tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post8711529581962354882..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: RANT - COUNTER RANT: SOME (WHAT I HOPE IS) MEDIEVAL THINKINGFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-40882023087590870732013-01-24T07:21:46.271-08:002013-01-24T07:21:46.271-08:00It sounds as though Mr. Cullen needs to take a goo...It sounds as though Mr. Cullen needs to take a good graduate-level course on medieval Church history. Does anyone know someone who teaches this? ;-)W.C. Hoaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11428213688963908558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-50522918335589770542013-01-23T11:02:56.959-08:002013-01-23T11:02:56.959-08:00Good post Father. And nice reference @MaryofSharon...Good post Father. And nice reference @MaryofSharon. I've heard the term 'chronological snobbery' before, probably reading something about Kreeft. There's definitely a strong tendency in our current culture to assume we are wiser than any generation past, simply because now is later than before. Technologically, we're incredibly advanced... in other ways we're no further along (or actually further behind) than those that preceeded us by thousands of years (think St Augustine).Grant Winneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968580859375320630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-69935240309139888162013-01-23T10:28:25.200-08:002013-01-23T10:28:25.200-08:00Sigh...we moderns are are so arrogant and so fooli...Sigh...we moderns are are so arrogant and so foolish as be convinced that we are the most brilliant generation of all time. <br /><br />Reminds me of an <a href="http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0017.htm" rel="nofollow"> essay by Peter Kreeft on "Progressivism" </a>where he uses C.S. Lewis's vocabulary to describe this phenomenon as "chronological snobbery". <br /><br />Kreeft writes, "A clever debater once accused William F. Buckley of having 'one of the finest minds of the thirteenth century.' Buckley replied, 'I don't deserve that compliment.' Buckley was not a progressivist; his debate partner was."<br /><br />Bring on the "Medieval Thinking"! I'll take Thomas Aquinas over Peter Singer anyday.MaryofSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073267149527666844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-90102905726006818892013-01-23T09:48:45.728-08:002013-01-23T09:48:45.728-08:00Nicholas Copernicus, a university-trained Catholic...Nicholas Copernicus, a university-trained Catholic priest dedicated to astronomy, was acquainted with the sun-centered cosmos of the ancient Greek Aristarchus. In 1543 he published his theory, which predated Galileo. The truth of Galileo's situation cannot be adequately explained in a 30-second sound bite.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-68565102685210335822013-01-23T09:05:43.220-08:002013-01-23T09:05:43.220-08:00I think the entire way we communicate has changed....I think the entire way we communicate has changed. Communication must be strongly punctuated with shock value and quality entertainment or else no one will pay attention. Who cares if it's true as long as it's entertaining? It seems like that was his approach. Facts are out of fashion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com