/lit/ - Literature

>>15011895
one might disagree

Anybody else here ever read Benedict XVI's stuff? Including stuff from when he was Cardinal Ratzinger?

I've read two of the "Jesus of Nazareth" books, and they've been really excellent. I'll probably read the third one once Easter's a week or so closer.

>>11970347
Pretty good point.

Freedom of religion is, essentially, an atheist position. Atheists naturally think that all religions are nonsense, so they figure it's best if none of them are state-mandated so that nobody claims unfair or unwarranted privilege, and so nobody gets jealous. It's not an accident that this started in the United States, where many of the Founding Fathers were de facto atheists (deism is a meme).

On the other hand, if you happen to think that one particular religion is true--objectively true, true whether people believe in it or not--then freedom of religion becomes an untenable position. Why should the absolute truth have to compete with falsehoods in the marketplace of ideas? It's akin to selling snake oil alongside regular medicine at the pharmacy.

>>11772785
The three books are basically a journey through all four Gospels, using the Tradition of the Church as well as modern scriptural studies to unveil everything that the average modern reader usually misses. They start with the infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke, they move through the bulk of Jesus' missionary life in the third book, and the final book is solely devoted to the entrance to Jerusalem, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection.

I found them extremely insightful. One of the things that Benedict pointed out, which I had not truly appreciated beforehand, is the huge extent to which the Gospels are devoted to revealing the divinity of Christ. At least within the Gospels themselves, the idea that Jesus is God is never in doubt; it's constantly presented, in a myriad of ways, over and over. And Benedict also loves to point out the ways in which the Gospels draw upon and enhance themes and even scenes from the Old Testament. For example, the announcement of the birth of John the Baptist in Luke is a mirror of the announcement of the birth of Elijah.

And the books are full of this stuff. I'd highly recommend checking them out if you've ever had any interest in Biblical analysis.

This is why theology is superior to pure philosophy. Theology benefits from having access to revelation, i.e. knowledge from a source independent of human observation.

https://catechesisofthepopes.wordpress.com/major-themes/the-lives-of-the-saints/audiences/

OP, it's >>11263237 again. I have found something which may be fruitful. It's just a shitty little blog post:

http://www.millinerd.com/2006/12/whos-afraid-of-analogia-entis.html

But it does bring up Benedict XVI, and his Regensburg address in 2006. I am a big fan of Benedict and believe that he will some day be a Doctor of the Church. So it might be worth investigating what he has to say, fully, on the Analogia Entis.

>>11045585
I haven't read the Life of Christ, but you should absolutely read Jesus of Nazareth. I've read the first two books and they're really great. Benedict is going to be a Doctor of the Church one day.

No, he is.

Agreed. Stop watching porn.

>>10506615
Sage goes in all fields silly.

>>10506635
But I’m not in there baka. How am I supposed to receive feedback?

>>10506655
>>10506660
This board deserves fucking nothing.

>>10506676
Nice vote counts sweetie.

>>10506688
I compressed to upload the draft. All the covers are at least 200*300. I haven’t read Frankenstein yet.

I've just gotten done with another semester of grad school which has required me to read heavily. It's been a lot of Romantic poetry, though, so it's been pretty enjoyable.

Over the winter break I'll probably dive back into Pope Benedict's "Jesus of Nazareth" series.

Benedict XVI is the final boss of Western thought.