Tradition Magazine, Issue Eight: Pride
Part Two: Effects of Pride
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The Beginning of Sin: Sirach 10:6–27
About the text: The Book of Sirach is one of those wonderful books filled with wisdom but that is unfortunately left out of many Bibles. Even in most Catholic Bibles, the present passage lacks a great deal. Here we draw from the Douay-Rheims, which is based on the Greek text, so as to delight in the full passage on pride, the turning from God, which is …
Pride Goeth before the Fall
About the text: One of the most famous works produced by St. Augustine (354–430) was written over a decade and a half in response to accusations that the sack of Rome by Alaric the Goth in 410 was due to the impiety of Christians. While the first half of the work focuses on responding to the accusations of the pagans, the second half transitions to an e…
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector: Luke 18:9–17
About the text: In this parable, Jesus exalts the tax collector because he recognises his own unworthiness, does not see himself fit even to raise his eyes to heaven, and appeals to God’s mercy. In contrast, the just Pharisee thanks God for his righteousness, boasts of it, and looks down on the repentant tax collector. The moral is to be like the humble…
The Prayer of Faith: Sermon 115
About the text: St. Augustine is remembered in part for his numerous sermons, some of which may have taken as long as two hours to preach—remember that next time you have to sit through a particularly long homily. Other of his sermons are incredibly short. In this brief but punchy sermon, Augustine admonishes the faithful to pray with humility, for the …
Righteous Sin: Sermon 120
About the Text: St. Cyril (376–444) was the Patriarch of Alexandria in the fifth century who notably defended the hypostatic union—the doctrine that Jesus Christ is a divine Person with a human nature—against Nestorius of Constantinople. In this sermon St. Cyril reminds the listener that one’s righteousness brings with it the danger of pride, such that …
Pride and Humility According to Dante’s Purgatorio
About the Author: Mike Schramm lives with his wife and seven children in southeastern Minnesota, where he teaches theology and philosophy. His writing can be found at https://substack.com/@mikeschramm.
The Valley of the Proud
About the text: Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321) was the first to write extensively in an Italian dialect and is therefore considered the father of Italian literature and a precursor of the Italian Renaissance. Deeply indebted to his early contemporary Thomas Aquinas both philosophically and theologically, Dante’s