Witches' Sabbath by Francisco Goya Many names, colors, and symbols have often been associated with the satan. Colors like red and black, symbols like the inverted cross and five pointed star, and names like lucifer and the devil. But one main idea, more than any other, has wrongly been associated with “the satan” from the … Continue reading The Devil’s in the Details
Category: Theology
Knowledge of the Damned
The Souls of Acheron, by Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl, 1898, Public Domain Will those in heaven understand or be aware of those suffering in hell? Aquinas famously believed they did and even wrote, "Whoever pities another shares somewhat in his unhappiness. But the blessed cannot share in any unhappiness. Therefore they do not pity the afflictions of … Continue reading Knowledge of the Damned
A Time for Everything
Time and Eternity by Leon Devenice Originally Posted September 21, 2018 It happens almost every time I have coffee with a friend. It happens when my wife and I watch our favorite shows on a lazy Saturday morning. It happens when I lose myself in a game with my children. It also happened one time … Continue reading A Time for Everything
Blinding Lights
Imagine traveling into space and witnessing the blinding intensity of the sun's light unmediated by our atmosphere, or feeling the heat in what you assumed was the cold darkness of space. C.S. Lewis describes this experience in his novel Out of the Silent Planet when the main character Ransom is kidnapped and forced into a … Continue reading Blinding Lights
A Simple Harmony
A type of simple harmony develops in a group as long as the members tolerate a certain level of deception. Like the princess and the pea, however, humanity as a whole cannot rest in the peace of this simple harmony, because the falsity of its comfort will always be felt, no matter how many mattresses … Continue reading A Simple Harmony