Reflections on Morality, Philosophy, and History

catholicism black lives matter civil rights ancient greece stoicism plato slavery world war ii christianity civil war st augustine socrates two-fold love philosophy augustine of hippo greek philosophy monasticism hitler xenophon vatican ii ten commandments orthodoxy american history catholic frederick douglass plutarch iliad decalogue jim crow envy booker t washington peloponnesian wars athens catholic catechism sparta martin luther king love of god moral philosophy philokalia thucydides ladder of divine ascent kkk naacp david levering lewis homer fascism ancient rome symposium ancient history church fathers nazi germany love of neighbor covetousness nazism john climacus martin luther early church fathers marcus aurelius lynching supreme court st john climacus wwii web du bois alcibiades slander do not envy psychology torah pope francis history abraham lincoln will durant cs lewis catechism ku klux klan catholic church luther stoic philosophy orthodox eastern church fathers herodotus reconstruction adolph hitler concubines eusebius pope pius xii confessions concentration camps council of trent second vatican council old testament love mount athos web dubois alexander the great lynchings abolitionist underground railroad greek history greco-persian wars odyssey augustine tolton stoics stoic lincoln pericles yves congar persia anti-semitism judaism jesus prayer augustine ancient roman history pope pius xi mussolini cain and abel auschwitz trent lbj mlk fugitive slave act advanced dementia platonic dialogue phaedrus freed slaves pederasty homosexuality peloponnesian war vassilios papavassiliou john mack runaway slaves warrior culture lives of noble greeks donald trump cyrus the great slave autobiography segregation zeus jealousy achilles christian persecutions trump monastics emancipation due process st justin martyr epictetus mere christianity lyndon johnson jfk martin luther king jr slavecatchers commodus alzheimer’s association rita hayworth tony bennett neurological disease alzheimer’s disease alzheimer manichaeism ancient greek history doris kearns goodwin pius xii january 6th insurrection thirty tyrants lysander pope benedict xvi rambam do not bear false witness john o’malley do not slander cyrus john chrysostom adultery persecution of jews social justice elizabeth vandiver odysseus roman empire emancipation proclamation tuskegee institute diogenes abortion critical race theory antisemitism redemption aristotle martyrdom justin martyr concupiscence virtue black history john f kennedy hadrian alzheimer’s persian empire ronald reagan glen campbell happiness dualism confederacy benedict xvi pope john xxiii david kertzer the pope at war athenian empire delian league repentance trinity john brown radical democracy nachmanides ramban maimonides rashi bible protestants eastern orthodoxy lying ionia biblical interpretation henry chadwick rhetoric apostolic church fathers fdr beatitudes communism jesus athena troy vandiver deep south aristophanes diogenes of laertius jews holocaust viktor frankl reformation large catechism eric foner seneca moses mt athos capitol riots reconstruction era sclc eisenhower ralph abernathy slave auction jimmy carter ancient persian history dementia neoplatonism monica men-boy love genesis lgbtq marriage crisis magazine mental illness death camps bonhoeffer true and false reform theodore roosevelt convict labor antisthenes platonic dialogues anabasis cyrus the younger st john of the cross peace of nicias letter from a birmingham jail brown v board of education separate but equal winston churchill robert e lee jonathon holloway fasting roger taney book review infant mortality false witness dignitatis humanae new testament congar hubris darius croesus birth of a nation eleanor roosevelt pride of life murder king david bathsheba jezebel dr laura sermon on the plain meekness allegory of the cave gregory of nyssa confessing church karl barth barth anti semitism st francis gaudete et exsultate monastic nelson mandela shepherd of hermas talmud hillel warrior society warriors meditations zeno pro-life white supremacy fascist italy world war i do not covet ratzinger black suffrage st ephrem sacraments lust musonius rufus pope john paul ii desert church fathers orthodox church desert fathers souls of black folk slave catchers