Dealing with Eastern Orthodoxy differed for Rome depending upon the region involved. Dr. John Rao discusses these varying relationships in exploring everything from Papal-Tsarist to Papal-Ottoman affairs. He also treats...
Before weakening, the Holy Roman Emperors tried one last attempt to dominate the Church. Dr. Rao speaks of the allies which were found in Nominalist, heretical, and rebellious Church circles,...
Dr. John Rao speaks about Tridentine “Baroque” Catholicism. The Catholic Church was given a particular flavor by the Tridentine reforms and Catholic civilization took on the characteristics that we associate...
Dr. John Rao describes the assault on the Jesuits by the regalists, Jansenists and Enlightenment supporters in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Jesuits were the most clear representative of...
Dr. John Rao says the opponents of the Revolution in the nineteenth century saw themselves as fighting a battle for the defense of the consequences of the Incarnation against the...
Michael Davies says that Progressives were eager to work together with Protestants. This meant that Protestant observers of the Council often played not only a role but even a determining...
Dr. John Rao discusses the clash of the different Catholic and Protestant communities and creeds which were formalized in the 1500’s and 1600’s. Battles of these “confessions”, both intellectual and...
Father Vincent Miceli, S.J., discusses four famous Advent sermons in which Cardinal Newman expresses his thoughts on the Antichrist.
...Monsignor William Smith reflects on the distinctions in the Church’s definitions of personal and social sin, and the error in current concepts of the “degree of sin,” including the theory...
Fr. Buckley explains how Original Sin has wounded us. Fr. James Buckley further explains that because this wound man’s powers to act virtuously have been wounded. His reason is infected...
Mr. Davies discusses the political and religious ramifications of Vatican II. In this lecture, Mr. Michael Davies analyzes the Church’s teaching on religious liberty and the Second Vatican Council. A...
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...
Fr. Baker reveals the three most important parts of this letter. They are that to be a Christian one must have faith in Jesus Christ, be baptized, and practice works...
Mr. Michael Davies discusses the Catholic Doctrine on the Holy Eucharist. Mr. Davies opens his treatment of heresy in the late Middle Ages by discussing the Catholic doctrine of the...
Monsignor William Smith elucidates the internal norm of morality, or conscience. He outlines its nature and function while making distinctions between the correct, certain, erroneous, and doubtful conscience. “The Fundamentals...
Father Kenneth Baker, S.J. analyzes the 1987 Vatican instruction on test-tube babies and surrogate mothers. He analyses the document “Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origins and On...
Dr. David Allen White richly analyzes Dante’s Divine Comedy.In Part II, Dr. White richly analyzes the Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso in light of Catholic thought. Taken from: Christianity...
Mr. Michael Davies discusses the life and work of Fr. Adrian Fortescue. The brilliant Fr. Adrian Fortescue contributed a great deal to 20th Century Catholic understanding of the liturgy. Mr....
The nineteenth century Catholic revival was very rich and variegated. Aspects of it had combined together by the turn of the century to create a distinct “Roman School” dominating the...
Dietrich Von Hildebrand was a hero in the battle for Catholic Tradition in the wake of the catastrophe following Second Vatican Council. But he was also a political hero in...
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