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Ron Gaudio's blogpost on Pythagoras and his lasting influence on Western Civilization

Ron Gaudio's blogpost on Pythagoras and his lasting influence on Western Civilization

For Pythagoras and many other Greek philosophers, the beauty of the cosmos reflected not only a harmonious order but divinity itself. That is why they were also a community that worshipped. Pythagoras’s legacy reached even to the United States, being responsible for the architectural beauty of Monticello, Harvard Hall, and the Capitol Building.

Painting the Nude: The Theology of the Body and Representation of Man in Christian Art

Painting the Nude: The Theology of the Body and Representation of Man in Christian Art

In this book, Clayton provides us with a synthesis that places all within the context of the greater tradition of Catholic thinking on these topics and shows how, far from being a radical departure from it, the Theology of the Body is reinforcing a traditionally Christian and conservative approach to the nude in art. - Deacon Keith Fournier