Audio Category: The Fittest and the Weakest

John Rao speaks of Purification as a popular theme, 1914 onwards. The first of these four talks by Dr. Rao deals with the theme of purification of the social order....

John Rao addresses the subject of Competition in the Call for Purification, 1919-1939. Unfortunately, the Catholic Church was not the only voice offering a purification message competing with that of...

John Rao discusses how Church Theory is often defeated by Church practice. Papal teaching in the interwar period theoretically confirmed the message of the nineteenth century revival movement regarding how...

John Rao talks about the Tendencies Leading to the Abandonment of The Theory of Christ the King. Many Catholics in the interwar period were in practice devoted to Liberalism, Americanism,...

Jamie Bogle talks about an Example of Social Doctrine in Practice. Salazar, an economist at the University of Coimbra, was called in by the army that took power in Portugal...

Thomas Cattoi discusses – Two Different Theories Regarding the Mystical Body of Christ. Jacques Maritain was one of the most formative figures of the interwar period, with enormous influence over...

Clemens Cavallin talks about – An Interwar Demonstration of the Postwar Problems of Ecumenism. Nathan Söderblom, the Archbishop of Uppsala in Sweden, was one of the main promoters of Christian...

Chris Ferrara talks about – The Connection of the Interwar Period with the Reign of Paul VI. G.B. Montini, the future Pope Paul VI, was influenced by a number of...

Michael Matt talks about – The Anglican Church’s Abandonment of the Moral High Ground and Rome. Despite opposition from its more believing elements, the Anglican Church very clearly began to...

David Hughes discusses – Music and the Rediscovery of the Real. This talk by David Hughes considers Stravinsky’s compositional activity just prior to and just after World I, and examines...