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On 22nd February 2022 By S.D. Wright

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Key Posts

Theology Manuals – Why are they so important in the post-conciliar crisis?
Weaponized Orthodoxy – how to divide Catholics using sound principles, applied selectively
Dogmatic Suicide – canonizations, infallibility and the consequences
The Visible Unity of the Church I – on what it means to believe in “One” Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church
The Visible Unity of the Church II – more on what it means for the Church to be “visibly” one
The Visible Unity of the Church III – reconciling the Church’s teachings about her own unity with the current crisis
Book review – The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise
Doubtful Baptisms – reflections on the necessity for widespread access to conditional sacraments
True Law – According to the Teaching of St Thomas Aquinas
Theology & History I: the relationship between liturgical tradition and antiquarianism
The Whig Interpretation of History – a lasting influence
Theology and History II: Why understanding this relationship is crucial for avoiding shipwreck
Law and Liberty – State Overreach and the teaching of the Catholic Church
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei – Part I: The History
Membership of the Church: Part I – Visibility
He Must Reign: Re-crowning Christ the King
Membership of the Church: Part II – Baptism
Is the Roman Pontiff infallible in his ordinary magisterium? Chapter VI of nineteenth-century work by theologian J.M.A. Vacant
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei – Part II: “Undoubtedly Magisterial Acts”?
Suffering under persecution – the example of Robert Southwell and the English Martyrs
Membership of the Church: Part III – Public Profession of the True Faith
The Ordinary and Universal Magisterium of the Church – Chapter I of nineteenth-century work on the magisterium by J.M.A. Vacant
The organs and instruments of the ordinary magisterium – Chapter II of Fr J.M.A. Vacant’s nineteenth-century work on the magisterium
How the ordinary magisterium expresses itself – Chapter IIIa of Fr J.M.A. Vacant’s nineteenth-century work on the magisterium
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei IIIa: Magisterial Heresy? The Rule of Faith
l’Unité visible I : Pour les catholiques, que signifie croire « en l’Église, Une, Sainte, Catholique et Apostolique » ?
The implicit and tacit expressions of the ordinary magisterium – Chapter IIIb of Fr J.M.A. Vacant’s nineteenth-century work on the magisterium
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei IIIb: Magisterial Heresy? Trust in the Church
Membership of the Church: Part IV – Schism & Excommunication
The New Testament Rosary
The Old Testament Rosary
Theology and the Interior Life – How do they help each other? Fr R. Garrigou-Lagrange, 1943
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: the only foundation of true freedom
“That Golden Book”: On the Roman Catechism, and a review of Baronius Press’s edition
Is it valid? The proximate matter of Baptism
Holy Face I: The Prayers of Reparation, Origins and Papal Approvals
Holy Face Part II: The beginning of the work of reparation
Announcement of the Third Rosary Crusade
Preparation for Tyranny I: Becoming Strong by Rejecting False Hope
Preparation for Tyranny II: What about our Families?
Holy Face Part III: the “exterior object” of reparation
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei – Interlude: The human mind’s ability to apprehend reality without the intervention of authority
Archbishop Lefebvre and the Conciliar Church – Part I: The Archbishop’s words
Archbishop Lefebvre and the Conciliar Church – Part II: Is it a separate society?
Archbishop Lefebvre and the Conciliar Church – Part III: Visibility, the Four Marks and Membership
The Holy Innocents – Liturgical Highlights
Holy Face Part IV: A Work for the Whole Church
Learning Sacred Theology – Part I: Preliminaries, Catechism, Latin, Philosophy and the Magisterium
Learning Sacred Theology – Part II: Ecclesiology, Apologetics and Dogmatic Theology.
The Last Will and Spiritual Testament of Louis XVI, King of France
The heroic and moving life of l’Abbé Henry Essex Edgeworth, Louis XVI’s Anglo-Irish confessor
The King of France, Fatima and the Crisis in the Church
Holy Face Part V: our struggle against Communism
Announcement of the Fourth 54-Day Rosary Novena Against Tyranny beginning 2 February: For a worthy Roman Pontiff
Learning Sacred Theology – Part III: Scripture, Moral Theology, History, Fathers, and Canon Law
Leo XIII on the Holy Rosary
How should Catholics treat private revelations when studying theology?
Newman on “The Eternal See”
The Loss of Ecclesiastical Offices – Part I: Is Holy Church Unprotected?
Why the Rosary and the Immaculate Heart are Fatima’s Two Last Remedies for the World
The Lives of the Early English Saints: Prelude, and St Alban, proto-martyr of Britain
St Thomas Aquinas, Universal Doctor – Sermon by Fr Edward Leen CSSP, 1923
Our Lord in the Desert – from Fr Aloysius Ambruzzi SJ’s “Companion to the Spiritual Exercises”
The Holy Wrath of St Thomas Aquinas, by G.K. Chesterton
The Fioretti of St Thomas, from sworn testimonies at the canonisation enquiry – Part I: His Life
St Thomas Aquinas on the Five Qualities of Prayer
The Fioretti of St Thomas, from sworn testimonies at the canonisation enquiry – Part II: His Death
The Fioretti of St Thomas, from sworn testimonies at the canonisation enquiry – Part III: The Miracles after his Death
Initial thoughts on the Consecration of Ukraine and Russia
An “Ottaviani Intervention” on Signs and Wonders
Possible Miracles, Possible Deceptions: How credulity can lead us to ruin
Fatima, Theology and the Crisis – What should be their relationship?
Portrait of a Pope: St Gregory the Great, Apostle of the English
Pope Leo XIII – On the Duties of Laymen to Study and Spread the Faith
The Mental Sufferings of Our Lord
Our Lord Refuses Sympathy
The Bodily Sufferings of Our Lord
“It is Consummated” – To Our Lord in the Tomb
The Kingdom of God – Christ is Risen!
Hadrian’s Wall, St Oswald and the Forgotten Triumph of Heavenfield
God Alone – On St Thomas the Apostle
How can we teach Bible stories to children?
Devotion to St Joseph, Part I: Theological Reasons – Fr Bover SJ
The Royal Road of the Holy Cross – The Imitation of Christ
Devotion to St Joseph, Part II: Logical Consequences – Fr Bover SJ
Pope St Pius V – “Crushing of the Enemies of thy Church”
St Gregory Nazianzen and the Crisis in the Church
Why St Robert Bellarmine was declared a Doctor of the Church – Pius XI
Portrait of a Pope: St Gregory the Great and the End of Imperial Rome

