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Catholic Wisdom for the 21st Century . . . from the 13th! Locked away in enormous Latin tomes, unappreciated and unused, some of the greatest works in the history of Catholic philosophy and theology have been collecting dust in university libraries throughout the world for almost half a century now. Yet these works, written by St. Albert the Great, St. Thomas Aquinas, and their disciples over the course of several centuries, display a level of clarity, thoroughness, and profundity that is without equal. They consistently amaze the reader with their detailed and timeless treatments of such perennially important topics as the existence of God, the immortality of the human soul, the nature of the Church, and the theology of the sacraments. And at times they even directly address – and refute – the flawed philosophical and theological assumptions and arguments that are wreaking havoc both in academia and in the general public mind today. Why, then, despite their self-evident value, have these treasures of wisdom been almost completely ignored and, indeed, forgotten by the philosophers and theologians of our day? There are fundamentally two reasons: • First, many theologians and philosophers today are simply unable to read Latin! Thus, the works in question are inaccessible to them. • Second, many contemporary thinkers harbor an unfounded prejudice against the traditional scholastic theology and philosophy of the Catholic Church. As a result, they scorn the very notion of spending time with the texts and ideas that constitute the Catholic tradition. The primary mission of the St. Albert the Great Project for a New Scholastic Century is to remove both of these obstacles to a reclamation of the lost Catholic wisdom of the last several centuries. The Project aims to accomplish this by . . . • providing scholarly translations of Latin texts that have never before been available in English, and • publishing and speaking in both scholarly and popular fora in order to restore respect for traditional Catholic theology and philosophy. The St. Albert the Great Project needs your help! Please click here in order to contribute to this important endeavor. All material on this website is copyright ©2006, The St. Albert the Great Project for a New Scholastic Century. All rights reserved. Email: mkent@stalbertproject.org |