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...
Mr. Michael Davies tells the riveting story of Thomas a Becket, the 12th Century Archbishop who was first the close friend and Chancellor of King Henry II of England, and...
Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. tells us about the declarations of Faith in the Eighth Article, our belief in the Holy Ghost and His role in Salvation as well as His...
Dr. Ronald McArthur examines the challenging question of Obedience and Resistance in the current ecclesial situation in the light of the timeless wisdom of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Subtitled: Applying The...
Dr. John Rao discusses the contribution of Britain and Ireland. Irish monasticism came to play an essential part in the Christianization of Anglo-Saxon Britain. But so did the influence coming...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world providing a grand tour of the early Christian world. Dr. Rao’s explanation of the wide scope and distinctions of early...
Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand presents a personal portrait of Dietrich Von Hildebrand noting that his personal heroism matches his glorious achievements in the philosophical field.
...Dr. John Rao analyzes the heresy of Americanism. Pope Leo XIII addressed the encyclical ‘Testem Benevolentiae’ to James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore in 1899. While paying lip service to the...
The supernatural has undergone a three-pronged attack; maligning of the Church, praise of natural accomplishments over supernatural, silence concerning the supernatural. The bastions of Catholicism have succumbed to these attacks,...
Dr. John Rao shows that in order for theology to grow, sources of Christian teaching had to be more clearly identified, authoritative interpreters pinpointed, and, inevitably, the value of Greek...
Irish and Benedictine monks both worked to convert Anglo-Saxon Britain. There, Dr. John Rao explains, they influenced one another and finally built the vision of a monastic life combining work,...
Differing visions of how to reorder the “pilgrimage to God” competed in the 900’s and 1000’s. Dr. John Rao discusses three of these: one that saw the problem as that...
One set of battles that was involved among the “revivalists” entailed quarrels with the governments of Europe: Orthodox, Protestant, Catholic, and Liberal. This, Dr. John Rao demonstrates, could lead to...
War in France made a return of the Papacy to Italy appealing. Italy, however, was in a disastrous and divided state. A return to Rome led to the Great Western...
Dr. David Allen White presents a sympathetic critique of the role of the theater in the life of the Christian. While clearly favorable to the union of stage and Church,...
Dr. John Rao describes the assault on the Church Universal over politics, society, education, and in internal affairs in the 17th and 18th centuries. Dr. Rao now explains that the...
Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand talks about, Thomas Merton who is, perhaps, the monk and spiritual writer most known to modern Americans. How did he become influenced by Catholicism? What was...
Dr. John Rao argues that a deep study of the late 1400’s and early 1500’s reveals many vibrant elements in Catholic theological, philosophical, mystical, and broad cultural life. Major reform...
Dr. John Rao follows up the theme discussed in the previous talks. Venice and Holland are shown to be places where politically-motivated discussions of how to tame religion and subject...
Mr. Michael Davies’ book, “Pope John’s Council,” sets Vatican II within its proper historic framework and gives the listener a clearer understanding of the activities that took place behind the...
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