Obedience in a Time of Crisis – A Cross in the Road
Anarchy is the condition in any society where there is no law, no rule, no measure – chaos, and may be said to be...
A.A., Catholics and Temperance
This is the 85th anniversary of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, back in 1935 by Bill Wilson, a WW I veteran and stockbroker, and...
Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom
A blessed ‘feast’ of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Sedes Sapientiae, an ancient and venerable title the Virgin Mary as the Chora tou Achoretou,...
Ephraim’s Mission of Beauty
In the Church universal, we celebrate the life of Saint Ephraim, often called the 'Syrian', who is also venerated amongst the Orthodox (on January...
Son of Consolation
It is fitting that we celebrate Barnabas, the ‘son of consolation’, or the ‘son of encouragement’, around the time of Pentecost, for the Holy...
Erastianism and a Free Church
Thomas Erastus (1524 – 1583) was a Swiss physician and theologian who adopted the newfangled heretical doctrines of Ulrich Zwingli, a sort of extreme...
Henry and Catherine and What Might Have Been
It was on this day in 1509 that Henry VIII, of the recently founded, and some say upstart, Tudor dynasty, married Catherine of Aragon,...
American Apocalypse
‘Tis difficult to write history in the midst of it – for any ‘story’ needs a beginning, a middle and an end, and at...
Scotus Unravels the Social Order Yet Further
In 1964, the United States passed the Civil Rights Act, which forbade unjust discrimination based on ‘race, color, religion, sex or national origin’. Today,...
The Neo-Barbarians
Cancel culture continues - and there seems little or no distinctions in the collective mind in what they will destroy, annihilate, obliterate. We use...