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Why St Robert Bellarmine was declared a Doctor of the Church – Pius XI
Portrait of a Pope: St Gregory the Great and the End of Imperial Rome
Learning Sacred Theology - Part I: Preliminaries, Catechism, Latin, Philosophy and the Magisterium

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All Essays

Theology Manuals – Why are they so important in the post-conciliar crisis?
Weaponized Orthodoxy – how to divide Catholics using sound principles, applied selectively
Dogmatic Suicide – canonizations, infallibility and the consequences
The Visible Unity of the Church I – on what it means to believe in “One” Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church
The Visible Unity of the Church II – more on what it means for the Church to be “visibly” one
The Visible Unity of the Church III – reconciling the Church’s teachings about her own unity with the current crisis
Book review – The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise
Doubtful Baptisms – reflections on the necessity for widespread access to conditional sacraments
True Law – According to the Teaching of St Thomas Aquinas
Theology & History I: the relationship between liturgical tradition and antiquarianism
The Whig Interpretation of History – a lasting influence
Theology and History II: Why understanding this relationship is crucial for avoiding shipwreck
Law and Liberty – State Overreach and the teaching of the Catholic Church
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei – Part I: The History
Membership of the Church: Part I – Visibility
He Must Reign: Re-crowning Christ the King
Membership of the Church: Part II – Baptism
Is the Roman Pontiff infallible in his ordinary magisterium? Chapter VI of nineteenth-century work by theologian J.M.A. Vacant
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei – Part II: “Undoubtedly Magisterial Acts”?
Suffering under persecution – the example of Robert Southwell and the English Martyrs
Membership of the Church: Part III – Public Profession of the True Faith
The Ordinary and Universal Magisterium of the Church – Chapter I of nineteenth-century work on the magisterium by J.M.A. Vacant
The organs and instruments of the ordinary magisterium – Chapter II of Fr J.M.A. Vacant’s nineteenth-century work on the magisterium
How the ordinary magisterium expresses itself – Chapter IIIa of Fr J.M.A. Vacant’s nineteenth-century work on the magisterium
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei IIIa: Magisterial Heresy? The Rule of Faith
l’Unité visible I : Pour les catholiques, que signifie croire « en l’Église, Une, Sainte, Catholique et Apostolique » ?
The implicit and tacit expressions of the ordinary magisterium – Chapter IIIb of Fr J.M.A. Vacant’s nineteenth-century work on the magisterium
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei IIIb: Magisterial Heresy? Trust in the Church
Membership of the Church: Part IV – Schism & Excommunication
The New Testament Rosary
The Old Testament Rosary
Theology and the Interior Life – How do they help each other? Fr R. Garrigou-Lagrange, 1943
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: the only foundation of true freedom
“That Golden Book”: On the Roman Catechism, and a review of Baronius Press’s edition
Is it valid? The proximate matter of Baptism
Holy Face I: The Prayers of Reparation, Origins and Papal Approvals
Holy Face Part II: The beginning of the work of reparation
Announcement of the Third Rosary Crusade
