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Why Philosophy is Superior to Science | Hellenistic Christendom
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Book of the Week. Why Philosophy is Superior to Science. May 10, 2013. Superior to science; which, historically, is an interesting claim indeed. Surely, matters of scientific inquiry relate to a methodology of knowledge (that I have often written about) known as. This method, when we have a limited number of examples in a limited field, can pertain [or amount us] to an epistemic position known as. As Francis Bacon came to understand the term) is a method of taking a...
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Alexander Vilenkin and the Universe From Nothing | Hellenistic Christendom
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Book of the Week. Alexander Vilenkin and the Universe From Nothing. June 16, 2013. A quantum fluctuation of the vacuum assumes that there was a vacuum of some pre-existing space. And we now know that “vacuum” is very different from “nothing”. Vacuum, or empty space, has energy and tension, it can bend and warp, so it is unquestionably. The picture of quantum tunneling from nothing raises another intriguing question. The tunneling process is governed by the same ...
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The Letters of St. Basil | Hellenistic Christendom
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Book of the Week. The Letters of St. Basil. November 5, 2014. I wanted to put together several letters sent from St. Basil the Great (Archbishop of Caesarea) to friends, philosophers, widows, heretics, and so forth for purposes of encouragement. I think you will enjoy them:. Letter X: To a Widow. Letter VII: To Gregory my friend. Letter VI: To the wife of Nectarius. Tags: Love of God. Four Metaphysical Principles Regarding Our Knowledge of God →. Michael Novak on Ni...
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Book of the Week | Hellenistic Christendom
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Book of the Week. Book of the Week. By Simon Wiesenthal (Expanded Paperback Edition, 1998). New York, Schocken Books. What would you have done in his place? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email. ISIS gets Obama&#...
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Book of the Week. This page is run by seminary student Kevin Dunn, who happens to be my brother. If you’ll notice here. You’ll see a brief introduction to Kevin, who he is and what he’s about. He is very passionate about the Gospel and making it known, and the page is a digital exemplary of that fact. I am interested to help him out in anyway that I can, and it would be greatly appreciated should feel compelled to do the same. Click here. With All I Am. With All I Am.
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G.K. Chesterton on the ‘Blessed Virgin’ | Hellenistic Christendom
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Book of the Week. GK Chesterton on the ‘Blessed Virgin’. August 11, 2015. GK Chesterton, The Everlasting Man (Hendrickson Publishers, 2007), p. 161. Michael Novak on Nihilism and ‘The Moral Principle’. An Excerpt from Kierkegaard’s ‘Works of Love’ (1847) →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. A mock dial...
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What is God? | Hellenistic Christendom
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Book of the Week. October 31, 2014. There is a story regarding philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) in his youth asking his teacher a simple question, What is God? The teacher was stumped and didn’t know how to answer Aquinas. So, how about you then? God and the Philosophers. God is we most definitely can know. God is. In fact, we can prove it. Exists. Namely,. Which is. The Christians differed in terms of the article used: For Moses has said:.
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Charles Spurgeon on the Folly of Worldly Wisdom | Hellenistic Christendom
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Book of the Week. Charles Spurgeon on the Folly of Worldly Wisdom. August 15, 2014. Spurgeon, Charles. “Christ Crucified,”. 2004 vol. 1-2. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. pgs. 85-86. Thomas á Kempis: Knowledge and the Christian. One response to “ Charles Spurgeon on the Folly of Worldly Wisdom. August 15, 2014 at 9:27 pm. More Spurgeon on folly of the world’s wisdom http:/ spurgeonwarquotes.wordpress.com/. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. My first...
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God and Natural Disasters | Hellenistic Christendom
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Book of the Week. God and Natural Disasters. January 1, 2015. Let us consider an instance of antithesis. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) once wrote a book-length treatise entitled. In contrast, the great 1755 earthquake in Lisbon which claimed tens of thousand of lives, left a great impact on notable French philosopher Voltaire* (1694-1778). Though there may be other motives for Voltaire writing his famous work of satire (or tragicomedy ). I have both books on...
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