INSTRUCTOR – Ms. Sue Miller

Course Price: $50.00

All classes meet at the Kolbe House of Studies: 4302 57th Street, Lubbock, Texas

The Catholic Kings of Christendom
Study how Catholic kings established Christian commonwealths following the collapse of Rome. Examine their encounters with paganism, establishment of Christian schools and legal judgments, which gave shape to the moral, economic, social, and political fabric of Europe built on the principles of justice and charity.

Kolbe’s Greatest Books Volume 73

The Federalist Papers were written by James Madison (The “Father of the Constitution), Alexander Hamilton and John Jay over a period of 10 months between October 1787 to August 1788.  They were written to involve citizens of the young republic in political discussion intended to promote support for and, ratification of, the new United States Constitution. As such, they are filed with brilliant arguments, trenchant insight and invaluable information relative to the formation of government.

Some of the more important articles include Federalist No. 10 in which Madison presents the idea of the Union as a safeguard against domestic faction and insurrection. In Federalist No. 39 he provides us with one of the most organized and well presented statements about federalism ever coined by a political theorist. Likewise, in Federalist No. 51 he summarizes the main arguments for a system of checks and balances necessary to compensate for the disregarded check of the church on state as was prevalent in Christendom. In Federalist No. 78 Hamilton establishes the concept of “judicial review” In Federalist No. 84 he dispenses with arguments advocating the necessary inclusion of a Bill of Rights.

KOLBE’S REATEST BOOKS IN LITERATURE:
G. K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy & Heretics

“One of the most respected G.K. Chesterton scholars in the world, Dale Ahlquist is President of the American Chesterton Society, and publisher of its flagship publication, GILBERT.

Dale is also the creator and host of the popular EWTN series The Apostle of Common Sense, and he is the author of three Chesterton books including G.K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense, Common Sense 101: Lessons from G.K. Chesterton and The Complete Thinker.

His books deliver Chestertonian perspectives on such topics as faith, education, love, and marriage, and unpack the wisdom of Chesterton while explaining why modern man has lost his ability to think clearly. He has also edited eight books of Chesterton’s writings” (chesterton.org).

THE GREATEST BOOKS DISCUSSION SERIES

Course Description:  This series represents a collection of all the Greatest Books Video discussions (Goethe, Chesterton, Saint Teresa, Dostoevsky, Plato and Saint Louis Marie de Montfort hosted by Dr. David Marzak and internationally known guests of the Greatest Books.

THE GREATEST BOOKS IN PHILOSOPHY