The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but the declaration was an enormous political innovation — in it, the country ...

Adam rejected God through disobedience and lost this friendship for himself and us. This loss is original sin (Gen 3:22ff; CCC 396-399). The concept of original sin is not exclusively Catholic.

Noteworthy steps in this route, which in its original form delivered racemic viridicatumtoxin B, 97 included the alkylation of anthrone 286 under mild conditions, a step at which asymmetry could ...