The Church is one in the integrity of the life of the Blessed Trinity, Whose life is shared with Man as sanctifying grace through baptism.
Material creation, as it is in itself and as it is described in the Judeo-Christian revelation, is appropriately understood in the light of ancient Greek
The question, “Why is there something, rather than nothing?”, within the context of the Judeo-Christian revelation is answered quite simply. The answer is: Because God,
The answer to the question, “Will everyone be saved?”, would appear to be simply a matter of fact, yes or no. But, is it? The
Free will is a personal human power, which provides the light of personal freedom necessary to evaluate economic freedom and a standard of living. The
A specific instance of denying the concept of sin yielding freedom without order is with regard to homosexual acts. Homosexual acts render the purpose of
To ask, “Of what is a resurrected human body made?” is to ask for a philosophical explanation of a revealed fact. I find the question
The denial of the concept of sin yields freedom without order because it is based on the denial of the rationality of human nature, particularly
The denial of the concept of sin is the denial of one facet of intelligibility, yielding freedom without order, which is inanity. A sin is
Two currently and widely recited prayers of the 20th century are the prayer taught to the children of Fatima by our Lady and the prayer
Is the existence of God probabilistic? It is if human intellectual knowledge is the inference of probability. This essay is intended (1) to acknowledge that
This essay presents the argument for the existence of God from the existence of existentially contingent entities, the entities of our direct experience. The previous
The argument for God as the first cause of serial contingency is an argument for polytheism. However, the argument fails because God cannot confer on
Whether ancient or modern, atomists are atomists and martyrs are martyrs. With regard to human nature, “there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9).
Catholics rarely say that they are going to church. Typically they say that they are going to Mass. They do go to church because that
The question addressed in this essay is: Does an analysis based on Bayes’ theorem nudge an agnostic toward belief? It is the second of two
One form of modern relativism states that to understand, “You need to weigh out the probabilities.” (at minute 45:30) From this perspective, we can surmise,
The second way of proving the existence of God by St. Thomas Aquinas is that of efficient causality. It is not just any old efficient
Dr. Raphael Lataster is a university lecturer in religious studies and a strong advocate of Bayesian reasoning. His work’s central theme is the inauthenticity of
Trains and chains are popular analogies used to illustrate the argument for a First Cause, whom we call God. See: Reasons to Believe (p.
Simply, the Catholic and Gnostic views of materiality are, respectively, Good and Evil, which engender hope and despair. It is paradoxical that the modern adoration
In an essay in the National Catholic Register, Angelo Stagnaro, in explaining probability, hit the nail on the head. In doing so, he nailed shut