doris kearns nonviolent protests richard nixon vietnam war frank mclynn five good emperors trajan antoninus pius nero cyropaedia memory loss 2020 presidential election 1876 presidential election cynic philosophy peter brown gladiatorial games st monica divine love pinocchio obedience cardinal ratzinger abolitionists ambrose john xxiii dred scott atlanta university du bois pius xi cruelty is the point january 6th capitol riots hoplites peonage sharecroppers classical greece st paul thomas aquinas dark night of the soul deification mystical theology pseudo-dionysius nicias cleon gettysburg address i have a dream cimon fort sumter historical-critical method churchill secession ulysses s grant jaroslav pelikan lazarus balthasar st irenaeus abolition william lloyd garrison harper’s ferry negative mitzvoth positive mitzvoth 613 mitzvoth mitzvoth mitzvah book of legends medieval rabbis nazis democracy mcguckin polycarp forgiveness constant prayer hesychast watchfulness hesychios prayer of st ephrem lutheran elijah aeschylus xerxes ancient egypt warrior ethos greek-persian wars father of lies greece father of history histories of herodotus histories dubois dunning school anti-lynching bill protestant reformation great courses small catechism theft coveting stewart vogel laura schlessinger epicurus sermon on the mount purgatory enabling act german christian church night of broken glass kristallnacht discrimination holy spirit gnosticism african national congress anc apartheid south africa mandela didache gospel v law law v gospel love god cappadocian church fathers slaves black reconstruction atlanta compromise platonic philosophy big lie cynics pro-choice roe v wade republican party fascist trial of socrates logotherapy 14th amendment st john chrysostom st gregory of nyssa early church history baptism st justin pope benedict hans kung unceasing prayer st anthony wondrium qanon fugitive slave act of 1850 rotary us supreme court self-love medicare suffering bull connor robert kennedy earl warren elohim adonoy synoptic gospels deuteronomy prison reform menachem begin anwar sadat carter center iran hostage crisis middle east nuclear submarines lester maddox harry truman bible devotions electoral college fake electors do not steal robin waterfield courage sophist protagoras marcomannic wars antonine plague theodicy israel frederick copleston heraclitus jacob lord’s prayer oliver sacks sean connery margaret thatcher lady gaga friendship lysis babylon king cyrus atlantic magazine 1619 project over-55 communities graces south carolina brain welfare checks wellness checks foreclosure suicide spiritual allegory reincarnation michael sugrue chronicles of narnia plagues hesiod golden ass metamorphosis clerical sexual abuse civil war history reconstruction amendments bloody shirt basil of caesarea on christian morality st nicodemus sexual abuse benjamin franklin congress julia konstantinovsky hesychastic prayer evagrios the solitary evagrios nat turner almsgiving jerome daniel webster brownsville affair aquinas henri de lubac united nations thurgood marshall woodrow wilson niagara convention vatican march on rome cognitive behavioral therapy cbt reichstag fire lateran treaty lycurgus st francis of assisi brother’s keeper good samaritan fourteenth amendment sotomayor clarence thomas alito dobbs v jackson alexander crummel sharecropping john of the cross aphrodite critias diodorus siculus elisha rerum novarum minimum wage servants serfs tissaphernes ancient persia sicilian expedition abraham spiritual gluttony job syracuse proclus neo-platonism andrew louth st thomas aquinas dionysius denys brasidas demosthenes funeral oration battle of britain bull conner voting rights act of 1965 four freedoms marion anderson pausanius unseen warfare dl moody st maximus aristides corcyra corinth archidamus acrópolis parthenon will smith jokes ecumenicism sacrosanctum concilium battle of gettysburg sola scriptura dei verbum race riots ida b wells battle of antietam yale harriet tubman us history american civil war hannah arendt letter from birmingham jail david blight uncle tom’s cabin anger avarice john cassian hosea jonah and the whale irenaeus marcion heresy pelikan dred scott decision fugitive slave law jesuits karl rahner theseus and the minotaur theseus sarah jacob and esau john courtney murray hercules tobit foxes