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Saint Thomas and the Common Good
In Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic political philosophy, the common good is a key concept. But, it often seems to us moderns like an impossibly gassy abstraction.
Yesterday, I came across a nice summary of St. Thomas Aquinas’ teachings on the common good, which I think can help. See’s
The Long View: The Beginning of Wisdom
John J. Reilly had quite a few thoughts about constitutional law. It should come as no surprise that he had some thoughts on Roe v. Wade. In this essay from 2000, John makes an argument very much like that articulated by Christopher Caldwell’s Age of Entitlement, that both the
The Harrowing of Hell
[He] was crucified, died and was buried.
He descended into Hell.
On the third day, he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into Heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.