"Organized warfare is more advantageous for the soldier than were he forced to fight this duel, alone." Image: Wiki Commons Editors' Notes As previously noted, it is not so easy to find pre-conciliar material on "The Angelic Warfare Confraternity" of the Cord of St Thomas Aquinas. We are glad to have the permission of Dominicana …
"One triumphs completely over an enemy when one penetrates into his realm, even into his own house, and takes away his throne and his possessions." Image: Follower of Bosch, Christ in Limbo (Wiki Commons) Translators' Introduction The following text is an edited translation of the third chapter of Fr. Anselm Stolz’ work Theology of Mysticism. …
"... to preserve the sacred treasure of purity, or to regain it after having lost it." Image: British Museum, Commemorative print on the founding of the Angelic Warfare Confraternity (also called the Guild of the Cord of St Thomas Aquinas) in 1649 by Franciscus Deurwaarders. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Editors' Notes(Want to …
"He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed, and could do evil things, and hath not done them." Photo by Fernando Santander on Unsplash Editor's Notes In a previous essay about the kind of heresy that separates a man from the Church, I wrote: Discussions about heresy and membership become confused due to a …