Articles on Catholic History and Culture
“To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.” Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman
Triumphs and Tragedies – 3 – The Struggle with Gnosticism
The third episode of Triumphs and Tragedies takes us into the years after the death of the apostles. From 100 AD - 200 AD the church is struggling against sporadic persecution. This persecution is [...]
The Problems with Primitivism
As a boy I attended a church that was founded in 1962. It grew from a group of Christians meeting together in their homes for Bible study. They were disenchanted with the liberal drift [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies – 2 – The Acts of the Apostles
This week's Triumphs and Tragedies podcast covers the first century of the church: year dot to 100 AD. It was an exciting first century and already the struggles of the early church shed light [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies – Episode One
For each of the Triumphs and Tragedies episodes I'll be blogging here on the Church History section of the blog just for Donor Subscribers. If you are a Donor Subscriber I hope you appreciate [...]
How England Became Protestant
The popular understanding of the founding of the Church of England was that lusty old King Henry VIII wanted to marry his pretty little mistress. The Pope wouldn’t grant him a divorce so he [...]
Pope St John XXIII and the Anglican Archbishop
On December 2, 1960 the Swiss guards looked up to see an Anglican Archbishop clad in purple cassock and Canterbury cap striding up the steps to the Apostolic Palace. It was the first time [...]