by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Since the understanding of anything---according to Aristotle---consists in the discernment of its cause, man's freedom cannot be understood, for the simple reason that a free choice is its own cause. It is impossible, therefore, to trace the effect to the cause. Like … [Read more...]
“Heading” in the Right Direction
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon When we say that God made the Cosmos in freedom, we mean that nothing outside of God had to be. Modern philosophers ask---as philosophers have done for centuries---why is there something instead of nothing? This very sane question rests on the simple insight that … [Read more...]
Why The Eternal Word Was Baptized
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon From the traditional accounts of Jesus' Baptism, the Gospel of John preserves only one detail: the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus in the likeness of a dove. This detail is preserved, moreover, not directly in narrative itself, but in a quotation from John the … [Read more...]
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