March 3, 2016 by

Foundation Extract: Aquinas on the Five Ways ST I Q2

source The first and more manifest way is the argument from motion. It is certain, and evident to our senses, that…

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March 3, 2016 by

EXTRACT: Catholic Church on Scripture

source 1. The primacy of the Word of God 6. ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with…

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Foundation Extract: Kant in his own words – Duty

Commentary on the preface to the Metaphysics of Morals – Tristan Stone PREFACE “Everyone must admit that a law, if it…

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March 1, 2016 by

Extract: Original Sin Augustine

source Extract: Original Sin City of God Book 1 Ch 13.13 What was the first punishment of the transgression of our…

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Extract: The Divided Self Gaudium et Spes 1965

source THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON According to the almost unanimous opinion of believers and unbelievers alike, all things on…

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Extract: Augustine on Human Nature

source Augustine’s Early Theology p217

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February 29, 2016 by

ARTICLE: Stanley Hauerwas on Barth’s Dogmatics

source In l946, standing amid the ruins of Bonn University, Karl Barth gave the lectures that we now know as Dogmatics…

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February 29, 2016 by

Extract: Augustine City of God Book 14

source BOOK FOURTEENTH.[1] ARGUMENT. AUGUSTINE AGAIN TREATS OF THE SIN OF THE FIRST MAN, AND TEACHES THAT IT IS THE CAUSE…

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February 29, 2016 by

Extract: Person of Christ Catholic Catechism para 422-478

CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD The Good News: God has sent his Son 422   “But…

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February 29, 2016 by

Extract: Human Nature Catholic Catechism para 356-409

I. “In the Image of God” 356      Of all visible creatures only man is “able to know and love his creator.”219…

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