Monthly Archives: November 2021

Science, Religion, COVID-19 and an Unexpected Opinion

If you haven’t already, you’ll soon read about a new development in the war between science and religion. “How Covid Raised the Stakes of the War Between Faith and Science” Tish Harrison Warren, The New York Times (November 7, 2021) … Continue reading

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Old St. Peter’s, Visigoths and a Henry

St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome isn’t nearly as old as it looks. Architects in ancient Rome often covered large interior spaces with barrel vaults and semicircular arches, although they hadn’t invented either. Someone started using arches and vaults, probably in … Continue reading

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