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EVOLUTION AND THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION: FRIENDS OR FOES?

In the any serious discussion one of the first tasks of the presenter is to define their terms. Many times terms, phrases and ideas are passed around like two ships in the night and meaningful dialogue never gets established. This is especially evident in the whole evolution and creation debate. Words get tossed around and…

ETIENNE GILSON:Three Quests in Philosophy The Education of a Philosopher; In Quest of Species; In Quest of Matter

News from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto that a book of some unpublished lectures from Etienne Gilson has been published

What Is Mark Driscoll's View of Atonement?

Roger Overton at the A-Team blog has an interesting post on Mark Driscoll's Unlimited/Limited view of the atonement (whatever that means). While I haven't heard all of Driscoll's material on the subject matter it reminded me of a similar approach taken by Eric Svendsen who is the Founder and Director of New Testament Research Ministries…

24 Thomistic Theses

Decree of Approval of some theses contained in the Doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas and proposed to the Teachers of Philosophy They are as follows: I. Potentia et actus ita dividunt ens, ut quidquid est, vel sit actus purus, vel ex potentia et actu tamquam primis atque intrinsecis principiis necessario coalescat. Potency and act divide…

Busting the Immigration Myths

It is interesting to note that there has been a lot of controversy regarding the proposed amnesty reform with the intent of issuing guest worker visas. The fact of the matter is that whenever the issue of immigration comes up there is a always a terse “get rid of them” reaction that prompts us to…