Catholic doctrine can empirically establish the doctrine of original sin. Every day news reports on humanity’s inclination to evil. However, that same empirical evidence also necessarily lends reason to every atheist’s most powerful arg … [Read more...]
The Will of God
March 26, 2022 by Carolyn Humphreys, OCDS
A story is told about a man who lived a long life. When he died, the Lord said, “Come, I will show you hell.” The man was taken to a room where a group of people sat around a round table. At the center of the table was a huge pot of stew. Ea … [Read more...]
How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian
The Problem of Divine Violence as Considered in Recent Curial Documents
July 12, 2015 by Dr. Matthew J. Ramage, PhD
Introduction If God exists, he is not the God of the Christian Bible. At least this is the conclusion drawn by many prominent authors and cultural commentators in our society today. The rise of agnosticism and atheism in contemporary … [Read more...]
Four Rocks in a Garden
May 5, 2013 by Thomas W. Jodziewicz
In the garden are four small rocks, each inscribed with a capitalized word: BELIEVE, HOPE, TRUST, WAIT ... If the small garden ... can imaginatively serve to suggest the divine “grandeur”; how might one order the realities represented by th … [Read more...]
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