Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
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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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. …
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 …
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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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 …
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. Another admirable singularity of the creation of man: God forms him by His fingers "Let the earth produce grasses and plants. May the waters produce fish and birds. May the …
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. The dominion of God expressed in that of the soul over the body We spend all our lives in continual miracles that we do not even notice. I have a …
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. "Let us make man in our image and likeness, so that he orders the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals and all the earth, and …
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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. Second distinction of the creation of man in these words: In our image and likeness. Let us make man in our image and likeness. At these admirable words, raise yourself …
In the midst of all the excitement we have these days, I have a few commemorations of my own. This month is the fortieth anniversary of entering into the full-time workforce, when I started my brief time working at Texas Instruments in Dallas. (And yes, a new President then, in that case Jimmy Carter, made …
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