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Jesuit 101: The First Principle and Foundation: What Are Human Beings Made For?

Jesuit 101: The First Principle and Foundation: What Are Human Beings Made For?

by Josh Hinchie, SJ | Jan 7, 2022 | Jesuit 101, Series    ~ Approx. 6 mins

In a classic scene from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Scuttle the seagull tries to show Ariel how to use the “human stuff” she found in a shipwreck. He confidently explains that a fork (“dinglehopper”) is used to comb hair, while a tobacco pipe (“snarfblatt”) is a...

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