History of Western Civilization

The Christian Roman Empire of the 300’s and early 400’s ultimately split into three parts that ruled from Constantinople, from the confused Germanic dominated West, and from underneath the dominion...

Dr. James Hitchcock speaks about the Council of Trent and confronting the Reformation. The Reformation was one of the worst ruptures to threaten to Catholic Church. Whole populations were drifting...

Dr. John Rao discusses the Lombards, Persians, Moslems and Rome. The situation of the Empire was worsened due to invasions by the Lombards in Italy and the Persians and Arab...

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 condemnation of Galileo. Dr. John Rao, who has his doctorate in Church History, gives the factual basis for the Galileo issue.

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Dr. Ronald McArthur, a founder and President Emeritus of Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California, gives an urgently needed prescription for the Restoration of true Catholic Learning. He discusses...

A reflection by Father John Perricone on how so many suffered for Our Lord and the true Faith in the bloodiest century known to man.

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The Council of Chalcedon of 451 and Pope Leo the Great’s “Tome” defining Christ as one Divine Person with two natures, human and divine, unleashed the long-lasting, heretical Monophysite Movement....

Dr. John Rao discusses the recognition of the need to rebuild political, religious, and social order out of the feudal chaos of the late 800’s and 900’s. This rebuilding would...

Pius IX now saw that liberal, democratic, and nationalist governments could be even more anti-Catholic than traditionally regalist ones. For all forms of governments engaged in anti-Catholic activities, the Pope’s...

Holy Roman Emperors like Frederick II, the Kings of France and England, and even some noblemen saw themselves as having religious responsibilities in the political realm. When this was combined...

Dr. Jeffrey Bond discusses the city and political authority. He describes community life as a means to attain virtue and as a path to God. Dr. Bond continues with particular...

Dr. John Rao describes the maturation of the idea of Crusading. This process of maturation is shown to have taken hundreds of years, from the 600’s through the 1000’s. Maturation...

Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro speaks of the Capuchin’s work in inspiring Austria to resist the Moslems at the time of the great Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683. Besides being a...

Fr. Paul Crane discusses issues that have arisen in the Church. In this first of this two-part series, Fr. Paul Crane, S.J., argues that certain problems in the Church have...

In this 8th part of Dr. Marra’s lecture series we are offered a deep and philosophical study of the Old Testament. Dr. Marra explains Saint Augustine’s interpretation of Genesis, and...

Father Edmund Waldstein (doctoral candidate and professor at Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule, Austria) examines how in ancient times and throughout most of the history of Catholic philosophy, happiness was seen to be...

Father Robert Burns, in this excellent study of Marxism, the supposed “champion of man” shows it’s contrast to true justice as taught by the Church. “The Battle For The Faith”...

Pope Saint Pius X (1903 A.D. – 1914 A.D.) “Our Glorious Popes” is a ten-part series. Listening to Our Glorious Popes will refresh your appreciation of grace in the lives...

Mr. Michael Davies speaks about how England lost the Faith under Elizabeth I. The Tudor Queen Mary restored Catholicism after the Calvinizing period under Edward. She did not live long...