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Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing?

Bob Drury February 21, AD2020 5 Comments

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,

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Effective Evangelization Based on Aquinas’ Five Ways

Briana Huddleston October 26, AD2019 3 Comments

If Catholics really want to evangelize effectively,  they have to meet people where they are. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae provides five logical arguments for the

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The Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas Part V: The Fifth Way

Michele Boyer September 22, AD2017 1 Comment

The Fifth Way – Argument from Governance or Order Just as the Third and Fourth Ways build on the first two Ways, the Fifth of

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The Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part IV: The Fourth Way

Michele Boyer September 8, AD2017 2 Comments

The Fourth Way — the Argument from Gradation or Degrees of a Quality The Fourth Way to demonstrate the existence of God is from the

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The Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part III: The Third Way

Michele Boyer August 22, AD2017 No Comments

The Third Way – The Argument from Necessity Building upon the Argument from Efficient Cause, the Third Way demonstrates that there are things that are

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The Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part II

Michele Boyer July 12, AD2017 1 Comment

Last month I presented the First Way St. Thomas Aquinas explained the logical existence of God. Here is the Second Way. While this is a

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The Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part I

Michele Boyer June 11, AD2017 9 Comments

Thomas Aquinas’ Ways But on one particular day, she grabbed my full, locked-on attention. She was talking about St. Thomas Aquinas’ famous Five Logical Proofs

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In the Tangle of Our Minds: “Thoughtful Theism” by Fr. Andrew Younan

Anthony S. Layne June 8, AD2017 2 Comments

There are any number of reasons to believe that a God exists. But actually proving that God exists is much harder. And once you prove

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