Dr. John Rao also emphasizes the Intellectual disputes which began to develop. Should the Church primarily revive a knowledge of Scholasticism or the Church Fathers? Speculative theology or positive theology?...
Dr. David Allen White discusses Goethe, the greatest of German literary figures and an enormous influence on the nineteenth century. Goethe’s Faust and the “Faustian” temptation that lies behind the...
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...
Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand describes the spiritual friendship of St. Jeanne Francois Chantel and St. Francis de Sales. The whole labor of the Catholic Reformation was one of encouraging man’s...
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...
Dr. John Rao delves deeper into the 10th Century crisis. The monastic reforms initiated by the stern Abbott Odo at the Abbey of Cluny sparked the flame that restored the...
Dr. John Rao explains that Tridentine reform involved practically every sphere of Church and social life: a reform of the Papacy, of the episcopacy and clergy as a whole; of...
Christopher A. Ferrara and Mr. Michael Davies discuss the Pontifical Biblical Commission, when it was still an authoritative body, prescribed a number of important beliefs for the Creation account of...
Monsignor William Smith tells of the danger of relativism in moral theology. Fr. Andrew Greeley’s use of surveys to decide Church teaching is forcefully refuted.
...Father Vincent Miceli, S.J. and Dr. William Marra discuss the anatomy of atheism and man’s loss of his care about his relationship with God. Faith and moral goodness keep us...
Mr. Davies describes the creation of the Crusading Orders. He explains how they are one of the most extraordinary developments of the Crusading Movement. The Crusading Order’s are the Knights...
Fr. Vincent Miceli analyzes the differences between two communities. In this lecture, Fr. Miceli uses the image of a religious order to draw a parallel between two types of communities,...
Romans is Paul’s most important letter. The theme is that justification, which makes one pleasing to God and merits eternal salvation, is available to all, both Jew and Gentile, through...
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 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. David Allen White explains the nature and importance of stories in general, as images of the act of Creation, and explores in detail the greatest of the Chansons de...
Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. speaks of Father Romano Guardini who was an orthodox defender of the dogma of the Catholic Church. He is called a prophet because of his predictions...
Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand sketches the underpinnings of Feminism.
...Mr. Michael Davies provides a critique of the Dominican reformer, Girolamo Savonarola. Heresy found fertile soil wherever the Church was corrupt. This was due to the fact that a corrupt...
Monsignor William Smith examines a new title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Pope John Paul II: Mother of Life. This title is in contraposition to the “Culture of...
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