Thursday, December 28, 2023

Sunday, December 24, 2023

Aquinas definition of principle Question 33. The person of the Father

 I answer that, The word "principle" signifies only that whence another proceeds: since anything whence something proceeds in any way we call a principle; and conversely.

https://www.newadvent.org/summa/1033.htm

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Septuagint

 we know for certain that Christ Himself referenced the Septuagint because he either quotes or alludes to them directly within the New Testament. These include the following cross-references:

Matthew 6:19-20 and Sirach 29:11; Matthew 7:12 and Tobit 4:15; Matthew 12:42 and Wisdom of Solomon; Matthew 16:18 and Wisdom 16:13; Matthew 22:25, Mark 12:20, Luke 20:29 and Tobit 3:8 and 7:11.

Friday, December 1, 2023

We’re going extinct because guys like porn and pot more than they like women

 https://theaspenbeat.com/2023/12/01/were-going-extinct-because-guys-like-porn-and-pot-more-than-they-like-women/

INNO STAGE 22" Fireback for Fireplace

 INNO STAGE 22" Fireback for Fireplace

Talking Heads live at The Kitchen (1976)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fdLi_60SIQ&t=6s

Plato public as greatest sophist

 When they meet together, and the world sits down at an assembly, or in a court of law, or a theatre, or a camp, or in any other popular resort, and there is a great uproar, and they praise some things which are being said or done, and blame other things, equally exaggerating both, shouting and clapping their hands, and the echo of the rocks and the place in which they are assembled redoubles the sound of the praise or blame -- at such a time will not a young man's heart, as they say, leap within him? Will any private training enable him to

stand firm against the overwhelming flood of popular opinion? or will he be carried away by the stream? Will he not have the notions of good and evil which the public in general have -- he will do as they do, and as they are, such will he be? 

A review of cytokine-based pathophysiology of Long COVID symptoms

 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1011936/full

https://www.drugs.com/doxycycline.html

Combined therapy with ivermectin and doxycycline can effectively alleviate the cytokine storm of COVID-19 infection amid vaccination drive: A narrative review

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034122000727?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Thursday, November 30, 2023

The mystery of Thomas Aquinas: Why did he leave his ‘Summa’ unfinished?

In the Commentary on Boethius’s De Trinitate, written soon after becoming a master of theology, Thomas says that the theological master cannot and must not openly speak about all that he knows lest others fall into error or fail to seek the truth for themselves. He quotes an anonymous source as an authority: “Hidden things are sought more avidly, and the concealed seems more venerable, and things long sought are cherished the more.”


https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/11/16/aquinwas-summa-theologiae-unfinished-246490?utm_content=273454988&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-125917137489

The Astonishing Power of One Hail Mary

 https://www.ncregister.com/features/the-astonishing-power-of-one-hail-mary?mkt_tok=NDI3LUxFUS0wNjYAAAGPvtW5ZcZLrXGviXwwy_xKLfCrtnuthSIpMOTCvb1flCgqPl8Y4Vu3VANRJJWaMQ6XkGxcCLtEdCn3OatXHjWWRnplJKOcsTfVjhIBKPIX

Utstein Killed the Sons of Ulf

https://web.archive.org/web/20100617002713/http://northvegr.org/sagas%20annd%20epics/legendary%20heroic%20and%20imaginative%20sagas/old%20heithinn%20tales%20from%20the%20north/061.html

Utstein said:

“I'd take on all
of Eystein's band,
with my sword slash them
same way as these,
if I saw a need
such work to do,
should enmity fall
first among us.

No one's too keen
to cross me now,
for long ago
my life was shaped.
Hard is the heart
I have in my breast.
As a child I found
favour with Odin.”

 


The Decline & Fall of Friedrich Nietzsche

 https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2023/11/macbeth-revisited-decline-fall-friedrich-nietzsche-joseph-pearce.html?fbclid=IwAR2Nqbg25AGf0URDUupTVmUKEmiNXsmZUTegKeVcY_tfyy_3D_vuoS0cDKM

https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Friedrich-Nietzsche-Zarathustra-Hath-Spoken

Nietzsche and Scandinavian saga

 It's a paraphrase from Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (The Saga of Half and His Heroes):


Ek hefi hjarta
hart í brjósti,
síz mér í æsku
Óðinn framdi.

