Fifth mondays in the month mean throwback blog posts and since Easter is fast approaching, here is our reminder from the great Blaise Pascal about why we follow Christ: Jesus Christ has verified that He was the Messiah, never in verifying His doctrine by Scripture and the prophecies, but always by His miracles. (Pascal, 808) […]
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We have come to the end of our journey with Pascal. I hope that you are as encouraged by the words of the great mathematician and theologian as I am. Pascal’s text Pensees concludes with a focus on miracles, and a recapitulation of our journey: I prefer to follow Jesus Christ than any other, because
The Church has been made by Christ and must live according to Christ. [Christ] comes to destroy [sinful passions], and give [men] His grace, so as to make of them all one Holy Church. (Pascal, 783) As Pascal reminds us, our passions keep us apart from God. It is through the death of these passions,
Our posts may seem a long way off of the road of Mathematics. Let us not forget that we got here from seeking the eternal through His language. Mathematics points us to the Redeemer. Christ redeemed man -> Christ is worthy of worship The Old Testament prophets continually spoke of a coming redeemer. One who
Let’s take a minute to recap. What is Mr. Blaise Pascal teaching us this winter? Man is made to think -> he should think as he ought. Man is unable to think as he ought without help outside of himself -> man searches for the truth. Man is limited in finding all of truth because