book of martyrs john anthony mcguckin persecution martyr history of the church ignatius st ignatius st ignatius of antioch prayer st mark the ascetic tradition meaning of tradition egyptian midwives democrats democratic party themistocles oracle at delphi helen of troy beloved gone with the wind lost cause teaching both sides lumen gentium sensitive appetite bart ehrman historical jesus isaiah goodspeed epistle of barnabas barnabas book of concord first ecumenical council justice copleston hunger and thirst for righteousness hell heaven platonism the great divorce concordat mein kampf hedonism st bonaventure illegal immigrants aparecida fear of god despair fw de klerk pw botha de klerk botha winnie mandela long walk to freedom rivonia trial communist party early church father clement joseph cain early church falsehood apostolic fathers hermas pharisees ancient israel golden rule shammai american indians cañón roman emperor philosopher king freedmen's bureau the clouds rufus diogenes of sinope zeno of citium harry blackmun vatican city spanish civil war franco french resistance dreyfus affair vichy france st maximus the confessor adam and eve david and bathsheba covet apocrypha lutheran catechism second founding 13th amendment roman history boaz book of ruth st john the russian evangelicals st john of karpathos passions ortodox church theology of the body leviticus catholics surviving divorce divorce care divorce support groups divorce john bunyan theological virtues charity hope faith sixpence man’s search for meaning publican pharisee screwtape letters fortitude temperance cardinal virtues prudence anglicans house slaves william craft ellen craft totalitarianism man's search for meaning medieval europe pollution chariots union new york city cavalry horses charities avenues of service rotary code of conduct object of rotary civic groups civic organizations judeo-christian tradition four way test rotary international lucy stone masada margaret garner anti-slavery society henry box brown vascular dementia lewy bodies sunrise fl rotary food assistance medicaid area agency on aging of browar brain health caregivers life estate lady bird deed mery lopez owner alert marty kiar chen medical adam clayton powell andrew johnson george santos mike johnson venial sins mortal sins pirates robbery 10 commandments the ten commandments eudaemonia saúl pauline epistles phileo agape eros agape and ero anders nygren tariff of abomination webster-payne debate war of 1812 john c calhoun states’ rights nullification crisis john quincy adams gary gallagher robert remini henry clay andrew jackson sarah bedford eliza harris eliza maxims greek stoic howard university public schools plessy v ferguson desegregation rawn james charles houston charles hamilton houston robert mcnamara south vietnam munich conference george wallace tet offensive great society black power Álamo texas us senate hubert humphrey lady bird johnson lyndon baines johnson virtues christian persecution roman stoic black power movement 1968 presidential election poor people’s campaign james earl ray fair housing act freedom summer civil rights act of 1964 police brutality edmund pettus bridge selma march selma lincoln memorial march on washington stone mountain nixon freedom bus birmingham coretta scott king brown decision emmitt till thomas dewey montgomery bus boycott rosa parks mahatma gandhi pope leo xiii reinhold neibuhr social justice gospel harriet jacobs fearing god law king george vi iron cross operation torch enigma code d-day invasion of normandy invasion of north africa republican nationalist operation fortitude persistence alaric juan pujol garcia spy espionage garbo hildegard of bingen tourette’s syndrome parkinson’s disease strokes amnesia tumors cerebral cortex free will phineas gage annapolis naval academy chalk river laboratories diesel submarines plains high school hookworm rosalyn carter lillian carter earl carter leonid brezhnev kim il sung panama canal treaty salt ii white house bill clinton gerald ford global health camp david peace accords camp david rwanda idi amin deng xiaoping playboy interview us navy cheap grace pertinax septimus severus gladiator bush v gore john eastman electoral count act of 1887 compromise of 1877 samuel tilden william rehnquist rutherford b hayes google scholar first law of robotics driverless