There is a twofold operation of the intellect. (1) One is the understanding of simple objects, that is, the operation by which the intellect apprehends just the essence of a thing alone; (2) the other is the operation of composing and dividing. There is also a (3) third operation, that of reasoning, by which reason proceeds from what is known to the investigation of things that are unknown. The first of these operations is ordered to the second, for there cannot be composition and division unless things have already been apprehended simply. The second, in turn, is ordered to the … Continue

The text below is taken from a tract published in 1908[efn_note]Sydney Smith, S.J. “The Encyclical on ‘Modernism” (1908).[/efn_note] and requires editing. -WCM We have before us the outlines of Modernism as expounded to us by Pope Pius X[efn_note]Pope St. Pius X. “Pascendi Dominici Gregis”. (September 8, 1907). www.vatican.va. https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-x/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-x_enc_19070908_pascendi-dominici-gregis.html.[/efn_note], and may judge of it for ourselves from the standpoint suggested at the beginning of this tract. That is, we may leave alone for the present the question whether the system is or is not well founded in itself, and ask only, is it Catholic ? Can it be called a … Continue

In this lesson, we continue to study the grammar of third declension nouns, focusing on the plural forms of neuter (gender) nouns.  To complete the objectives of this lesson, complete the following tasks: Read over the lesson once to become familiar with the content to be studied. Study the lesson for mastery, learning the translation of each Latin rule. Complete the lesson assessment. Source:  Alvarez, Institutio Grammatica, translated by Mr. William C. Michael. Lesson Before starting this lesson, it is recommended that you take a few minutes and review lesson 13, where we studied the common rules for third declension nouns. … Continue

Gregory was born of saintly parents, and was the chosen friend of St. Basil. They studied together at Athens, turned at the same time from the fairest worldly prospects, and for some years lived together in seclusion, self-discipline, and toil. Gregory was raised, almost by force, to the priesthood; and was in time made Bishop of Nazianzum by St. Basil, who had become Archbishop of Cæsarea. When he was fifty years old, he was chosen, for his rare gifts and his conciliatory disposition, to be Patriarch of Constantinople, then distracted and laid waste by Arian and other heretics. In that … Continue