How Christmas shattered the limits of pagan wisdom
Based on common experience, Aristotle assumed man to be incapable of transformation from a life of vice to one of virtue. The Baby Jesus changed all of this.
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Articles tagged Aristotle
Archbishop Aguer: True friendship cannot exist without virtue and love
Personal encounter is the key to the exercise of friendship. This is what is missing in so-called 'virtual friendships,' which are temporary, circumstantial realities.
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New book explains why the Catholic Church has always opposed the sin of usury
In a new book titled 'Something For Nothing,' author David Hunt breaks down the pernicious, and practically ubiquitous, rise of usury in our modern culture, and why the Catholic Church always stood against the sinful and destructive practice of interest-making lending.
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How the wonders of creation lead us to God
Man’s natural desire to know follows from his possession of an intellectual soul. The intellect was made for knowledge and seeks it. Indeed, man’s final end is knowledge.
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There’s no such thing as ‘synodal’ theology in Catholicism
The 'synodal form' of theology no longer looks to the infallible magisterium of the Catholic Church as its source and authoritative guide but rather to 'the ability to listen, dialogue, discern and integrate the multiplicity and variety of instances and inputs.'
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The duty to be chaste: Even pagan philosophers knew it better than some Christians today
The best of the pagans saw clearly the importance of self-control in sexual matters.
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