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Contingency of the created Being I

Aristotle’s metaphysics of Being always remained into the substance. In cosmology, Christian philosophers were indebted to Aristotle; but in natural theology, they maintained a strictly theological order and intention. The radical innovation of Christian metaphysics was to consider [...]

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Unpublished: John Chrysostom

John was born in Antioch in 349 to Greco-Syrian parents. Different scholars describe his mother Anthusa as a pagan or as a Christian, and his father was a high-ranking military officer.John's father died soon after his birth and he was raised by his mother. He was baptised in 368 or [...]

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Review: Theo-Drama

Balthasar was born in Lucerne, Switzerland on 12 August 1905, to a wealthy family. He was educated first by Benedictine monks at the abbey school at Engelberg in central Switzerland. Before finishing his secondary education, however, Balthasar was moved by his parents to the Stella Matutina [...]

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Unpublished: Irenaeus

Irenaeus was born during the first half of the 2nd century (the exact date is disputed: between the years 115 and 125 according to some, or 130 and 142 according to others), and he is thought to have been a Greek from Polycarp's hometown of Smyrna in Asia Minor, now İzmir, [...]

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Unpublished: Peter Chrysologus

Peter was born in Imola, where Cornelius, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Imola, baptized him, educated him, and ordained him a deacon. He was made an archdeacon through the influence of Emperor Valentinian III. Pope Sixtus III appointed Peter as Bishop of Ravenna (or perhaps archbishop) [...]

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Being as Act II

The distinction of St. Thomas had accumulated many precedents. Boethius had already distinguished esse from quod est, ie what an entity is and the fact that it is. Thus we can distinguish between asking ourselves what is an entity (quid sit) and asking if an entity is or is not (an sit). It is [...]

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Gaudete in Domino semper

1. “Gaudete in Domino semper. Iterum dico: Gaudete! ... Dominus prope”. “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.... The Lord is at hand” (Phil 4:4-5). It is from these words taken from St Paul's letter to the Philippians, that this Sunday takes the [...]

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Unpublished: Richard of St Victor 2

Notice sur richard de Saint-Victor par mgr Hugonin, évéque de Bayeux, licencié ès-lettres de la Faculté de Paris, ancien élève de l’école ecclésiastique des carmes. (PL CXCVI Pg XIV) II fit aussi savoir par lettres, [...]

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Review: After virtue

After virtue. Alasdair MacIntyre. Crítica (2001) ISBN 9788484321705 Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (born 1929) is a Scottish[1] philosopher primarily known for his contribution to moral and political philosophy but known also for his work in history of philosophy and [...]

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Unpublished: Richard of St Victor

Notice sur richard de Saint-Victor par mgr Hugonin, évéque de Bayeux, licencié ès-lettres de la Faculté de Paris, ancien élève de l’école ecclésiastique des carmes. (PL CXCVI Pg XIV) Richard naquit en Ecosse. Les [...]

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