If you have read the newspapers and watched media accounts of daily news events, you would think that the Russian Federation and its allies were responsible for all that has gone wrong in the world in the third millennium of the Common Era. Whether that is a true account of
In a previous posting (see Prelude: Towards the Consecration of Learning), I made reference to a gathering storm that burst on the face of Europe, in 794 A.D. at the Lindisfarne monastery. It was a story of looting and plunder, murder and mayhem, as the signature calling card of the
At the beginning of the Common Era, nothing seemed as certain to endure as the Roman Empire. Having defeated all contenders and potential adversaries, Octavian (later given the title Caesar Augustus by a pliant Senate), bestrode the Mediterranean world and western Europe in a showcase of marble monuments to his
Two Views of Church and State Whether talking about Church or State lies the principle of authority applied to the practice of power. By accepting the principle of authority as their starting-point, men and women in former ages did not feel its limitations upon creative thought and action. They viewed
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