Preparation for Tyranny I: Becoming Strong by Rejecting False Hope
Preparation for Tyranny II: What about our Families?
Holy Face Part III: the “exterior object” of reparation
Pope Honorius and Roberto de Mattei – Interlude: The human mind’s ability to apprehend reality without the intervention of authority
Archbishop Lefebvre and the Conciliar Church – Part I: The Archbishop’s words
Archbishop Lefebvre and the Conciliar Church – Part II: Is it a separate society?
Archbishop Lefebvre and the Conciliar Church – Part III: Visibility, the Four Marks and Membership
The Holy Innocents – Liturgical Highlights
Holy Face Part IV: A Work for the Whole Church
Learning Sacred Theology – Part I: Preliminaries, Catechism, Latin, Philosophy and the Magisterium
Learning Sacred Theology – Part II: Ecclesiology, Apologetics and Dogmatic Theology.
The Last Will and Spiritual Testament of Louis XVI, King of France
The heroic and moving life of l’Abbé Henry Essex Edgeworth, Louis XVI’s Anglo-Irish confessor
The King of France, Fatima and the Crisis in the Church
Holy Face Part V: our struggle against Communism
Announcement of the Fourth 54-Day Rosary Novena Against Tyranny beginning 2 February: For a worthy Roman Pontiff
Learning Sacred Theology – Part III: Scripture, Moral Theology, History, Fathers, and Canon Law
Leo XIII on the Holy Rosary
How should Catholics treat private revelations when studying theology?
Newman on “The Eternal See”
The Loss of Ecclesiastical Offices – Part I: Is Holy Church Unprotected?
Why the Rosary and the Immaculate Heart are Fatima’s Two Last Remedies for the World
The Lives of the Early English Saints: Prelude, and St Alban, proto-martyr of Britain
St Thomas Aquinas, Universal Doctor – Sermon by Fr Edward Leen CSSP, 1923
Our Lord in the Desert – from Fr Aloysius Ambruzzi SJ’s “Companion to the Spiritual Exercises”
The Holy Wrath of St Thomas Aquinas, by G.K. Chesterton
The Fioretti of St Thomas, from sworn testimonies at the canonisation enquiry – Part I: His Life
St Thomas Aquinas on the Five Qualities of Prayer
The Fioretti of St Thomas, from sworn testimonies at the canonisation enquiry – Part II: His Death
The Fioretti of St Thomas, from sworn testimonies at the canonisation enquiry – Part III: The Miracles after his Death
Initial thoughts on the Consecration of Ukraine and Russia
An “Ottaviani Intervention” on Signs and Wonders
Possible Miracles, Possible Deceptions: How credulity can lead us to ruin
Fatima, Theology and the Crisis – What should be their relationship?
Portrait of a Pope: St Gregory the Great, Apostle of the English
Pope Leo XIII – On the Duties of Laymen to Study and Spread the Faith
The Mental Sufferings of Our Lord
Our Lord Refuses Sympathy
The Bodily Sufferings of Our Lord
“It is Consummated” – To Our Lord in the Tomb
The Kingdom of God – Christ is Risen!
Hadrian’s Wall, St Oswald and the Forgotten Triumph of Heavenfield
God Alone – On St Thomas the Apostle
How can we teach Bible stories to children?
Devotion to St Joseph, Part I: Theological Reasons – Fr Bover SJ
The Royal Road of the Holy Cross – The Imitation of Christ
Devotion to St Joseph, Part II: Logical Consequences – Fr Bover SJ
Pope St Pius V – “Crushing of the Enemies of thy Church”
St Gregory Nazianzen and the Crisis in the Church
Why St Robert Bellarmine was declared a Doctor of the Church – Pius XI
Portrait of a Pope: St Gregory the Great and the End of Imperial Rome

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