Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Did the Council of Vienne Rule Out Substance Dualism?

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I recently received a message from a reader, asking whether the Council of Vienne rules out the view in philosophy of mind known as "su...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Richmond Lattimore's Conversion

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A short eulogy  written for Richmond Lattimore, perhaps the most famous modern English translator of Homer, by Father George Rutler, the pr...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Vatican II on the Historicity of the Gospels

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Sancta Mater Ecclesia firmiter et constantissime tenuit ac tenet quattuor recensita Evangelia, quorum historicitatem incunctanter affirmat...

Contradiction Between Luke and Matthew on Judas' Field? Part II

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In the previous post , I began discussing the apparent contradiction between Luke and Matthew on who purchased Judas' Field of Blood. I...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Contradiction Between Luke and Matthew on Judas' Field? Part I

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One difficulty in the New Testament is the apparent contradiction between Ss. Matthew and Luke in the recounting of Judas' death and th...

Literary Forms and Catholic Teaching on Inerrancy

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Magisterial documents clearly show that biblical inerrancy is  the teaching  of the Catholic Church, including of Vatican II. Nevertheless,...
Thursday, June 4, 2020

Was Berkeley Right about Mathematics?

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It is pretty common in discussions of the history of mathematics for authors to mention Berkeley's attack on the calculus, usually with...