To Be Steeped in History

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Newman said “To be steeped in history is to cease to be Protestant.” That’s another way of saying that to be steeped in history is to be Catholic. But maybe more than that to be steeped in history is to cease to be an unbeliever of any stripe. But to become steeped in history means diverging from pre-conceptions and taking the leap to inquiry. There is a lot to look at and to absorb.

Published by djinnfromthebronx

Decades ago, I moved to Los Angeles, California where the weather was more fair, ready to be a lawyer for which I had trained, but hoping to become a writer or radio broadcaster in which I had dabbled in college. The law and a steady income were more practical, but the tug of pure creativity never diminished. Another tug--of the soul--brought me back to my Catholic faith. Time passed with its inexorable determination. An opportunity presented itself to combine my experience of my reversion to faith with my creative side--a podcast called "Ordinary Old Catholic Me".

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