cars automated automobiles deep fakes facial-recognition robots drones intellisense github copilot grammarly google bard google chatgpt chatbots wikipedia artificial intelligence ai medieval history excommunication 95 theses german peasants' revolt german peasants revolt david cassidy burgess meredith perry como bruce willis vincent van gogh parable of the good samaritan sundowning dementia caregiver’s survival learning to speak alzheimer’s lou gehrig’s disease als trojan horse andromache hector trojans easter pascha pascha homily cholesterol triglycerides dash diet anthony mcguckin clearchus pharnabazus battle of cunaxa artaxerxes greo-persian wars lives of eminent philosophers democritus prometheus vespasian tacitus tertullian domitian parthia anthony birley cassius dio lucius veras roman emperors cleopatra marc antony octavian elizabeth taylor nerva julius caesar roman roads ancient farming social classes aqueducts ordinary life ccd class divorce support evolution triremes judah leo the great chattel slaves american indian hippolytus of rome clement of alexandria pre-socratic philosophy constantine st neilos religious freedom liar kingdom of god grace lars thunberg maximus the confessor maximus memory long term memory short term memory travelers to unimaginable land yasmin aga khan western tradition jail diversion miami-dade police steve leifman substance abuse cit crisis intervention training police alzheimer's christian love romantic love euphrates river armenia black sea greek lives thermopylae astyages cambyses assyria hunting barack obama subprime mortgages redlining great migration reparations norman rockwell affirmative action juneteenth enuma elis pentecost ex-nihilo creation word of god neurological diseases degenerative neurological dise country music alzheimers disease cataracts kim campbell ghost on the canvas habeas corpus marjorie taylor greene public debt january 6th riot debt ceiling kevin mccarthy blessings life of st francis pope innocent iii little office of the passion canticle of the sun renaissance philologists brother giles golden sayings of brother gile francis of assisi prayer of st francis missouri compromise cornerstone speech alexander stephens brain scans guardianship guardian legal guardian remembrance of wrongs moneychangers conversion constantine the great st jerome remembrance of death joy making mourning despondency parapet david roman stoics best friends vulgate predestination russo-turkish war eastern orthodox euboea greeks peter the great turks rice pilaf mecca hajj ottoman empire john the russian immortality heavenly chariot parable of the great banquet pagan gods jupiter paganism infant mortality rate pelagius original sin shame culture greed is good lot and abraham sodom and gomorrah nephilim book of proverbs proverbs works and days geppetto land of the boobies candlewick village of industrious bees dogfish blue fairy disney jordan peterson ancient world prostitutes robbers witches magic city of god apuleius amoris laetitia zaccheus james martin lgbt humility brothers karamazov dostoyevsky discernment jesus and the little children monasticism\ epicureanism indulgences middle ages thomas more praise of folly the praise of folly erasmus insurrection pickett’s charge white league new orleans president grant general longstreet james longstreet us congress enforcement act sident grant sirach naboth daniel hesychasm enlightenment nicodemus the hagiorite talented tenth andrew carnegie howard taft my larger education lot’s wife rich young man pilgrimage exile detachment ratzinger report patristic method vatican i sex abuse scandal pedophile priests congregation for the doctrine cdf joseph ratzinger bonaventure marxism finland winter war anne applebaum david frum volodymyr zelensky putin vladimir putin zelensky ukraine parable of the unjust judge widow’s mite jacob and rachel 153 texts on prayer texts on watchfulness mystical contemplative prayer cappadocian church father selflessness selfishness kallistos ware on asceticism and stillness jeremiah zechariah cornelius john calvin phillip melanchthon będę cyril ordinance of nullification ulysses grant free soil party whig party revolutions of 1848 marcel lefebvre alfredo ottaviani pope paul vi declaration on religious freed the pope and mussolini bull moose party museum of natural history rough rider