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Religion and the Modern Mind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

Frank O'Malley
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St. Thomas knew that the voices of human truth must be quiet before the tremendous and wonderful sound of THE WORD. For by THE WORD men can save their own words from vacancy and death, from becoming an affliction to their fellows, a bewilderment and an embarrassment, if not a ruin, to all who heed them or expect to be guided by them. Here I shall devote myself to the necessity of the wisdom of religious knowledge for modern writers and thinkers—to be considered specifically—and to its power especially among those who have clearly submitted their talent and intelligence to the service of The Word, the service of Christ the King.

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Research Article
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The Review of Politics , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , October 1942 , pp. 489 - 507
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1942

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