Articles on Catholic History and Culture
“To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.” Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman
English Persecution Lessons
I will never forget an experience on the recent pilgrimage to England I conducted with biographer Joseph Pearce. We were visiting Oxborough Hall—the fifteenth century moated manor house owned and occupied by the recusant [...]
Will Marriage Solve The Priests’ Problems?
We have a newspaper headline stuck on our fridge which says, “Married Priests favor Celibacy From Personal Experience.” I’m one of them, and my wife doesn’t mind me saying so. You see, I’m a [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies – 7
This week's podcast took us into the sixth century. I'm really interested in this episode because we really see the church turning the corner from the era of the Roman Empire into the next [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies – 6
One of the problems with this Triumphs and Tragedies podcast is that as church history goes on through the centuries it gets more complicated! So much happened in the fourth century that I couldn't [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies – 5
One of the things that impressed me in studying the fourth century history of the church was how all the good things and bad things came together by God's providence for the furtherance of [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies – 4
This week's episode deals with the question of persecution in the church. Along with the challenges of belief--battling Gnosticism, Judaizers and Greek philosophy--the early church endured the great trial of persecution--both formal, state sponsored [...]