Author
Michael Joseph Higgins
Michael Joseph Higgins is teacher of humanities at St. Jerome Institute in Washington, DC.
Bibliography
Articles in Communio
5 Articles
Endlessly Giving, Already Given: The Logic of Love and the Question of Delaying
Appears in Confirmation · Spring 2026 · Vol. 53, No. 1
“Love is a paradox: it is already complete from the beginning, and it continuously unfolds without end.”
The Church as Political Authority in Dignitatis humanae and Centesimus Annus
Appears in Authority · Fall 2025 · Vol. 52, No. 3
“The Church does not manage the political order directly; instead, as an authority, it proclaims the truth according to which the political order is to be managed.”
First of All Receptive: Aquinas on the Place of Relation and Receiving in Created Being
Appears in Reforming the Church · Spring 2024 · Vol. 51, No. 1
“Because I exist by being created, I am first of all receptive.”
The Family as an Image of the Trinity in Aquinas
Appears in Marriage and Family · Summer 2022 · Vol. 49, No. 2
“The imago Trinitatis still resides exclusively in the mind, yet the mind, as it were, resides in the flesh.”
Does Goodness Require Another? On an Underappreciated Corner of Aquinas’s Trinitarian Theology
Appears in Happiness Love and Friendship · Summer 2020 · Vol. 47, No. 2
“God’s supreme goodness is unique because, as uniquely perfect, it cannot be enjoyed at all without companionship.”