Christianization and Romanization required a deeper learning in the High Middle Ages. Dr. John Rao shows that this involved studies in theology, philosophy, and law in the period from 1000-1300...
Political squabbles pitting popes against emperors, kings, princes and their supporters in the episcopacy troubled the Gregorian reform program. So did the economic ambitions of the growing cities and bourgeoisie...
Dr. John Rao explains the necessity of studying the past. In this insightful lecture, Dr. Rao looks to the Church’s past in order to better understand the crisis that we...
Dr. John Rao describes the intellect of Pope Pius IX. In this lecture, Dr. Rao presents a most enlightening and scholarly portrait of Pius IX, the total demeanor of the...
Dr. John Rao lectures on the French Revolution. In this lecture Dr. Rao lectures on the terrors of the French Revolution and its relation to the Church in France.
...Dr. John Rao regards Luther and Calvin. In this lecture Dr. John Rao discusses the sterility of the doctrines of Protestantism. He goes into detail on the negative effects their...
Dr. John Rao examines Rock music and pagan traditions. In discussing the meaning of the ‘Rock’ phenomenon, He explains not only the historical and psychological character of the ‘group,’ but...
Dr. John Rao discusses the motivations and aftereffects of the Enlightenment. In this most important presentation Dr. Rao sheds light on how the ideas ingrained by the Enlightenment–as well as...
Dr. John Rao looks back at the practices and beliefs to come out of the Enlightenment. Taking his cue from the brilliant work of the late philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand,...
Dr. John Rao begins with a discussion of the ancient rhetorical dislike of Plato and his insistence that a knowledge of truth had to precede action. The entry of the...