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 Today is the feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church. From his sermons on the Song of Songs ( Sermon XII ): There have been...

 law and sacrament as subprovidence Ockham gives two reasons for why no act of human will is necessarily virtuous: (1) No act is necessary, ...

This is a light revision of a post originally published in 2013. I've often been struck by the fact that the Eastern name for the sacram...

 As soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets from his hands and bro...

 And as to the spirit of party, which unhappily prevails amongst mankind, whatever are the distinctions which serve for a supply to it, some...

 Book I continued Chapter 20 King Uther Pendragon and Queen Igraine were on a night abed, the queen having begun to grow great with child, a...

 The next fortnightly book is  The Good Soldier Švejk , by Jaroslav Hašek, a dark comedy about World War I that is perhaps the most famous C...