Dr. John Rao argues that a deep study of the late 1400’s and early 1500’s reveals many vibrant elements in Catholic theological, philosophical, mystical, and broad cultural life. Major reform...
Dr. John Rao discusses the two first great Protestant reformers. One sees in Luther’s activity the way in which Nominalist denigration of man’s ability to know objective Truth and Humanist...
Dr. John Rao explains that Luther and Zwingli’s emphasis upon Faith and Scripture alone immediately gave birth to differences of viewpoint and encouraged the growth of still more radical Protestant...
Dr. John Rao shows that Catholics, as usual, were slow in awakening to the real significance of the Protestant assault. Eck and Fisher were among the few early thinkers who...
Dr. John Rao explains that it was the Protestants who first called for a Council. He shows that papal fears of conciliarism and political battles involving Germany, France, and Spain...
Dr. John Rao explains that one major problem with the Protestants is that their own divisions became more and more permanent. These divisions were increased by the arrival of Jean...
Dr. John Rao explains that the Council of Trent met in three different sessions, each of which had its own special character. The first of these two talks by Dr....
Dr. John Rao explains that Tridentine reform involved practically every sphere of Church and social life: a reform of the Papacy, of the episcopacy and clergy as a whole; of...
Dr. John Rao follows up on the topics developed in the previous lecture, placing the emphasis upon the practical work that needed to be done by the Papacy and its...
Dr. John Rao shows that reform was not easy, even in Catholic lands. Monarchs often felt threatened in their power, Spain and Portugal preventing much papal activity in the missions...
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