Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand discusses the question, “What Is Beauty?” The only way that man can really understand the essence of the kind of beauty the Renaissance claimed to love...
Monsignor William Smith regards the plight of the family and current trends that have an adverse effect on the family, including the sexual revolution and radical Feminism. “The Attack On...
Dr. David Allen White’s talks on Catholicism and modern poetry and literature begins with this lecture on Hopkins. Hopkins’ genius in using innovative means to relate eternal truths is underlined....
Already in the ancient world, a “Grand Coalition” of anti-Catholic forces had gathered together. This included not only the “word merchants”, interested in selling recipes for “success”, but also philosophers...
Dr. John Rao’s talk concerns the life of Orthodox, Nestorian, and Monophysite Christians under the Moslems in the Middle East in the 700’s and 800’s. A short discussion of the...
Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. speaks of the Communion of Saints and tells us of the Eleventh Article, concerning the Resurrection of the Dead and the Second Coming of Christ to...
Mr. Christopher Ferrara, Esq., defines the purpose of the state. According to Plato, the state must uphold ethics, but also lead the soul of the citizen towards the good. Using...
Dr. John Rao discusses the reactions to Chalcedon and Monophysite Movement. The Emperor Justinian, himself pro-Chalcedon, tried a number of different approaches to resolve the dilemmas posed by two opposing...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world including the Greeks, Romans, Jews and education and life in the Roman Empire. Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world and building Christendom. Christian problems of the Fourth and early Fifth Centuries ought not to take our attention away from...
Monsignor William Smith traces the ill effects on our society wrought by the war against life. “The War Against Life” is a most incisive address by Monsignor William Smith wherein...
Father George Rutler contrasts the outlook of the world, which emphasizes a life of physical pleasure, with the supernatural outlook of the Church, which offers the life of the soul...
Dr. Ronald McArthur, President Emeritus of Thomas Aquinas College followed with an examination of Catholic higher education. He stressed that “Catholic education has always been, and remains, Faith seeking understanding...
Dr. John Rao treats here of the roots of Arianism, its rather simple basic beliefs, and its expansion in the wake of the Council of Nicaea through till the victory...
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...
Dr. John Rao tackles Leo XIII’s efforts to do two things simultaneously. One was to provide a more detailed, positive Catholic Social Theory opposed to the Enlightenment. A second was...
There were horrific abuses in the Church in the 1400’s on every level, which Councils at Constance and Basel could do practically nothing to address. Nevertheless, Dr. John Rao explains...
Dr. David Allen White discusses the life and works of John Milton and the problem of the two traditions. Is Milton a Protestant writer? Can his form of Christianity ultimately...
Dr. John Rao begins by arguing that aspects of the crusading spirit are natural to man, and that it was also alive in the ancient world already. Cyrus the Great,...
Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand describes Simone de Beauvoir, along with Jean Paul Sartre, as one of the most powerful voices on behalf of a problematic existentialist position on “crusade” for...
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