Chronicles of the Crusades. Elizabeth Hallam, editor. New York. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1989. 400 pp.

The question is whether every Catholic knight is inspired by heaven? I consent to investigate this question, since I wish to learn more about the foundation of Western Civilization.

Logical Analysis

Every Catholic knight has two final causes: to work “for the salvation of his soul and for the liberation of the Church” (p. 63). In 1119 Walter, a secretary for Roger of Salerno,

The Life of St. Agnes of Montepulciano. The Saints and Servants of God. By the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. London. 1852. Pages 167-281.

Someone needs to tell the story about St. Agnes. I shall do so here. St. Agnes was noble and heroic. Her goal was to love the Lord as much as possible. Her true happiness was “to devote herself to study and to know the sovereign truths.” And her love “inflames and makes happy the inhabitants of heaven.” She modeled the expression of St. Paul who wrote, “Vivo autem, jam non ego: vivit vero in me Christus.” – “I live, now not I, but truly Christ lives in me.” (Page 281, 237, 243; Galatians 2:20)

God's Battalions. The Case for the Crusades. By Rodney Stark. New York. HarperCollins. 2009. 276 pp.

The question is whether the Catholic crusaders were “the best and the brightest of their time” (p. 139)? I accept this question, because I enjoy learning about the technology and the bravery of the crusaders.

The final cause of the crusaders was “to see and preserve the Holy Land” (p. 238). Rodney Start writes, “The Templars remained focused on their basic mission to defend the Holy Land” (p. 18). Crusaders wanted to prevent the destruction of the monuments to the Lord, such as His birth place and the place of His resurrection, and wanted to protect the pilgrims who wish to visit the monuments to the Lord. Sadly, neither the monuments nor the visitors were safe. In 1120

The Education Apocalypse. How It Happened and How to Survive It. By Glenn Harlan Reynolds. New York. Encounter Books. 2015. 125 pp.

Prudence is the ability to explore options before making an ethical decision, and the

decision of going to a school requires prudence. Mr. Reynolds has written a book to help students and parents explore options about school. I shall investigate Reynold's excellent text by contrasting a healthy theory of education with the unhealthy state of education in America today. The question is whether most schools are islands of shallowness?

The Monks of War. The Military Orders. By Desmond Seward. London. Folio Society. 2000. 338 pp.

The question is whether every Catholic medieval knight had superior power? I consent to the activity of investigating this question, because they worked for the Person Who has ultimate power: the Lord. That is why the medieval knights regularly said, “Who fights us, fights Jesus Christ” (p. 3)

Logical Analysis

The final causes of the Catholic medieval knight is two: to fight and to pray. Seward writes that knights joined a military Order “not just to fight but to pray. They saw nothing contradictory in their vocation” (p. 18). We pray for our neighbors so that they may increase their love of the Lord.

"Nostra Aetate." Vatican II. 28 October 1965. 10 pp.

The questions is whether “Nostra Aetate” is deceptive? I accept this question, since the text of “Nostra Aetate” is included in the book of Vatican II documents, and every Vatican II document seems suspicious. 

The final cause of “Nostra Aetate” is confusing. According to “Nostra Aetate,” the goal is “to promote together for the benefit of all mankind social justice and moral welfare, as well as peace and

"The World's Wisdom. By Philip Novak. New York Harper. 1994, pp. 448.

A quick review of the seven big religions in the world enables a student to conclude that Catholicism is best religions.

Hinduism (1000 B.C. India; 1 billion members) teaches that peace and happiness “cannot be reached by much thinking” (page 12) and that the feeling of the sacred “is not attained by reasoning” (17). Thus, Hinduism is anti-intellectual and cannot be logical. Ramakrishna tells a person to “disappear” (45).