Dr. John Rao discusses the reactions to Chalcedon and the Monophysite Movement. Monophysites were active in both Egypt and Syria. Eventually they developed a parallel hierarchy which split the Church...
Christopher Ferrara, J.D. shows that the discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics undermine the materialist, Neo-Darwinian creation myth. Now discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics undermine the materialist,...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world from Arianism to Post-Nicaean Arianism. A final discussion of Arianism concerns the work of the Emperor Constantius to replace the...
Father Vincent Miceli, S.J., says that to combat Satan, we must turn to Mary. To combat Satan, we must return to devotion to Our Lady! In this excellent talk, Father...
Father George Rutler challenges ordinary Catholics to take a passionate interest in the Church and in Theology and to cease being “asleep.”
...Father Baker speaks on the Sacrament of Marriage and the Sacred Contract of Matrimony and its role in the Church.
...Dr. John Rao explores the many divisions between Italy and the Empire. Popes were horrified at imperial attempts to negotiate with Monophysites and thereby ignore Chalcedon. Romans were outraged over...
Protestant competition, and revival of Catholic religious orders backed by the aid of clerical-lay circles in Europe and the Papacy increased missionary activity in the nineteenth century. Exploration in Africa...
Wilhelm Richard Wagner is another enormous influence on a century that excelled in musical accomplishments. He also illustrates the Faustian temptation, though often in the language of redemption. But what,...
The modern resurrection of the ancient world, with its bad as well as its good aspects, ultimately ended, after World War II, with the option to accept either Marxism or...
Fr. Richard Munkelt describes the Enlightenment’s reinterpretation of Natural Law. The Enlightenment insisted that it was simply concerned with what is “natural”. But how do you determine what is a...
Dr. John Rao says that in order to understand modern Holy War, it is essential to grasp the continued divisions and complexity of the modern Islamic world. One of the...
Jamie Bogle talks about an Example of Social Doctrine in Practice. Salazar, an economist at the University of Coimbra, was called in by the army that took power in Portugal...
Dr. John Rao shows that reform was not easy, even in Catholic lands. Monarchs often felt threatened in their power, Spain and Portugal preventing much papal activity in the missions...
Father John O’Connor, O.P., reminds us of Satan’s final attempt to crush the Reign of God. In this exciting lecture, Father O’Connor draws on Biblical prophecies and unmasks the Devil’s...
Dr. John Rao discusses the impact of Calvinism on America and the building of the our nation and its background in the growth of the Americanist Heresy.
...Father Vincent Miceli, S.J. and Dr. William Marra discuss Nietzsche’s militant atheism and hatred for Christianity. In contrast to Nietzsche who resented God’s grace, St. Augustine in his Confessions, addresses...
Michael Davies discusses the defense of Malta. The Knights of the Hospital ultimately were forced by the Ottoman Turkish advance to move to Malta. It is from this move that...
Fr. George Rutler explains how each person is called by God to a particular vocation. He further discusses many of the root causes of the current “vocations crisis” both in...
Fr. Baker discusses the importance of baptism. Fr. Baker shows how the letter encourages Paul’s converts in Philippi to persevere in the true faith, which they had received through him....