William C. Michael

St. Hilary of Poitiers was a 4th century Christian bishop and theologian. He was born in Poitiers, France and is considered one of the most important figures of the Western Church in the 4th century. He was a key figure in the development of Western Christianity and his writings and teachings had a significant impact on the development of Christian theology. St. Hilary is best known for his defense of the doctrine of the Trinity against the Arian heresy, which denied the full divinity of Jesus Christ. He is also known for his commentaries on the Psalms and his On … Continue

St. Paul, which was the first hermit as S. Jerome writeth, was in the time of Decius and Valerianus, emperors, the year of the incarnation of our Lord two hundred and fifty-six. This holy man, S. Paul, saw men for Christian faith cruelly tormented, wherefore he fled into the desert. Among whom he saw two cruelly tormented. The first for that he abode firmly in his faith, the judge did do anoint all his body with honey and did do bind his hands behind him on his back, and so did him be set in the heat of the sun … Continue

The Douay-Rheims Bible is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. It was first published in 1582 and is considered to be one of the most important English translations of the Bible in the Catholic tradition. The translation was made by a group of scholars, led by Dr. William Allen, at the English College in Douai, France, for the purpose of providing Catholics in England with an accurate translation of the Bible in their own language. The Douay-Rheims Bible is known for its close adherence to the original Latin text, preserving the nuances and subtleties of … Continue

To complete this lesson, complete the following tasks: Lesson Arena et sabulum est lapis comminutus. Saxum est pars petrae (cautis). Cos, silex, marmor sunt obscuri lapides. Magnes adtrahit ferrum. Gemmae sunt pellucidi lapilli, ut adamas candidus, rubinus rubeus, sapphirus caeruleus, smaragdus viridis, hyacynthus luteus et micant angulati. Margaritae et uniones crescunt in conchis. Exposition Arena et sabulum est lapis comminutus. Translation: Sand and gravel is stone broken into bits. Saxum est pars petrae (cautis). Translation: A great stone is a piece of a rock (or crag). Cos, silex, marmor, sunt obscuri lapides. Translation: A whetstone, a flint, a marble are … Continue

There are five assignments for this lesson: Lesson Thus far in this course, we have begun to study the basic concepts of Arithmetic. At this point, you should be comfortable with all of your past memory work on Quantity, Multitude and Magnitude, Unity and Units, More and Fewer, Greater and Lesser, Species and Number, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Multitudes, Integers and Fractions, Aliquot and Aliquant Parts and the first ten Axioms. That’s a lot of information! Therefore it is required that, before continuing in Lesson 07, you stop here and re-take all of your past exams for review. When you have … Continue