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declared explicitly that the two truths, of faith and of science, can never contradict each other, 'Sacred Scripture and the natural world proceeding equally from the divine Word, the first as dictated by the Holy Spirit, the second as a very faithful executor of the commands of God', as he wrote in his letter to Father Benedetto Castelli on 21 December 1613.” This is coming from a man who was sentenced to life in prison for standing what he believed to be truth. As John Paul II writes, man…

Contract. When most people hear that word they think of a time consuming piece of paper. Instead, they should think of an agreement or something that could possibly save them hundreds of dollars. Also, they should not just think of a piece of paper. For contracts to be enforceable, they do not have to be in writing. Yes, some contracts are on paper and sometimes there are some contracts that are required to be in writing, but there is also contracts that are electronic. Most verbal contracts are…

LEGAL SERVICES If you do not have an estate plan, never fear, the legal system is prepared to dispose of your property after you die. Every state has a default plan in place for this exact situation. But the default plan for the distribution of your assets involves a long court process, unavoidable tax consequences, and a high probability it will not be handled according to your wishes. Avoid the default system by putting an estate plan in place now so your family isn’t forced to watch…

Henry Massie Rector was the state’s sixth governor. He was part of Arkansas’s political dynasty during the antebellum period, but he was not always comfortable in that role and played a part in its downfall. Henry Rector was born on May 1, 1816, at Fontaine’s Ferry near Louisville, Kentucky, to Elias Rector and Fannie Bardell Thurston. He was the only one of their children to survive to maturity. Elias Rector, one of the numerous Rectors who worked as deputy surveyors under William Rector, the…

Clavin also published his monumental book--Institutes of the Christian Religion to promote his ideas. He has a rare ability to make his views clear, powerful and demonstrate convincing explanation to everyone. John Calvin is also a legislator and executor of discipline. He is the founder of the new order of the Church which unites the Protestant church. On one hand, it allowed Protestant church to have ability and power to compete with Roman Catholic Church. On the other hand, it prevented…

In many movies the audience can fairly rely on everything they are seeing. The audience is usually the first to know something important, sometimes even before some of the characters do. Though in The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson, we can only rely on everything the narrator is telling us. In the first couple of minutes of the film, the audience is transported into a frame narrative otherwise known as a story within a story. This entire film is based off of the memory of a man…

widows were treated very differently. They had many more advantages than married woman in the colonies. Unmarried woman had the right to live anywhere they wanted. As long as they remained unmarried, women could write wills, sue and be sued, act as executors…

This summer my husband and I are preparing for a 14-day trip that will take us to the other side of the planet. We are going to South Africa to fulfill a lifelong dream of mine, and we will be there a few weeks — alone — without our two preschool-aged children. While I’m super excited, I’ve never been away from my kids any longer than a weekend or farther than Northern California, so I’m ever so slightly nervous. It’s natural to feel some guilt about leaving kids to go on vacation, but friends…

John Lock Locke on the law of nature rests ultimately on God’s will; but reason discovers it is not distinctive; his language to suggest some kind of distinctive “summons in the hearts of all mankind” the various exponents disagree on just what the law of nature is except that it take for granted the brotherhood of man and human benevolence. In a state of nature Locke holds that all men are bound to preserve peace, preserve mankind, and abstain from hurting one another differs radically from…

Individual liberties can be arbitrarily infringed upon by those who act on behalf of the law if the sovereign deems that it is necessary to protect the public from the actions of an individual. Beccaria makes the following statement, “the sovereign’s right to punish crimes is founded; that is, upon the necessity of defending the public liberty, intrusted to his care, from the usurpation of individuals; and punishments are just in proportion as the liberty, preserved by the sovereign, is scared…