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Tag: Peter Kreeft (3 entries)

Deep Beauty

· 30 May 2008 | 211 words

I've been listening (and re-listening) to some of Peter Kreeft's lectures and speeches. (Free to download in mp3 format.) A basic theme that runs through many of his talks (and books) is that every person seeks truth, goodness, and beauty...

Antidotes to Sin

· 28 July 2007 | 202 words

In Back to Virtue, Peter Kreeft links the virtues of the Beatitudes with the vices of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Beatitudes are the antidote to the Seven Deadly Sins, leading to life, not to death. Pride vs. Poverty of...

A String of Pearls

· 28 July 2007 | 358 words

The Beatitudes are linked together. They do not stand separately. The poor in spirit, those detached from the desire for worldly goods, must necessarily also be the pure in heart, since their heart is not split and set on many...