“VERITAS” NO MORE

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 19, 2023

    THE MOTTO AT HARVARD IS “VERITAS,” OR “TRUTH.” IN THE MIDST OF THE ANTISEMETIC DEMONSTRATIONS AND PLAGIARISM SCANDALS AT HARVARD, DR. DAVID MURPHY, A FACULTY FELLOW AT THE CENTENNIAL INSTITUTE IN DENVER DID SOME RESEARCH.

        HE FOUND THE MOTTO WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED IN 1636 WAS “VERITAS CHRISTO ET ECCLESIAE” WHICH TRANSLATED MEANS “TRUTH FOR CHRIST AND THE CHURCH.”

TODAY, ONLY “VERITAS” REMAINS, THOUGH LIKE THE WORD “WOMAN” HARVARD ELITES PROBABLY COULDN’T DEFINE TRUTH.

AS LATE AS THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, HARVARD PRESIDENT NATHAN PUSEY SAID THE LEAST THAT SHOULD BE EXPECTED OF A HARVARD GRADUATE IS THAT HE BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF GOD WITHOUT EMBARRASSMENT. NOW GOD APPEARS TO BE AN EMBARRASSMENT. THEY’VE COME A LONG WAY AT HARVARD AND IT’S THE WRONG WAY.

    DR. MURPHY NOTES THAT LUKE IS TEACHING A MAN THEOPHOLOUS ABOUT THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, USING THE TESTIMONIES OF MANY WITNESSES. READ THE ENTIRE PIECE IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES.

    THE TEACHING OF TRUTH ABOUT CHRIST AND MUCH ELSE AT HARVARD AND MANY OTHER UNIVERSITIES FOUNDED ON THE GOSPEL IS LONG GONE. THAT’S WHY THESE SCHOOLS ARE IN TROUBLE. I’M CAL THOMAS.

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Cal Thomas is America's most widely syndicated newspaper columnist. He has worked for NBCV News, KPRC-TV in Houston and Fox News. 2024 marks his 40th year as a columnist.