Tag Archives: gnostic

Hostile to the very idea of human nature…

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Gil Bailie

Thirteen years ago after much deliberation Gil Bailie posted the following on our old web blog. In the intervening years the cultural milieu has moved dramatically in regard to the matters of concern in this post. I am re-posting it … Continue reading →

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From Faith to Politics to Gnosticism

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“When mystery no longer counts,” then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said in a 1996 speech, “politics must be converted into religion.” When the Christian mysteries are lost — the loss measured most accurately by the decay into ritual triviality of the Eucharistic … Continue reading →

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Without me, you can do nothing

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Gil Bailie

Christian anthropology – based on the revelation of Christ and the philosophical insights which that revelation awakened – insists that grace perfects nature. What isn’t apparent until the grace-nature connection is widely abandoned is that not only does grace perfect … Continue reading →

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