So . . .

The lecture was really very good. Evidently our speaker from Friday night is becoming an expert on evil - writing a book on it, in fact. One thing about evil is that it is always a challenging and intriguing subject - extremely difficult, though. The subject he was examining in the lecture was, specifically, God's justice and original sin: whether God could be considered just for ordaining that mankind from the first parents would not be able to avoid sin.

It was an extremely interesting lecture. If anyone wants an audio copy just leave a reply here or zap me an e-mail and I'll pick up one for you. Hereby adding Mr. Robert Barry to the list of impressive, enthusiastic and relatively young Thomists who are brining America's advanced theological studies back to orthodoxy. I love Mr. B and Dr. McA, but I'm glad that all Thomists aren't quite as old as, well, dirt. ;)

I've also found a great coincidence - many great Thomists are enthusiastic Chesterton fans, as well . . . which would make sense, since Chesterton was to some degree a Thomist - insofar as he was a theologian or philosopher. He was mainly a journalist who specialized in common sense and the common man; which have, of course, inseparable ties to both the sciences of natural reason and the science of sacred doctrine - although the commonest common man has only a vague notion of what those terms should mean to him, as such.

But I wonder what Chesterton would say?

Have a great day!
Pax Christi,
ME