spanish-american war taft william mckinley henry pringle roosevelt trojan wars mount taygetus life of lycurgus cardinal lefebvre john wesley franz von papen angelo roncalli pastoral anathema patristic tradition ex cathedra papal infallibility kwame nkrumah colonialism pan-african movement socialism scottsboro boys’ trial african-american history marcus garvey sociology john roberts miscarriages atlanta exposition thomas sowell talented tenth movement university of pennsylvania fisk university university of berlin nina gomer tuskegee harvard goebbels weizsacker ernst von weizsäcker rome battle of stalingrad operation barbarossa buchenwald joachim von ribbentrop ribbentrop beer hall putsch q-anon night of the long knives psychoanalysis freud frankl pro-catholic france collaborators anti-semitic barmen agreement reich concordat communists positive christianity pausanias peloponnese messenian wars battle of thermopylae greco persian wars helots laudato si compassion neo-liberalism death penalty fratelli tutti kagan breyer dobbs psalm 42 janitor psalm psalm 84 church hebrews victorinus franklin delano roosevelt vagrancy laws involuntary servitude liberia episcopalians crummel cotton diotima xanthippe socratic dialogues battle of arginusae theramenes 30 tyrants bible stories gehazi washing in the jordan cyclops caesarius of arles jordan river naaman bible story prophet living wage onesimus philemon new deal manicheism que sera sera christopher robin parable of the rich man tao of pooh winnie-the-pooh pooh piglet eeyore acts of thomas thomas st thomas socrates] greco-persian war king agis jf bury carthage athens vs spa biblical commentaries western church fathers torah commentaries divine liturgy cloud of unknowing supreme cause asceticism confession spiritual envy pride capital sins naboth’s vineyard ahab st teresa of avila trireme pleistoanax gylippus argos monophysite vladimir lossky hermes dung beetle scarab rubens phidias delphi sphacteria battle of potidaea oracle of delphi history of peloponnesian war pylos sparta v athens revolt of mytilene melian dialogue melos history of the peloponnesian w mytilene orval faubus march in selma freedom bus riders bloody sunday rodney king central park jogger little rock nine melba beale emmet till red summer plessy v. ferguson ostracism battle of platea battle of salamis battle of marathon aristides the just thalassios brevard childs noah’s drunkenness gossip gregory palamas megarian decree potidaea megara thirty-year peace aspasia trojan war jb bury guard reputation chris rock talkativeness scriptures nazi morality scripture vs tradition liturgy latin mass ressourcement aggiornamento nostra aetate gaudium et spes chancellorsville picket’s charge shiloh general sherman gettysburg appomattox battle of shiloh anaconda plan general grant allegory patristic exegesis scripture alone fundamentalism gaudete et exultate feminist theology liberation theology dead sea scrolls east st louis race riots gator baiting black enfranchisement penitential psalm psalm 51 zelenskyy prodigal son perseverance slave narratives new york city draft riots george mcclellan robert f kennedy unjust law nonviolent protest final solution adolph eichmann banality of evil harriet beecher stowe self-esteem listlessness dejection unchastity gluttony st john cassian edgar goodspeed post-nicene church fathers nicene church fathers ante-nicene church fathers parable of rich man adam and christ esau and jacob temptations of christ road to emmaus sarah and hagar jonah allegorical interpretation st irenaeus of lyon apostolic succession recapitulation valentinus against heresies church father doctor of the church on heresies slave hunters life and times of frederick douglass ecumenical councils papal history popes avery dulles formerly cardinal ratzinger reform council aspirin wild beasts lions athenian democracy trial by jury jury trials ancient slavery ancient infant mortality ancient athens ariadne minos king minos minotaur attica plutarch’s lives king theseus commentary torah study draconian laws greek dark ages dark ages judicial system jury trial hippias peisistratus cleisthenes solon draco william mounce hans-friedrich mueller verb conjugation noun declension hebrew latin greek biblical hebrew classical latin koine greek attic greek sarah laughing birthright society of pope pius x