Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world including the School of Alexandria. Christian theology in a sophisticated sense developed along with the foundation and growth of the...
Dr. William Marra offers a respectful and insightful analysis. The Charismatic movement is a well-meaning yet dangerous response to a real need in the Catholic Church. A good and wise...
A “bestseller” Catholic author, Mr. Michael S. Rose, describes the modernist manipulation within the Church since Vatican II.
...Dr. Roberto Herrera lectures on the Spanish dictator Franco. How can the Spanish Civil War be really called a crusade? Franco was following in the footsteps of Pelayo, in defiance...
Dr. John Rao treats here of the roots of Arianism, its rather simple basic beliefs, and its expansion in the wake of the Council of Nicaea through till the victory...
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...
In this lecture, Dr. John Rao examines the genesis, specifics, and significance of the Syllabus. Its defenders and opponents in the Catholic world, such as La Civilta Cattolica, are treated...
Dr. Jeffrey Bond begins with an assault on the reductionism of Karl Marx. Again, his approach is one that emphasizes not only the anti-Christian character of Marxism, but also its...
An exaggerated emphasis upon “human studies” could, however, lead to another form of illegitimate adulation of the ancient world, both pagan and Christian. It could also ensure an overestimate of...
Fr. Richard Munkelt describes the Enlightenment’s reinterpretation of Natural Law. The Enlightenment insisted that it was simply concerned with what is “natural”. But how do you determine what is a...
Dr. John Rao says that in order to understand modern Holy War, it is essential to grasp the continued divisions and complexity of the modern Islamic world. One of the...
Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro tells of “The Black Legends” which accuse Spain and the Church of bringing untold evils of the New World and its Indian inhabitants. Monsignor Barreiro examines this...
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. David Allen White introduces Medieval drama, explaining its various forms, its historical development from tropes inserted within the Mass to full-scale stage plays, and its purpose as an entertaining...
In his final lecture Dr. William Marra wraps up his series by offering an overall view of Confessions and Saint Augustine’s general influence on important Christian thinkers, most especially Saint...
With the collapse of Soviet Communism the socialist idea has not disappeared and perhaps has not even been weakened. The environmentalists, for example, who strive after a natural utopia stripped...
Dr. David Allen White richly analyzes Dante’s Divine Comedy.In Part II, Dr. White richly analyzes the Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso in light of Catholic thought. Taken from: Christianity...
Dr. William Marra speaks about God as known by Faith and Reason. The High Middle Ages provided the background for a variety of attempts to prove the existence of God...
Pius XI spoke of the Roman School’s program as the construction of a New Christendom. This faced many secular obstacles in the form of Marxism-Leninism, Fascism, Nazism, and the continued...
Dr. John Rao explains that Protestant preachers obsessed with charismatic presentations of the inner meaning of the written Word were part of the anti-theology and anti-philosophy movement that began in...
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