The Catholic literary tradition in the US is stronger than many suppose. Thank you for raising awareness of it, and thanks to J M Wilson for his appealing and thought-provoking poems.
This was so inspiring! I came back to the Church because I missed the richness, beauty and freedom of the Catholic side of creativity. As a Catholic novelist I try not to be heavy-handed and cheesy about my faith and belief in the redemptive power of storytelling. I think if you're saturated in the faith it comes kind of naturally. My last novel featured Civil War Catholic Sister nurses helping the hero of the story. They weren't preachy. Their actions said all that was needed to be said about their religion.
The guest brings up a key aspect of Aquinas's character and genius (8.38ff) regarding high thinking and personal placidity made plain during his time in Paris in the 1250's. These were intense years of controversy and tumult for the friars at the university. Their ascending role perceived at the expense of established seculars went so far as street clashes between townsmen, masters and friars in 1253. The privileged role of mendicants was manifest in that they now held - in less than a generation - 9 of 15 chairs, including Dominican Thomas Aquinas and Franciscan Bonaventure.
Come on Robert..........three months 🤷.......i used to enjoy your videos a lot. There must be SOMETHING in the life of the church worth speaking about?
The Catholic literary tradition in the US is stronger than many suppose. Thank you for raising awareness of it, and thanks to J M Wilson for his appealing and thought-provoking poems.
This was so inspiring! I came back to the Church because I missed the richness, beauty and freedom of the Catholic side of creativity. As a Catholic novelist I try not to be heavy-handed and cheesy about my faith and belief in the redemptive power of storytelling. I think if you're saturated in the faith it comes kind of naturally. My last novel featured Civil War Catholic Sister nurses helping the hero of the story. They weren't preachy. Their actions said all that was needed to be said about their religion.
The guest brings up a key aspect of Aquinas's character and genius (8.38ff) regarding high thinking and personal placidity made plain during his time in Paris in the 1250's. These were intense years of controversy and tumult for the friars at the university. Their ascending role perceived at the expense of established seculars went so far as street clashes between townsmen, masters and friars in 1253. The privileged role of mendicants was manifest in that they now held - in less than a generation - 9 of 15 chairs, including Dominican Thomas Aquinas and Franciscan Bonaventure.
Keep up the good work!
Come on Robert..........three months 🤷.......i used to enjoy your videos a lot. There must be SOMETHING in the life of the church worth speaking about?