Ever Ancient, Ever New: Ruminations on the City, the Soul, and the Church (Ernest L. Fortin: Collected Essays Book 4)

Almost single-handedly, Ernest L. Fortin resuscitated the study of political philosophy for Catholic theology. Fortin's interests were vast: the Church Fathers, Dante and Aquinas, modern rights, ecumenism. All of these are in Ever Ancient Ever New, the fourth and final volume of Fortin's collected essays. Edited by Michael Foley, the volume contains articles never before published and is for anyone wishing to continue their education from Ernest Fortin or to begin learning from him for the first time.;ERNEST L. FORTIN: COLLECTED ESSAYS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD -- THE PROPAEDEUTIC THEOLOGY OF ERNEST L. FORTIN; ABOUT THIS VOLUME; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; I -- THE EARLY CHURCH AND THE WISDOM OF THE GREEKS; 1 -- THE REBIRTH OF PATRISTIC STUDIES; WHO ARE THE CHURCH FATHERS?; THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FATHERS; THE CAUSES OF THE PATRISTIC RENEWAL; FACES OF RENEWAL; NOTES; 2 -- THE CHURCH FATHERS AND THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE; I; II; III; IV; NOTES; 3 -- THE NATURE OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE; NOTES; 4 -- THE "RHETORIC" OF THE CHURCH FATHERS. ERNEST L. FORTIN: COLLECTED ESSAYS Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents FOREWORD -- THE PROPAEDEUTIC THEOLOGY OF ERNEST L. FORTIN ABOUT THIS VOLUME ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I -- THE EARLY CHURCH AND THE WISDOM OF THE GREEKS 1 -- THE REBIRTH OF PATRISTIC STUDIES WHO ARE THE CHURCH FATHERS? THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FATHERS THE CAUSES OF THE PATRISTIC RENEWAL FACES OF RENEWAL NOTES 2 -- THE CHURCH FATHERS AND THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE I II III IV NOTES 3 -- THE NATURE OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE NOTES 4 -- THE "RHETORIC" OF THE CHURCH FATHERS. Assessments of patristic literaturepagan resistance patristic responses socratic rhetoric socratic rhetoric and patristic literature notes 5 -- saint augustine and the neoplatonic doctrine of the soul: letter 137.11 i ii iii iv notes 6 -- the city of god the critique of pagan thought the two cities augustine's moral ideal the problem of political augustinianism bibliography notes ii -- philosophical culture in the middle ages 7 -- translatio studii notes 8 -- thomas aquinas as a political thinker the recovery of aristotle's politics and its significance. Thomas' general mode of procedure: the deviations from aristotlemodern thomism and politics notes 9 -- dante and averroism evidence of averroism? the case of statius conditional conclusions notes iii -- biblical faith and modern philosophy 10 -- the new moral theology: genesis and present state preliminary considerations the development of moral theology assessing the "old" moral theology profile of the new moral theology influences on the new moral theology assessing the new moral theology notes 11 -- christianity and the enlightenment: a foreword notes. 12 -- the enlightenment and the church: the changing configurationsellis' "american catholics" komonchak's "construction of roman catholicism" gleason's contending with modernity concluding observations notes 13 -- a tocquevillian perspective on religion and the american regime the secular roots of modern liberalism christianity and the political order religion and the liberal democratic ethos liberal democracy and social justice notes 14 -- humanae vitae's silver jubilee: twenty-five years later notes. 15 -- men of letters: the little-known correspondence between leo strauss and eric voegelinlittle mysteries substantive differences voegelin's vestigial modernity conclusion notes iv -- catholic education: its past and its future 16 -- why i am not a thomist thomism in the forties and fifties the origins and nature of modern thomism the demise of neo-thomism thomism today notes 17 -- philosophy and democratic education philosophy and the few democratizing philosophy philosophy in catholic education philosophy as handmaid notes 18 -- the new catholic college the college in crisis. More than any other thinker in the twentieth century, Ernest L. Fortin, A.A. (1923-2002) resuscitated the study of political philosophy for Catholic theology. Fortin's interests and accomplishments were vast, ranging from the Church Fathers, to Dante and Aquinas, to modern rights, American democracy, and Catholic social justice. His dispassionate scholarly heft was animated by a pressing drive to understand and rise above the crises of our times, and it was applied with a gingerly and accessible touch. Consequently, Fortin's writings are among the most lucid, perceptive, and enjoyable that one will ever read. Ever Ancient Ever New is the fourth and final volume of Ernest Fortin's collected essays, compiled and edited after his death by his archivist and student Michael Foley. While it echoes the themes of the earlier three volumes-showcasing the essays that made Fortin such an authority in his field-Ever Ancient Ever New also includes articles never before published as well as articles on topics not represented in the earlier collections. Ever Ancient Ever New is indispensable for anyone wishing to continue their education in the wit and wisdom of Ernest Fortin or to begin learning from him for the first time.