Category: Blog Archive
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Lessons from Byzantium
Excerpt: George Ostrogorsky in his magisterial History of the Byzantine State shows how the people of Byzantium rose time and again to create wealth, cultivate their intellectual capital, and achieve military success. Ultimately, though, they could not overcome the bad policy decisions that, made over the course of generations, ran counter to the proven path…
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An Interview with Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev
– Source: Crisis Magazine | Joseph Susanka A year and a half ago, while searching for a recording of Bach’s Matthäus-Passion to share with a friend, I stumbled across a YouTube clip entitled simply: ”St Matthew Passion. No. 1.” Filled with idle musical curiosity, I clicked away, and within moments, realized that I had discovered…
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Patsourakos: Georgetown University Disgraces Itself by Its Invitation to HHS Secretary Sebelius
You wonder why Georgetown even bothers calling itself Catholic anymore. George Pastourakos | Theology and Society This week, it was revealed that Georgetown University — America’s oldest Catholic institution of higher learning — selected Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), to be a speaker at one of its graduation ceremonies on…
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Assembly of Bishops Committee Chairs to Meet this Month
After two years so it’s probably time for a meeting. Josephus Flavius, curator of Byzantine, Texas put it well: We’ll see which model the assembly chooses to use on providing an update after this meeting. Will it be a perfunctory listing of people who showed up with a reference to the joy they have at…
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‘The New Atheists and Their Claims’ Generates 11,000 Downloads in 10 Days
Along with Dr. John Mark Reynolds and host Kevin Allen, I participated in the debut of the program Ancient Faith Today several weeks back that, from all accounts, was very successful. Ancient Faith Radio reports the program generated well over 11,000 complete downloads in just 10 days. The program Ancient Faith Today tackles topics of…