Freedom to do What Exactly?

Last updated on: March 14, 2023 at 2:00 am By Andrew Likoudis

What Really is Freedom? Aristotle states – “Freedom is the ability to do what one ought. To act always as ones’ desires dictate is not freedom but slavery, and slavery to a hard master. Even an animal or a slave can live according to its desires.” Author, Christian apologist, and Oxford-Cambridge professor C.S. Lewis dealt extensively with this philosophy and made it his own, working it out through exchanges and debates with his contemporaries and friends which comprised his literary... Read more

City on a Hill – reflections on 200 years of America’s First cathedral on the Feast of the Assumption

Last updated on: June 13, 2023 at 9:46 am By Andrew Likoudis

In Honor of 200 years of Catholicism in the U.S. (Aerial shot of the Baltimore Basilica) In 1789, when Pope Pius VI issued the Papal Bull Ex Hac Apostolicae, John Carroll was appointed the first bishop of the newly formed colonies which would eventually become the USA and would begin a legacy that has endured under the patronage of The Blessed Virgin Mary, for over 200 years. (Archbishop John Carroll) Archbishop Carroll, a born-Marylander, grew up around the... Read more

Nature and Grace: A Dilemma of Supernatural Proportions

Last updated on: October 28, 2024 at 2:46 am By Andrew Likoudis

Historical Overview Nature and Grace – two simple words with incalculable importance in the life of the Church. Their ecclesial origin can be traced back directly to the Gospels, while their importance could be seen to have become popularized at least as early as the time of St. Augustine who has been termed the Doctor of Grace. Their importance persists to this day in theological discussions about the relationship between human nature and divine grace, particularly in terms of how... Read more