by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon The opening chapter of Genesis has long been a favorite of Christians, and ancient commentators discovered in its lines profound levels of meaning. In more recent times, on the other hand, some readers of Genesis, distracted by apologetic concerns alien to the deeper … [Read more...]
We Will Not Make The World A Better Place
by Fr. Stephen Freeman I have written previously about various aspects of the “Modern Project.” It is the world we live in. Its ideas and assumptions enter our thoughts with no critical inspection or hesitancy. We are modern. However, the gospel is not modern and many ideas of Modernity are … [Read more...]
Too Much Word For The World To Bear
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon All the earth has a limited capacity; it is always something measured. Indeed, some lines of the Bible are devoted to measuring it. For example: "From the desert and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to … [Read more...]
