Roman Catholic • Thomistic Theologian • Biblical Scholar • Classical Historian • Stoic Philosopher
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To the Romans, religio was far more than a matter of private belief or personal devotion, it was a binding force that united individuals within a framework of collective ritual, tradition, and civic responsibility – one of the integral pillars of the Mos Maiorum.
In his Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas presents a compelling argument concerning the three essential conditions that must be fulfilled in order for a war to be considered just.
Pride is considered the most dangerous of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Spartan women were fundamentally important in maintaining the Spartan city-state's military ethos.
During the first centuries of Christianity, the Apostles and their followers were forcibly excluded from their synagogues and faced systematic persecution by the Roman Empire.
Demons are fallen angels with angelic powers.
Achilles challenged Hector the Prince of Troy to single combat outside the city's walls in order to avenge the death of Patroclus.
The principle of subsidiarity maintains that social, political, and economic matters ought to be governed by the smallest and most immediate authority.
When religion is once discarded it follows of necessity that the surest foundations of the public welfare must give way, whilst God, to inflict on His enemies the punishment they so richly deserve, has left them the prey of their own evil desires, so that they give themselves up to their passions and finally wear themselves out by excess of liberty.
The literal sense of scripture concerns the meaning directly intended by the author, discerned through careful analysis of language, context, and literary form, and serves as the foundation upon which all other interpretations are built.
The Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, was founded in 1534 by St Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque nobleman and former soldier from northern Spain.
The Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates developed the idea that each individual had a particular temperament depending on their physiological composition.
The belief that everything Christians believe must be written in the Bible isn't even written in the Bible.
Centurions were unique Roman officers who commanded centuries of eighty to one hundred legionaries.
Eternal Law is the overarching order established by God's wisdom, and is the ultimate source of all other laws, as they reflect God's plan for creation.
Spartan women were fundamentally important in maintaining the Spartan city-state's military ethos. Unlike women in neighbouring city-states, Spartan women enjoyed a level of freedom and respect that was almost unparalleled in the ancient world. 
Friendships of utility are formed when people derive some benefit from each other.
Rapid expansion without effective assimilation of conquered peoples significantly contributed to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, as it struggled to integrate diverse populations, leading to political fragmentation and growing cultural divisions.
Within Christianity, a heresy is defined as a belief that contradicts established religious dogmas as proclaimed by the Church.
The principle of subsidiarity maintains that social, political, and economic matters ought to be governed by the smallest and most immediate authority.