Nov 4, 2021

Etienne Gilson’s Metamorphoses of the Metropolis of God
traces the hunt of philosophers for a common human society, as
it regularly degraded from the heavenly metropolis of which Augustine
wrote to modern-day secular humanist globalism. It started with
well-intentioned medieval thinkers who had been overconfident within the
functionality of pure motive to unite the entire world within the
Catholic religion – however this led regularly to a turning away from the
rationally irreducible Christian mysteries and the particular person of Jesus
Christ.

Writing in 1952 because the European Union was starting to emerge,
Gilson additionally provided a crucial evaluation of varied makes an attempt to
outline Europe.

Peter Redpath, co-founder of the Worldwide Etienne Gilson
Society, joins the podcast to debate this newly translated
work.

Hyperlinks

The Metamorphoses of the Metropolis of God
https://www.cuapress.org/9780813233253/the-metamorphoses-of-the-city-of-god/

Aquinas College of Management https://www.aquinasschoolofleadership.com/

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