Why study astronomy?! I hate math! blah blah. Here’s a great quote from 2nd century Church father, Clement of Alexandria: “The same holds also of astronomy. For treating of the description of the celestial objects, about the form of the universe, and the revolution of the heavens, and the motion of the stars, leading the [...]
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Why study astronomy?
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Redemptor hominis (response from a physicist)
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is a reply to a nice post on John Hittinger’s blog titled “Redeemer of Man, Understanding the Human Person.” For some reason I wasn’t able to post directly as comment on his blog so I’ll type on my own. One single word used by John Paul struck me as I read Redemptor hominis afresh [...]
The musical big-bang
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Summer field trip: Last week the University of St. Thomas sent me to a secluded place in woods of New Hampshire, where they give us a box (literally) of books to read then discuss (mostly 4th century church theologians and mystics: Augustine, St. Athanasius, St. Basil, etc). One book was completely in original Greek (eeek). [...]
