During his imprisonment following the Beer Hall Putsch (April 1 to December 20, 1924), Hitler began writing Mein Kampf. In it, he defended his father against accusations of antisemitism, claiming the term "Jew" signified cultural backwardness. According to Hitler, as a child, he paid no attention to the Jews of Linz, who seemed no different from...
Austria-Hungary had a significant Jewish population. In Vienna alone, approximately 200,000 Jews lived, many of whom had migrated from the eastern provinces, particularly Galicia. At that time, the antisemitic movement in Vienna was already quite vocal, spreading slanderous accusations of destructive behavior against Jews. It claimed that the...
There are two events that explain why the world is no longer as ideal as the one God created: the Fall of Man and the Flood. After the Fall, death, disease, and fear appeared.
The Flood was God's universal judgment upon mankind, which had turned evil. After forty days of rain, it destroyed all but eight people. The Flood...
Among all the forces likely to reshape the world in the next generation, demographic factors are probably the most significant. Demographic changes will relentlessly exert their influence on living standards, global politics, the natural environment, and interpersonal behavior.
Thomas Aquinas initiated the debate that is typically characterized by the concept of "nature and grace." Grace represents the higher level: the Creator God, heaven, heavenly things, the invisible world, the human soul, and unity all belong here. Nature represents the lower level: the created world, the earth and earthly things, the visible world,...
The Cistercian Order reached its peak in the 12th century. There arose a deep need for an order that would embody a balance between prayer and work, a harmony serving the welfare of both the body and the soul. The vast expansion and rapid growth of the order's influence are thanks to the activities of St. Bernard.
Cistertium was the Latin name for Citeaux, located south of Burgundy's Dijon; it was here that a new order's mother monastery was founded in 1098. The monks settled here under the leadership of their abbot, Robert, in hopes of a more solitary and stricter life. The Cistercian order's basic rule was the Carta Caritatis, which was created between...