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Articles:The Glue of Tolerance - William E. CarrollIn a world of values rather than virtue, education is seen only as clarification, and tolerance becomes a political and moral absolute. The appeal to tolerance too often deflects us from the important task of examining the rightness or wrongness of our behaviour; thus, it really is no more than a claim for the primacy of “I’ll do as I please.” In this respect, tolerance serves as a kind of moral prophylactic; it offers only a false sense of security from the real dangers to the social order. Email This Article The God Of The Founding Fathers: Nature’s God - Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.The “nature’s God” of the American founding was the Christian God, at least in the ethical sphere. In the founders’ view, America was to be a country that was vitally religious but not officially concerned with the theological particulars of any specific religion. Email This Article The Goodness of Guilt - Donald DeMarcoThe notion that we can commit sins and become guilty of moral wrongdoing does not sit well with citizens of the post-enlightenment. It clashes with their self-esteem; it is unscientific, unmodern and unfashionable. Yet throughout history the prevailing consensus has been that guilt is a natural human response to one’s deliberate and voluntary complicity in moral wrongdoing. Email This Article The Great "O Antiphons" - unknownOn the evening of December 17 the final phase of preparation for Christmas begins with the first of the great "O Antiphons" of Advent. These prayers are seven jewels of liturgical song, one for each day until Christmas Eve. Email This Article The Holy Mass - Fr. William SaundersPlease explain the different parts of the Holy Mass. Why is the Mass the way it is? Email This Article The Holy Name of Jesus - Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.When the angel of the Lord appeared to St. Joseph in a dream he told him not to be afraid to take Mary as his wife and to name her child, “Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins” (Mt 1:21). Email This Article The Holy Spirit and Prophecy - Kenneth Baker, S.J.The concluding statement of the Nicene Creed about the Holy Spirit is that “He spoke through the prophets.” Email This Article The Holy Spirit in the Sacraments - Very Rev. Peter StravinskasLet’s look at how the Holy Spirit acts in each of the sacraments. Email This Article The Holy Spirit: Lord and Giver of Life - Kenneth Baker, S.J.The Nicene Creed is divided into three main parts, one part being dedicated to each of the three divine Persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit. So far we have dealt with the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. It remains for us to consider our profession of faith in the Holy Spirit and the Church which he animates. Email This Article The Idea of Moral Progress - Richard John NeuhausAlmost everybody agrees that progress is a good thing. But most self-evidently good things, when examined more closely, have a way of generating disagreements. And so it is with the idea of progress, of which the idea of moral progress is part. Email This Article Pages: [<<] ... 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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