English translation by Peter Tunstall:

Hard is the heart
I have in my breast.
As a child I found
favour with Odin.

Old Heithinn Tales From the North

 https://web.archive.org/web/20121209021424/http://www.northvegr.org/sagas%20annd%20epics/legendary%20heroic%20and%20imaginative%20sagas/old%20heithinn%20tales%20from%20the%20north/index.html

Tim Burchett Tells Tucker Carlson He’s Talking to Speaker Johnson About UFO Disclosure Act: ‘All I Want Is Transparency’

 https://themessenger.com/politics/tucker-carlson-tim-burchett-ufos-disclosure-mike-johnson

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Syphilis and Nietzsche’s mad genius

 https://metode.org/issues/document-revistes/syphilis-and-nietzsches-mad-genius.html

Aquinas on communion

 Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) said: “Out of reverence towards this Sacrament [the Holy Eucharist], nothing touches it, but what is consecrated; hence the corporal and the chalice are consecrated, and likewise the priest’s hands, for touching this Sacrament.” (Summa Theologica, Part III, Question 82)

Monday, November 13, 2023

LUMEN GENTIUM

 22. Just as, in accordance with the Lord's decree, St Peter and the rest of the apostles constitute a unique apostolic college, so in like fashion the Roman Pontiff, Peter's successor, and the bishops, the successors of the apostles, are related with and united to one another. Indeed, the very ancient discipline whereby the bishops installed throughout the whole world lived in communion with one another and with the Roman Pontiff in a bond of unity, charity and peace;[23] likewise the holding of councils[24] in order to settle conjointly,[25] in a decision rendered balanced and equitable by the advice of many, all questions of major importance;[26] all this points clearly to the collegiate character and structure of the episcopal order, and the holding of ecumenical councils in the course of the centuries bears this out unmistakably. Indeed, pointing to it also quite clearly is the custom, dating from very early times, of summoning a number of bishops to take part in the elevation of one newly chosen to the highest sacerdotal office. One is constituted a member of the episcopal body in virtue of the sacramental consecration and by the hierarchical communion with the head and members of the college.

The college or body of bishops has for all that no authority unless united with the Roman Pontiff, Peter's successor, as its head, whose primatial authority, let it be added, over all, whether pastors or faithful, remains in its integrity. For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, namely, and as pastor of the entire Church, has full, supreme and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered. The order of bishops is the successor to the college of the apostles in their role as teachers and pastors, and in it the apostolic college is perpetuated. Together with their head, the Supreme Pontiff, and never apart from him, they have supreme and full authority over the universal Church;[27] but this power cannot be exercised without the agreement of the Roman Pontiff. The Lord made Peter alone the rock-foundation and the holder of the keys of the Church (cf. Mt. 16:18-19), and constituted him shepherd of his whole flock (cf. Jn. 21:15 ff.). It is clear, however, that the office of binding and loosing which was given to Peter (Mt. 16:19), was also assigned to the college of the apostles united to its head (Mt. 18:18; 28:16-20).[28] This college, in so far as it is composed of many members, is the expression of the multifariousness and universality of the People of God; and of the unity of the flock of Christ, in so far as it is assembled under one head. In it the bishops, whilst loyally respecting the primacy and pre-eminence of their head, exercise their own proper authority for the good of their faithful, indeed even for the good of the whole Church, the organic structure and harmony of which are strengthened by the continued influence of the Holy Spirit. The supreme authority over the whole Church, which this college possesses, is exercised in a solemn way in an ecumenical council. There never is an ecumenical council which is not confirmed or at least recognized as such by Peter's successor.

How Much Could COVID-19 Vaccines Cost the U.S. After Commercialization?

The federal government has spent more than $30 billion1 on COVID-19 vaccines, including the new bivalent boosters, incentivizing their development, guaranteeing a market, and ensuring that these vaccines would be provided free of charge to the U.S. population.

 https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/how-much-could-covid-19-vaccines-cost-the-u-s-after-commercialization/

Incidence, Prevalence, and Cost of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States

 2021 CDC analyses1,2 provide the clearest picture to date of how common and costly sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are in the United States. CDC’s latest estimates indicate that 20% of the U.S. population – approximately one in five people – had an STI on any given day in 2018, and STIs acquired that year cost the American healthcare system nearly $16 billion in direct medical costs alone.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

can educators make political statement in texas?

