“If in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day.”
Author archives: S.D. Wright
“Are you a King, then?” – Christendom and the Social Kingship of Christ
“The Church of Christ cannot be subject to any external power.”
The Anglicanisation of Catholics – are we the “high-church wing”?
“This Anglican disunity was formerly held to be ridiculous by Catholics, and a lack of one of the four marks.”
“A fragrance of prayer” – review of Dom Columba Marmion’s ‘Words of Life on the Margins of the Missal’
“It is enough to arouse reflection, stir the heart, stimulate the will, and call forth zeal.”
Orestes Brownson is not a credible critic of John Henry Newman – here’s why
“We are supposed to conclude that anyone so attacked by such an apparent pillar of orthodoxy must have been in the wrong.”
Short essay: The Agony in the Garden and the unity of the Church
“… and the world may know that thou hast sent me.”
On the immorality of labelling other Catholics as “radical traditionalists”
“A little historical awareness, humility, respect and basic human kindness would go a long way.” Image: David Gilbert Wright, ‘Queuing for Holy Communion at the top of the mountain.’ This article is an expanded excerpt from our essay What does Michael Lofton mean by “tradition”? In order to address this topic, we have to remember …
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What is Theology? With a review of Mgr Joseph Clifford Fenton ‘What is Sacred Theology?’
“What can we say as we survey the smithereens of this ‘Catholic intellectual landscape?'” “The strong adherence to God which alone can save our people demands the full force of revealed teaching on our life in God. The weak and emotional pietism which is expressed by some non-theological books of devotion is not enough.” Fenton, …
What is the state of a Catholic who submits to a “false magisterium”?
“In the moral order, the species of an act is not constituted by that which is accidental.” Having established an understanding of how Louis Cardinal Billot explains heresy and membership in an earlier part, I am continuing to address some objections that frequently arise. It’s fair to note that the title of this piece somewhat begs the …
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The Apostolicity of the Church – The source of ordinary jurisdiction
“Does jurisdiction flow like a river from a spring – such that if the spring stops, so does the river?” Photo by Cédric Dhaenens on Unsplash Series Introduction In this series, we are considering whether the illegitimacy of Francis and his recent predecessors would necessarily entail the disappearance of the Church’s hierarchy as a whole. …
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