the academia christiana adventure
In 387 BC, Plato, destined for a political career, realized that the city was too corrupt to be reformed by laws. He then undertook to found the Academy: a school to reform human intelligence. It is in the continuity of the Greek philosopher, disciple of Socrates, that we wish to follow today. When institutions are blocked and sophists pervert minds, it is important to prepare for renewal by training upright minds. The reform of minds and hearts is a prerequisite for any ambitious political endeavor. Academia Christiana has been in existence for ten years. It is time to take stock of this spiritual, political, and cultural adventure. We have the impression that there is a before and an after. Far from having regained power or regenerated the Church, certain changes seem to have taken place in mentalities, at least for our generation. We had received much, we were eager to pass on. Sometimes frustrated by the failures of our family of thought, we tried to chart our own course. This may have surprised or annoyed some. It seemed crucial to us to create a new form of activism that doesn't stop at the moment of marriage, to make Catholics understand that we cannot abandon the battles that are being fought on the natural plane, to try to put an end to the petty feuds that no longer had any place. In this book, we explore these first ten years of associative and cultural work to refine with you the broad outlines of a new form of militant commitment.









