soviet empire’s totalitarianism and the efforts Christian dissidents used to survive its reign of terror.
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A Brief Philosophy of Pain
Why do we feel pain? Why do we suffer? These questions form the heart of so many pagan and modern philosophies because they are the hardest to answer. The world would make so much more sense, it seems, if pain simply didn’t exist.
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The Incoherence of a ‘Mythological’ Genesis
Should Genesis be understood purely as an abstract spiritual text? Should we listen to those who claim it to be so?
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The Pillarist
The pillarist, or stylite, as he would usually be termed, is a man who has positioned himself between heaven and
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REVIEW: In Defence of the Roman Mass – Father Raymond Dulac (2018; Te Deum Press, 2020)
When Pope St. John XXIII called an opening to the Second Vatican Council in 1962, both the Church and the
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It’s Not Enough to Just LARP
2016 marked a turning point in American consciousness, characterized by a promise that the future President shouted from a campaign
Read MoreIn Search of Ecumenism
“We must go out to meet them where they are.” So goes the theory of liberal ecumenism and evangelization, anyway.
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