Although I am always ambivalent about promoting my own work, this is for a better cause:
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Month: April 2024
Dignitas infinita, Part 4
Section 4. “Some Grave Violations of Human Dignity” Pondering this section, and with the benefit of time for reflection, it seems to me that in this document the Pope and […]
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Dignitas infinita, Part 3
In a scholastic interlude, No. 9 says: … the classical definition of a person as an “individual substance of a rational nature” clarifies the foundation of human dignity. As an […]
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Dignitas infinita: Part Two
The Text The text of the Declaration runs to 66 paragraphs. There are about 500 words on each of its 22 pages, so it runs to about 11,000 words. No. 1 […]
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R.H. Bensons, “The Sentimentalists,” 5
The next section begins with Dell complacently arriving in the countryside for a splendidly luxurious holiday with Fr Yolland’s wealthy father. The moment Dell sees the elderly Mr Yolland, he […]
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Dignitas infinita: Part One
On 25 March 2024, Pope Francis approved and ordered the publication of a “Declaration on Human Dignity,” which had been presented by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. […]
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