Texts in Context: The Pax Romana
Texts in ContextThe Pax Romana By Gabriel Blanchard “Behold, I Tell You a Mystery” The Divine Logos Naturally it is impossible, in a format like this, to write […]
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Texts in Context: The Realm of the Second Temple
Texts in Context:The Realm of the Second Temple By Gabriel Blanchard Persia, Macedon, Seleucia, Egypt, and Rome strove for the empire of the earth; but one little province
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Texts in Context: Hellenistic Religion
Texts in Context:Hellenistic Religion By Gabriel Blanchard We here take final look over the Hellenistic age, focusing on the religious atmosphere between Alexander and Actium. 5. Hellenistic Religion:
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Texts in Context: Darkness on the Mountains
Texts in Context:Darkness on the Mountains By Gabriel Blanchard Here we turn from “the contemplative Sphinx” and “garden-girdled Babylon”1 to a small, enigmatic people, as few in number
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Sorting Through Sophistries: Mental Solitaire
Regrettably, we don’t always need someone else to lead us down the garden path of sophistry; we’re very capable walkers, thanks, and feel sure we can find it unassisted.
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G. K. Chesterton: An Author Profile
A romantic English patriot and devout Catholic convert; a friend of Shaw and Orwell and an enemy of modernity; an opponent of socialism and a staunch foe of capitalism: the paradoxes of Chesterton make an elegant closing flourish for our series on the Author Bank.
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St. Bernard: An Author Profile
St. BernardAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The academy, the battlefield, the royal court, and the chapel of twelfth-century Europe all bore the mark of St. Bernard’s hand.
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On Piety—Part III
From the history of piety, we now turn to its present and future; and, indeed, the question of whether it has one.
The Great Conversation: Wisdom—Part VI
To fathom the nature and operations of the divine upon humanity is an illumination beyond the workaday intellect.
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On Piety—Part I
Classical piety needs to be recovered by Christians, and by all people who seek to lead lives of true, enduring, and robust virtue.