Our Educational Philosophy

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Our Educational Philosophy

William H. Marshner

Christendom Magazine
Christendom College
1983

The College exists to produce the one thing it promises to its students: a Catholic education. The philosophy or theory of education which guides the College, therefore, emerges in the analysis of that one thing.

Let’s start with the noun, ‘education.’ And then let’s start with a guitar. A guitar has several uses: it can be used to make money, to make merry, or to kill time: it can be used as a solo instrument or as an accompaniment, for classical repertory, flamenco, blue-grass. or rock. In all these uses the guitar is ‘”good.” because all these uses are in line with its end. in line with what it’s for. By contrast, a guitar can be used as a club, and in that use it’s not so good. A billy-club is better. Brawling departs from what a musical instrument is for. Now take this distinction between a thing’s uses and its end, and apply it to the human mind.

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Why Liberal Arts At Christendom College?

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Why Liberal Arts at Christendom College?

By W. H. MARSHNER

Christendom College
Office of Admissions
This pamphlet was published and distributed over several years at Christendom College. No exact date of publication is available.

♦ ♦ ♦ Our Educational Philosophy ♦ ♦ ♦

The College exists to produce the one thing it promises to its students: a Catholic education. The philosophy or theory of education which guides the College, therefore, emerges in the analysis of that one thing.

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The Authenticity of the New Testament

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The Authenticity of the New Testament

W. H. Marshner

REASONS FOR HOPE
© Christendom Educational Corporation 1978
Christendom College Press

In order to examine Christ as the ultimate Revelation of God, and to prepare for a consideration of his teaching, purpose and divinity, one must establish the authenticity of the documents which give us our information about his life. And when one inquires about the authenticity, historicity or reliability of the New Testament. there are at least three different fields of research about which one might be asking. These are the textual, the literary or form-critical, and the theological fields.

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