History

Looking Back Makes It Easier To Look up With Hope 0
- Culture, Featured, History, Western Civilization
- June 8, 2026
At a recent Sunday Mass, the priest introduced an unfamiliar word: anagoge (pronounced AN-uh-goh-gee). It’s used today to mean a spiritual or allegorical interpretation, usually of Scripture, but he used anagoge in its original Greek sense, “a leading upward.” He then encouraged us to look upward more often, even literally, to the heavens rather than
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8 Life Lessons From Dante’s Inferno 0
- Culture, Featured, History, Literature, Religion, Western Civilization
- May 14, 2026
Despite its linguistic beauty and political intrigue, Dante’s “Divine Comedy” is a work of profound theological depth. It reflects the coherence and richness of Medieval Christian philosophy and theology. “Inferno” the first of three sections in the “Divine Comedy,” follows “the pilgrim” as he journeys through Hell, providing insightful commentary on the nature of sin
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Cicero’s 5 Steps to a Good Conversation 0
- Uncategorized, Culture, Featured, History, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- May 13, 2026
We’ve all been there. We’re hanging out with friends, mingling after church, or attending a networking event, yet despite our best efforts, conversation falls flat. This can happen for many reasons, but generally, the two primary issues are either that our conversation partners drop the ball, or that we ourselves can’t think of anything to
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America Needs Elites … But Not the Kind That We Think 0
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Politics, Western Civilization
- April 15, 2026
“I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University,” William F. Buckley Jr. once quipped. It was likely a fair judgment when he said it, and if
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Is There Archeological Evidence for the Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus?0
- Culture, Featured, History, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- April 2, 2026
For Christians around the world, this is the most important week of the year, leading toward Good Friday when Jesus Christ was crucified, and culminating in Easter Sunday, when Christ achieved victory over death through His resurrection. But what about for the non-Christian – or even for the Christian who greets the event as nothing
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Owning a Piece of History: Why Artifacts Matter 0
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Western Civilization
- April 1, 2026
Do historical objects matter? Are ancient artifacts anything more than old scraps of paper, moth-eaten fragments of fabric, or rusty hunks of metal? In frenetic modern life, with its emphasis on the now and the brand new, most people are more concerned with owning the latest iPhone than owning some relic of the past. But that’s a mistake.
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