  Texas law prohibits school districts from electioneering “for or against any candidate, measure, or political party,” so the law requires that any electioneering activity you engage in is on your own personal time, and not on school time or using school resources.

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/files/divisions/communications/SchoolDistrictBrochure.pdf

Deep Springs College

 https://www.thefp.com/p/whats-the-opposite-of-harvard?utm_source=tfpfb&fbclid=IwAR2HNG09DEjI_D5QTYTYlqH2Bo3rT6euFo-eEtr-k7GWS-ylJxeOqycRmJg

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Impaled Horse Heads Are Appearing More and More Around Iceland The rise of paganism in the country is reigniting a macabre ritual from the Viking Age.

 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/iceland-nithing-pole?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=atlas-page&fbclid=IwAR1-lfI3QIQmZFGwfWIIE5TiOUps9kw59NOq1bneg_YEPHkAgkwheCqouTI

Evolution of baseballs

Nature Does Not Abhor a Vacuum -- Pascal

 https://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=FQ7SG4UTGMH6HMR

Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie? Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being contradicted by members of the iconic singer-songwriter’s own family and an extensive CBC investigation.

 https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/buffy-sainte-marie

The ‘great wealth transfer’ isn’t $72 trillion but $129 trillion, BofA says—and the government gave most of it to baby boomers

 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/great-wealth-transfer-isn-t-100000946.html

Here's what the 2023 World Series umpires could mean for betting odds and trends

 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/mlb/2023/10/26/world-series-umpires-2023/71334970007/

The Dark Parallels of China's Cultural Revolution and Today's America: Survivor Xi Van Fleet

 https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/the-dark-parallels-of-chinas-cultural-revolution-and-todays-america-survivor-xi-van-fleet-5517619?utm_source=News&src_src=News&utm_campaign=breaking-2023-10-29-2&src_cmp=breaking-2023-10-29-2&utm_medium=email&est=0KPJNsgDV1vtbf6JPMrI8%2BNY3GgwNvJnqoG90TPUEwbiy9w8Nz0c2oA8s9uU

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Tulsa’s Bob Dylan Center Reveals a Trove of Treasures in ‘Mixing Up the Medicine’ Exhibit

 https://bestclassicbands.com/bob-dylan-center-exhibit-10-25-23/

Why a new book may be key to understanding the faith of Bob Dylan

 As for what Dylan has said about his own faith, he opened up to The Wall Street Journal in 2022.

“I’m a religious person,” he said. “I read the scriptures a lot, meditate and pray, light candles in church. I believe in damnation and salvation, as well as predestination. The Five Books of Moses, Pauline Epistles, Invocation of the Saints, all of it.”

https://www.deseret.com/2023/10/26/23933620/is-bob-dylan-religious

Video: Sir Anthony Hopkins at Thomas Aquinas College

 https://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/video-sir-anthony-hopkins-thomas-aquinas-college

Enquiries into religion and culture by Dawson, Christopher, 1889-1970

 https://archive.org/details/enquiriesintorel0000daws/page/n5/mode/2up

The Great His­to­rian of Cul­ture: Christo­pher Daw­son

 https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2023/10/great-historian-culture-christopher-dawson-russell-hittinger.html?fbclid=IwAR3nMZNZzNgwjfyQrrxcUkCd6LFclbHX1N5zn2fzbWeS1nMZau8TtIYgJf0

Texas Constitutional Amendment Proposals 2023

 https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/proclamation-constitutional-amendment-election.pdf

Friday, October 6, 2023

Natural law. An essay in ethics by Simcox, E. J. (Edith Jemima)

 IF truth be at all within the reach of human capacity, 'tis certain it must lie very deep and abstruse ; and to hope we shall arrive at it without pains, while the greatest geniuses have failed with the utmost pains, must certainly be esteemed sufficiently vain and presumptuous. I pretend to no such advantage in the philosophy I am going to unfold, and would esteem it a strong presumption against it were it so very easy and obvious.


HUME'S Treatise of Human Nature


https://archive.org/details/naturallawessayi00simcrich/page/n9/mode/2up