In his last book, “The Wisdom of the World,” Remi Brague, a historian of philosophy who teaches at the Sorbonne, explored a part of our intellectual heritage so remote that it now seems almost ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Today’s Gospel is the second time in two weeks that we hear the words of Jesus: What you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and what you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Two weeks ago, ...

In the classic narratives of adultery, such as those of David and Bathsheba or Lancelot and Guinevere, infidelity was viewed as a profound transgression against divine law and moral order. Adultery ...

What makes a law ""divine""? What characteristics does that divinity confer on the law? How can we describe societies in which human behavior is regulated by laws characterized as divine? Why has ...

The founders reasoned that without some code or divinely proclaimed law, unalienable rights would not remain unalienable. In analyzing this situation, the founders looked to the Bible and the Ten ...

“Natural and divine law are important in the history of the Europe today,” the cardinal said. He then invited the lawyers to keep “the Law of God and Natural Law” at the center of their lives, so that ...