This long encyclical is not an easy read and from a social science perspective some of the analysis may be questioned. It is important to discern the "heartland" of this encyclical. What is the enduring contribution of this encyclical? Where does this encyclical most...
by Dr Anna Silvas My most honoured father among the Fathers, St Basil of Caesarea, was not surnamed ‘the Great’ for nothing. Not in one field only, but in a whole range of fields he proved to be an outstanding Father of the Church in the later part of the fourth...
Let me put a question that I have put to others with interesting results: What would you say is the central Christian affirmation, the most definitive confession of the Christian Faith? The central Christian revelation, I suggest, is that the divine absolute is both...
Believing in history I’d like to start with a proposition. Here it is: To be a Christian is to believe in history. Now, what do I mean by that? Well, I can tell you what I don’t mean. I don’t mean the “history of progress”, which has been the guiding faith in the West...