Why Classical Education Works Part 4: Christ and the Liberal Arts

Posted by veritas on Apr 6, 2015 7:37:40 AM

In my last post I talking about the Seven Liberal Arts and how they give aim and focus to a classical education. What some of you might have been thinking is, “But aren’t you a ... Read More

Discipling Teens in Two Steps

Posted by veritas on Apr 4, 2015 5:04:30 AM

This is a guest blog post from Veritas Academy Secondary Teachers, John Hayward. John is also a student at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia:

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Why Classical Education Works Part 2: Humans are not Machines

Posted by veritas on Feb 18, 2015 10:27:47 AM

“The glory of God is a man fully alive.” St. Irenaeus

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To Transfer or Not to Transfer; Principle 1

Posted by veritas on Feb 10, 2015 5:42:05 AM

This is a follow up post on transferring. Practical matters, of course, require the wise application of sound principles. This starts with asking and answering good questions. This post is aiming ... Read More

Why Classical Education Works Part 1: Just the Facts

Posted by veritas on Feb 4, 2015 10:46:26 AM

I wanted to write a series of posts on why classical education works. This series takes some things for granted and I wanted to lay those out at the beginning. Here they are:

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Life is The Comedy

Posted by veritas on Apr 24, 2014 6:04:41 AM

An alum passed along this great article on Dante from the Wall Street Journal:

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Books on iPads?

Posted by veritas on Oct 7, 2013 1:38:30 PM

Recently, I received this question from another school:

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St. Francis (Turretin)

Posted by veritas on Apr 21, 2013 9:47:03 AM

Today in Turretin's Institutes I read over a discussion of how reason is to be used in making judgment about theology. The historical example that was at the forefront of the discussion was the ... Read More

St. Francis (Turretin): Faith and Reason

Posted by veritas on Apr 15, 2013 6:34:35 PM

Here is a beautiful description of the relationship between faith and reason in the life of a believer from Turretin 1.1.9.15:

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St. Francis (Turretin): How do faith and reason fit together?

Posted by veritas on Apr 13, 2013 11:24:54 AM

Had a wonderful time reading about faith and reason this morning in Turretin (1.1.8). He carefully thinks through how reason is useful in the field of theology. He makes a very careful distinction ... Read More