by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonLet us make man in Our Image, suggested He-Who-Is. We are under no constraint to do so, obviously, but We will do it anyway. It will be an exercise in freedom.The entire enterprise would be rather pointless, moreover, unless We give man the capacity for freedom. Man's … [Read more...]
God and Man in Composite Creation
by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonThe apostles, when they went forth to proclaim the Lordship of Jesus, consistently placed that message in a particular context: the cosmology of the Bible, based on the doctrine of Creation. Although the dominical mandate the apostles received did not explicitly say so … [Read more...]
The Once and Future Darkness
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon From the first page of Holy Writ, the reader is left with no doubt about the nature of the world and humanity's place within it. These themes are made very plain. Perhaps it is less obvious that a certain polemical concern is active in the mind of the Hebrew author … [Read more...]
