Blog section · 17 posts
Faith and Reason
It is often said that "faith is a gift from God."
Alright.
It so happens that reason is also a gift from God.
Insights
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Winter 2021/2022
What are dogmas?
What are dogmas? Truths dropped from the sky? Dictatorial statements that leave no room for argument? Things you just can’t question? -
Winter 2021/2022
What does “the mystery of faith” mean?
What does “the mystery of faith” really mean? Is it something way above our pay grade? Something we’re kept in the dark about? -
Fall 2021
What does “living according to the flesh” mean?
What does “living according to the flesh” mean? Is it about sex? Something dirty? Orgies, bacchanals, toga parties? Are we sure about that? -
Fall 2021
Indignation
Indignation: the attitude of the perpetually dissatisfied, of people who are always annoyed, of people who always have it in for someone. -
Summer 2021
What does it mean that God is a Father?
What does it mean that God is Father? Many religions speak of a Creator; some philosophers, of a "Perfect Being." Why a Father, specifically? -
Summer 2021
Does God exist?
Does God exist? Is it possible to give a reasonable answer to this question, without resorting to dogmas or "sky-dropped" truths? -
Spring 2021
Is faith irrational?
Is faith irrational? Is everything that doesn't fit into the scientific method senseless? Is an act of faith reasonable? -
Spring 2021
Is the Church inconsistent?
Is the Church inconsistent? Has it betrayed Jesus' original intentions? Was the "early Church" better? Are we sure? -
Spring 2021
What are heresies?
What are heresies? A cultural legacy of the Middle Ages? And who are heretics? Do they belong to the past? Or do they still exist?
(Some of the) people I've mentioned...
Adriano Stagnaro 2 articles Alessandro Barbero 2 articles André Louf 4 articles Aristotle 6 articles Augustine of Hippo 6 articles Basil of Caesarea 2 articles Benedict XVI 17 articles Blaise Pascal 3 articles Celio Calcagnini 2 articles Christopher Black 2 articles Clive Staples Lewis 8 articles Fabio Rosini 5 articles Fabrice Hadjadj 3 articles Franco Nembrini 7 articles Galileo Galilei 4 articles Giacomo Leopardi 2 articles Gilbert Keith Chesterton 7 articles Giuseppe Forlai 5 articles Henry Kamen 2 articles Irenaeus 3 articles Isaac the Syrian 4 articles Jean Danielou 3 articles John Henry Newman 3 articles John of the Cross 2 articles John Paul II 8 articles John Tedeschi 4 articles Josemaria Escriva 2 articles Luigi Giussani 4 articles Luigi Maria Epicoco 3 articles Madeleine Delbrel 4 articles Marko Ivan Rupnik 12 articles Nicholas of Cusa 2 articles Nicolaus Copernicus 2 articles Origen 2 articles Paul III 2 articles Paul the Apostle 16 articles Pelagius 2 articles Pietro Bovati 2 articles Pietro Niccolini 2 articles Pope Francis 13 articles Roberto Bellarmino 2 articles Thomas Aquinas 4 articles Tommaso Caccini 2 articles Umberto Eco 2 articles Vittorio Messori 3 articles