Lost Cultural Foundations of Western Civilisation

"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews". (John 4:22)

Monday, May 6, 2024

Seleucid and Ptolemaïc apotheosis of ancients

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by Damien F. Mackey “The name Esagil-kini-ubba, ummânu or “royal secretary” during the reign of Nebuchednezzar I, was preserved in ...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Hebrew Bible as an Inspiration for Ancient Greek Philosophy

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by Damien F. Mackey Moreover, St. Justin Martyr had, even earlier than the above-mentioned Church Fathers, espoused the view of the...
Sunday, April 28, 2024

‘Western Civilisation’ and Enlightenment

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by Damien F. Mackey “When a reporter asked [Gandhi] what he thought of Western civilisation, he famously replied: ‘I think it would ...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

Joseph of Egypt and Pythagoras

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by Damien F. Mackey Having proposed a connection between the patriarch Joseph of Egypt and the non-historical Thales, ‘the first phil...

Re-orienting to Zion the History of Ancient Philosophy

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by Damien F. Mackey “Mount Zion, true pole of the earth …”. Psalm 48:2 “I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Gree...
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What is the Australian Marian Academy of the Immaculate Conception (AMAIC)? The Australian Marian Academy [AMA], as it was initially known, was formed in the early 1980s largely by a group of academics and teachers devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, particularly under her title of Our Lady of the Rosary (at Fatima). In May of 1988 this was the description of the Australian Marian Academy written into our Constitution (p. 19): As a recognized “aggregate of persons” [CJC Can. 115] the Academy “is a private association of Christ’s faithful striving with common effort to foster a more perfect life … and to promote Christian teaching” [Can. 298]. Its Constitution has been reviewed by the competent authority [Can. 299 §3]. It chooses to exercise its juridical personhood through an Executive of 7 members. [ Can. 115, §2].
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