Popes, bishops, monks, and secular clergy all fell prey to simony and barbarism by the late 800’s, to a large degree due to the failure of the attempt to restore...
Such early nineteenth century circles, which concerned themselves with theological, philosophical, spiritual/mystical, historical, catechetical, liturgical, literary, missionary, and political and social issues are discussed here by Dr. John Rao in...
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...
The movement called Humanism reintroduced a love for literature, history, the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, Plato, and the Bible into Catholic Christendom. These “human” as opposed to “divine” studies...
Dr. John Rao discusses theological methodology, including whether it was influenced by Descartes and Newton, in the 1600s and 1700s. Another source of debate regarding teaching in the 1600’s and...
Dr. John Rao says that threats to Christian security very much increased with the Ottoman victory over Byzantium. Dr. Rao describes the Ottoman advance, which continued, seemingly unabated, into Africa...
Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro explains how the Inquisition is one of the main targets of the promoters of the Black Legends. Monsignor Barreiro discusses the reasons for the Inquisition, the distinctions...
Mr. Michael Davies gives the history of the Anglican Ordinal. He discusses in detail the Anglican Ordinal from the time of Thomas Cranmer to Leo XIII. Even though prominent Catholic...
Dr. David Allen White analyses the person and poetry of Petrarch, who arguably introduced the literary forms of the High Middle Ages in the 14th century, specifically the sonnet. Petrarch...
In this lecture Dr. WIlliam Marra continues his study of the topics he began in his last lecture. Saint Augustine raises questions about bodily motion in relation to time and...
Christopher Ferrara, esq, explains that conservatives must find the courage to confront questions of justice rather than run away from them. America’s judicial conservatives continue to appeal to the will...
Pope Boniface VIII (1294 A.D.- 1303 A.D.) “Our Glorious Popes” is a ten-part series. Listening to Our Glorious Popes will refresh your appreciation of grace in the lives of men...
Mr. Michael Davies speaks about the Bishop and martyr, St. John Fisher. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and the heroic defender of the Papacy under King Henry VIII, was the...
Dr. John Rao shows that Pope Leo XIII to begin with, and Pius X much more so, had to find a way to separate what was merely modern and innovative...
Michael Davies describes the election of Pius VII, the signing of the concordat with France and the crowning of Napoleon. Napoleon, who was both a revolutionary and a man of...
Father Richard Munkelt discusses the influence of the Enlightenment and Enlightenment rhetoric on the political life of colonial America and the early Republic. These are shown to have favored an...
Father Brian Harrison O.S. projects a vision for a new Christendom. The 18th Century enlightenment revolution rejected the premise that Christian principles must form the basis for social-political order. The...
Dr. John Rao discusses the collapse of the “Union” to the Council of Chalcedon. The highly confusing and divisive history of the Council of Ephesus seemed to reach a happy...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world including the Greco-Roman ecumene. Dr. Rao discusses the character of the Roman Empire under the so-called Principate, the form of...
Archbishop Fulton J Sheen illustrates the difference between freedom and license, by demonstrating the contrast between the Church and Communism and shows that our freedom is not an independence of...
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