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...]
The Christian Monotheism of the Second Temple
by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonWhen, on the occasion of the arrest of Peter and John, the Church assembled to pray, a chief component in the prayer was the second psalm. That psalm was chosen, obviously, because it spoke of a collusion of God's enemies against His Messiah:"The kings of the earth rise … [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...]
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