by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonIt is instructive to reflect on the apparent implausibility---indeed, the scandal---of the biblical claim to a favored position for a particular people within history. How is it possible that any people could be God's chosen people? The claim represents an affront to both … [Read more...]
A Good, Old Fashioned Gnostic Beatdown
St. Ireneaus of Lyon, terror of gnostics, crusher of heresyby Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonIn the second century, Irenaeus, the second bishop of Lyons, explicitly asked-with respect to the eternal Word -"for what purpose did he come down?" ( Against the Heresies 2.14.7).And the answer:"that he might … [Read more...]
Madam, I’m Adam
by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonSometimes there is no good news unless you search for it. I found some recently, for instance, when I wondered if college students today are still obliged to purchase and---though I doubt they ever did---read Michael C. Howard's Contemporary Cultural Anthropology. Well, … [Read more...]
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