by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonHuman freedom is an experience before it is a concept. Indeed, even as concept, freedom is extremely elusive. It is hardly surprising that modern science, concerned with precision and objectivity, is distinctly uncomfortable with it. The “scientific method,” with its … [Read more...]
Freedom and Man’s Fall
by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonIt is important that Christians, when they speak of “human nature,” understand this expression in a biblical sense. And when they are told that “human nature does not change,” they should recognize the assertion as more Aristotelian than Christian. When God created human … [Read more...]
Freedom and Pentecost
What has Pentecost to do with freedom? What is freedom exactly? What is it not?by Fr. Patrick Henry ReardonWhen we declare that God created the Cosmos in freedom, we mean that nothing outside of God had to be. Modern philosophers seriously ask—as other philosophers, for centuries, implied—why is … [Read more...]