sppx lefebvre freedom of religion pacem in terris lady vice lady virtue trial and execution of socrates no righteousness by works mark the ascetic judith council of jamnia epistles of clement to the corinthians new testament canon old testament canon deutero-canonical congress of vienna napoleon french revolution jansenists spiritual exercises retreat ministry catholic colleges catholic education pope paul iii francis xavier jesuit order ignatius loyola jesuit romans magnesians ephesians persecution of christians bishop smyrna philippians holy scripture catholics tradition in scripture divine revelation scripture v tradition tradition v scripture scripture nuremburg race laws jewish race laws king saul abraham and sarah sarah and abraham hesychios of sinai hesychios of jerusalem on watchfulness and holiness st hesychios augsburg confession fox news baal republicans pass of thermopylae kleos the persians know thyself darius the great tomyris gyges the 1619 project moralia in job gregory the great gaudium et spec purification of the heart st ephrem the syrian gi bill gary rendsburg q sayings jepd theory jepd hypothesis luke timothy johnson eternally begotten jesus of faith arian heresy arianism jesus seminar real jesus isaiah 58 way of darkness way of light tablets of the law law of moses herodías salome herod empress eudoxia eudoxia julian adversos judaeos against the judaizers robert wilken patristics ahab and jezebel king ahab vince lombardi hunger and thirst parable of the wise and foolish builders meek blessed are the meek blessed are the poor africa autobiography of nelson mandela cape town nationalist party boers arthur holmes walter kaufmann aa long utilitarianism cyrenian epicureans lucretius aristippus hindenburg papen my struggle germany last judgement ascension resurrection theotokos virgin mary god almighty resurrection of the body apostles creed creed pelagianism martha and mary cardinal jorge bergoglio immigrants catholic media on the call to holiness christianity explained monastic life good habits guarding our hearts guarding our virtues self discipline philokalia st john karpathos pollsmoor prison victor verster prison robben island prison black nationalism treason trial 1948 south africa election zulu xhosa boer corinthians apostolic chuirch father apostolic father st clement of rome st clement clement of rome apostoiic church fathers teachings of twelve apostles dynamics gp bank reconciliation dynamics gp rm dynamics gp pm dynnamics gp pop microsoft dynamics gp dynamics gp purchase order return dynamics gp eft dynamics gp cash dynamics gp accounts receivable dynamics gp accounts payable reconile to gp in great plains reconcile to gl pop rni rm hatb pm hatb hatb great plains software microsoft great plains great plains dynamics gp satan 1 corinthians 13 love is not jealous love is patient nausicaa poseidon cyclopes sirens circe telemachas greek myth penélope tolton priesthood father tolton fear god simplicity guilessness guile origen twelve commandments pastor of hermas early christianity rabbis the book of legends mishnah love your neighbor cappadocia st basil the great st basil basil mandan tales of the northwest nepsis hesychia athos markarios st nikodimos on christian teaching on christian doctrine holy scriptures bible interpretation roman philosophy good emperors education georgia hipparchia diogenes laertius crates antisthens hyde amendment norma mccorvey southern baptist lateran accords benito mussolini italy general franco st diadochos diadochos darlan laval petain euthyphro life of st anthony st catherines monastery climacus st gregory of palamas st thalassios coveotousness tenth commandment dachau mans search for meaning john o'malley counter reformation counterreformation life of frederick douglass civil rigthts pope bendict right to vote justice harlan john marshall harlan harlan foner 15th amendment passover book of hosea diogenese of sinope rape of dinah new covenant circumcision moralia scott peck parable of ten virgins martyrs resurrection of the dead eucharist antonius pius apology to the emperor ruth racial reconciliation coach mccartney bill mccartney promise keepers promisekeepers justification kung st john karpathos st isaiah the anchorite st isaiah the solitary st isaiah virtuous life secret societies conspiracy theories african american history