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Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world providing a grand tour of the early Christian world. Christianity spread very quickly throughout the Mediterranean World. Here, Dr. John...

Dr. John Rao discusses the idea that modernity can seriously be critiqued in and of itself as opposed to being chastised merely for failure to live up to its supposedly...

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...

Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro discusses the Cristeros movement in Twentieth Century Mexico, a magnificent militant expression of popular Catholic crusading for the Faith against a persecuting secularist, liberal/Marxist Mexican government in...

Dr. John Rao, in response to questions from the audience, clarifies and expands on the three-part lecture series. Questions cover the extent of the corruption, the disputes and clashes among...

Dr. John Rao discusses the Irish monks, the Merovingians and the Carolingians. Irish monasticism emphasized the need of going into exile for Christ’s sake. They became great evangelists. One of...

Dr. John Rao discusses the Teaching Authority Problems West and East (1648-1799) Trent called for solid teaching. There remained, however, problems for identifying whence that solid teaching would come. Dr....

Another obstacle to the thirteenth century pilgrimage to God was, Dr. John Rao indicates, intellectual disunity, something that the university “think tanks” were supposed to overcome. Supporters and opponents of...

Why call a Council? What issues were meant to be tackled at this Synod? What factions contended? How did papal infallibility come to be proclaimed? What role did traditionalist and...

Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world providing a grand tour of the early Christian world. Dr. Rao’s explanation of the wide scope and distinctions of early...