The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
Posted in Patristics, Philosophy on Mar 30th, 2008
René Descartes is known for his saying, “I think, therefore I am.” However, I’ve found virtually the same idea expressed by St. Augustine of Hippo, over a thousand years earlier, in his work, The Trinity, book X, chapter 13. In this chapter, St. Augustine is trying to figure out what we know for sure about [...]
Happy Easter everyone! Since I posted yesterday about Holy Saturday, I felt like I should at least post something for Easter. This is the Exultet, a hymn dating back at least to the 7th century, which is always sung in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, the night before Easter [...]
Today is Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday, when Jesus was executed, and Easter Sunday, when Jesus rose from the dead. This is the day that Jesus spent in the tomb. In the Catholic Office of Readings for today, there is an ancient homily for Holy Saturday which is very inspiring, and I think [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 1st, 2008
I’m studying for my Patristics mid-term, and I’m trying out a program called FreeMind, which is a tool for creating charts which are commonly called mind maps.
Here is the mind map I created while reviewing St. Ignatius of Antioch. He is one of my favorites of the Apostolic Fathers (those Church Fathers who knew the [...]