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Author Archives: Gil Bailie
Directions
Back when I was traveling from city to city giving talks, I had the luxury of looking into the faces of those with whom I was in conversation. In fact, it was this that both sustained and energized me during … Continue reading
The Predicament
“There are still countries today where, even in the Catholic Church, the individual is in a situation reminiscent of that in which Kierkegaard found himself, in a national church that had fallen into liberalism: however willing the individual is to … Continue reading
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Tagged Hans Urs von Balthasar, Kierkegaard, liberalism, the Catholic Church
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Antichrist
He’s the false copy where each feature’s wrong, Yet so disposed the whole gives a resemblance. … When he forgives It is for love of sin not of the sinner. … His vast indulgence is so free and ample, … Continue reading
Whence Human Rights?
“When there is no agreement about what a human person is, there is no possibility of a shared vision of human rights. John Paul II was aware of this problem. In a speech to the Vatican Diplomatic Corps in 1989 … Continue reading
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Tagged human rights, John Paul II, Tracey Rowland
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Liberation
Every revival of paganism involves a lessening of intellectual vigor, or, at best the substitution of a formal intellectual virtuosity for a more substantive and productive exercise of intelligence. On the contrary, each new step in the on-going discovery of … Continue reading
Freedom
Some thoughts to keep in mind as we prepare to celebrate the 241st anniversary of the birth of the United States of America this July 4th… Premodern philosophers viewed freedom as a prerequisite of human virtue. … Freedom is … Continue reading
More on the Epistemology of Faith . . .
During his 40 days in the desert, Jesus was tempted to do things that would make the truth of his claims and the meaning of his existence irrefutable. He declined. His followers down through the centuries have sometimes tried to … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on The Common Good, The Catholic Church and The World…
“The common good requires that we offer to all what Revelation has given us—and has given us to comprehend. Today, intelligence becomes a duty of charity. It is up to us, to us and to no one else, to transmit … Continue reading
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Tagged conscience, intelligence, Jean-Luc Marion, revelation, the Catholic Church, the common good
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Message in a bottle….
Ten years ago Gil Bailie spent time reading University of Pennsylvania scholar Philip Rieff’s works with the following results… To Whom It May Concern: [To European culture today — while it can still be spoken of in the singular — … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Philip Rieff, René Girard, TS Eliot
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A Look Back At – Tradition
The word “tradition” and the word “treason” come from the same root. The very name “modernity” self-consciously used to describe the period of the last several centuries in Western cultural history clearly exemplifies the spirit … Continue reading
