Online books updated
In the "Online" tab above, you can find that the books by Msgr. Richard Liddy and by Fr. Brian Cronin have been updated into pdf and kindle formats....
Material is not the visible, Spiritual is not the invisible.
by David Fleischacker There is a simple yet important distinction made by Lonergan regarding the meaning of the material and the spiritual. I remember in Fr. Joseph Flanagan's class on INSIGHT at Boston College that he gave a definition of the spiritual which intrigued many of us. This definition...
Material is not the visible, Spiritual is not the invisible.
by David Fleischacker There is a simple yet important distinction made by Lonergan regarding the meaning of the material and the spiritual. I remember in Fr. Joseph Flanagan's class on INSIGHT at Boston College that he gave a definition of the spiritual which intrigued many of us. This definition...
Evil, Suffering, and the Hope for Salvation
Evil, Suffering, and the Hope for Salvation...
Christ and Human Salvation
Reflections on: Christ and Human Salvation...
40 Years After Humanae Vitae: Observations on the Female Procreative Schemes, The Organic Level
by Dr. David Fleischacker As with men, the organic and psychic procreative life of women possesses an intelligibility that begins with the finality to conceive life. And as in men, the lower levels are intrinsically oriented toward higher levels of intelligibility. Another, way of saying this is that the lower...
Sacraments and the Divine Entrance into the World Mediated by Meaning
by David Fleischacker I hear people wondering at times about the meaning and purpose of the Catholic belief in the seven sacraments. Traditionally, these sacraments are understood as sacred gifts given to us from God which both signify and effect grace in us. Yet, some ask, creation is given...
Embryonic Stem Cells, Adult Stem Cells, and Medical Treatments
by Dr. David Fleischacker Only adult stem cells work in adult tissues. Embryonic stem cells work in embryos, not mature organisms. The Term “Stem Cell” Unfortunately, the technical language that develops within a discipline does not always suggest what it should, especially when it is used in the general...
40 Years Since Humanae Vitae: A Metaphysical Distinction
by Dr. David Fleischacker As with men, the organic and psychic life of women possesses an intelligibility that begins with the finality to conceive life. And as in men, the lower levels are intrinsically oriented toward higher levels of intellectual, rational, volitional life, with an obediential potency to...
Love of the gods, of God, and the Capacity for self-transcendence.
St. Thomas Aquinas argues that sanctifying grace transforms the very essence of the human soul (Summa Theologica, I-II, Q 110, a. 4). This essence is at the basis of the powers and operations of the human soul. And with grace, those powers are elevated to a supernaturally capacity. Lonergan...