Dr. David Allen White continues his discussion of Hopkins on the combination of tradition with innovation by reading and commenting on selections of his various poems. Taken from: The Church...
The term “The Black Legend” specifically describes a set of lies regarding Catholic Spain. Dr. John Rao speaks here of a broader “syllabus” of Black Legends, developed through the ages,...
Mr. Michael Davies discusses the life of the ordinary man in Medieval England, and his relationship with his neighbors, his lord, the King, and the Church. He explores the whole...
Father Kenneth Baker, S.J.speaks of the Third Article, where Father Baker tells us of the Earthly and Human origins and Nature of Christ, as well as the Mystery of the...
Dr. John Rao launches into the restoration of the Sacred Imperial Empire, one of the great sagas of the 10th Century. Ultimately, an enduring Church and State union was not...
Dr. John Rao discusses Christology and the Council of Ephesus. The first great threat to the new orthodox order of things came through the divergences over Christology emerging out of...
Dr. John Rao discusses early Christianity and the Greco-Roman world providing a grand tour of the early Christian world. Christianity spread very quickly throughout the Mediterranean World. Here, Dr. John...
Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand presents the life of her husband, Dietrich Von Hildebrand revealing the trials and tribulations of the greatest philosopher of this century.
...Father Vincent Miceli, S.J., discusses the teaching of the Church regarding the Sacrament of Penance. A most urgent and informative address by Father Miceli, wherein he clarifies and unfolds the...
Father George Rutler tells of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Gospel accounts. The Sacred Heart of Jesus was pierced to reveal the inexhaustible fountain of mercy and goodness...
Mr. Michael Davies critiques the Pauline reform of the Mass. He argues convincingly that loyal Catholics have a right to criticize disciplinary decisions of the Holy See. He supports his...
The Franks in Gaul under the Merovingian Dynasty led by Clovis and his descendents were the first German tribe to become Catholic. Dr. John Rao explains that their history from...
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...
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