This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. We no longer count the admirable singularities of the creation of man, so great are the number. But the last is immortality. O God, what a marvel! All the animals …
Is It Necessary for a Roman Catholic to Agree With Everything the Church Teaches?
One thing that comes up for those of us who "swim the Tiber" is the idea that anyone who becomes a Roman Catholic must agree with "everything" that the Church teaches. This issue came up when Greg Griffith stunned the Anglican blogosphere with his conversion.  "Does he really agree with all that?" people asked. The …
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The Creation of Men and Angels: On the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and on the tree of life
One can understand that God had produced from the earth every tree beautiful to see and agreeable to taste; And in the midst of paradise he also set the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God could annex to plants certain natural virtues in relation to our bodies. …
The Creation of Men and Angels: God gives man a commandment and warns him of his free will and all of his subjection
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. You will eat of all the fruits of heaven, but you will not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day you eat …
Knowing the Facts and How You Look at the Facts Isn't the Same, @crampell
Washington Post columnist and fellow Palm Beach Day Academy alum Catherine Rampell hits on the "facts" during her hometown address: Rampell, who focuses on data-driven journalism, said she is worried about Trump’s stance on federal agencies such as the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis. She said his attitude toward …
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The Creation of Men and Angels: The creation of the second sex
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. In producing the other animals, God created the two sexes together; And the formation of the second is a singularity of the creation of man. How useful it was for …
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The Perils of Repealing the Johnson Amendment
One of Donald Trump's promises to the Evangelical community--and one which he's gotten much enthusiasm about in return--is his promise to repeal the so-called "Johnson Amendment," the provision in the tax code which prohibits 503(c)3 tax-exempt organisations--and that includes churches--from explicitly endorsing candidates for public office. I say "explicitly" because churches on both sides of …
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The Creation of Men and Angels: God puts man in paradise, and led to him all of the animals to name them
This is one in a series from Bossuet’s Elevations on the Mysteries. The previous post is here. More information on the Bossuet Project is here. After forming man, God begins to make him feel what he is in the world by two memorable circumstances. One, he planted with his own hand a delicious garden called …
Facing Our Past Folly in Iran
It's next to impossible to get anyone in this country to face up to it, but Zero Hedge has done it: As for Iran, the CIA admits that the U.S. overthrew the moderate, suit-and-tie-wearing, Democratically-elected prime minister of Iran in 1953. He was overthrown because he had nationalized Iran’s oil, which had previously been controlled …
We Won't Let Them Vote At All
That's what Snapchat's offering to the world: Investors are furious at Snap’s decision to deny them a say in running the company when the owner of message app Snapchat launches one of the US’s largest tech initial public offerings. A dozen of the US’s biggest pension funds have sent a letter of objection to Snap, …
