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...
Dr. John Rao explains how Regalism claimed control over many aspects of religious life in the 16th and 17th centuries. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed a further growth in...
Dr. John Rao explains that the monks of Cluny aided the maturation process enormously, teaching rough soldiers how they could use their military skills for acceptable purposes. The Pilgrimage to...
Mr. Michael Davies says John Fisher, perhaps the most neglected Saint of the Reformation era, should be juxtaposed to Martin Luther. Fisher wrote the most erudite refutation of Luther’s heresies....
Fr. George Rutler analyzes the contemporary crisis of civilization. Since the Protestant Revolution, culture has gradually taken a homo-centric turn. In the 20th century, men became cynical toward faith and...
Christopher Ferrara,Esq., critiques the notion that Catholic states should remain a thing of the past. He quotes Pope Leo XIII about Church-State relations and speaks on the undeniable benefits the...
In this lecture Dr. William Marra tells how Saint Augustine searched his memory for clues as to when he first knew God, concluding that not all human knowledge comes through...
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...
The East experienced a period of revival under the Macedonian Dynasty, which lasted until the middle of the 1000’s. This growth, following the end of the Iconoclast Heresy, also gave...
Recorded when Patrick Buchanan was running for President, he talks about a range of political issues, including whether the Mass of Saint Pius V would be celebrated in the White...
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...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world particularly Christian life in the 200’s A.D. What was Christian life like by the 200’s A.D.? What did Christians think...
In this excellent talk, Father Vincent Miceli, S.J., acutely demonstrates how our “Enlightened” 20th Century Moloch world is at the root of the Jonestown tragedy. He explains the causes of...
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