Posted on 07/18/2011 7:23:46 PM PDT by markomalley
Christendom is one of the 2 or 3 colleges in the US that takes ZERO federal dollars...including grants or federal student loans.
Sort of like that one place Levin advertises about on his show all the time.
requiescat in pace
RIP ping
My oldest son starts at Christendom in one month. I was hoping he would get to meet Dr. Carroll.
Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine,
et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
Requiéscant in pace. Amen.
Thanks!
One of several pioneers wh founded an orthodox Catholic college at a time when many of the formerly Catholic colleges were rotting.
A had a history teacher who I think was much like him. Not a Catholic, but his course in Ancient History changed my life.
Requiescat in pace.
A truly rare man!
A great man - may God bless him and his family. I just bought one of Dr. Carroll’s books...a truly original historian.
I used to correspond with him back in the early nineties.
He was very candid in his opinions, and had such a brilliant mind. Rest in Peace, Dr. Carroll.
Carroll published a bi-weekly newsletter on philosophy and politics for a few years in the ‘60s. I was a subscriber and enjoyed his commentary. His conversion to Catholicism must have been later since religion wasn’t mentioned at all.
Wow and R.I.P.
RIP
His Volume I - The Founding of Christendom is really brilliant. I think everyone, Catholic or not, should definitely read it. I also really enjoyed his book The Last Crusade, which tells the truth about the Spanish Civil War.
Warren Carroll RIP
These schools need all the support they can muster. They offer excellent educations and financial aid as much as they can, without any connection to the gubmint. That alone makes them worth a few bucks if you have them.
A great man and a very good school.
RIP.
And if the student goes on to take religious vows including the vow of poverty, Christendom will forgive their loans. (I doubt Hillsdale and Grove City offer that ;-)
bttt
In the short space of that car ride, we got into an engrossing conversation. He imbued me with the idea that "History is the arena for the working of Divine Providence." I have always thought that History looks more like "One Damned Thing After Another," so Carroll's perspective challenged, and challenges me.
Second, the topic of the bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki came up, and Carroll said very simply and firmly: "These were acts of murder. I have always taught that."
I later devoured his 6 volume series "A History of Christendom." Right now it's on loan to one of my RCIA students, who says it's by far the greatest history he's ever read. (I'm selfish, OK, so I want to get it back!)
Warren Carroll was a man of such strength, vision, and courage. I was saddened, taken aback to hear of his death. But I know he has gone to that King, Lord, and Tremendous Friend whom he loved and served with a powerful mind and a warrior's heart.
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