From Christendom’s Troubadour: Frederick D. Wilhelmsen James Lehrberger, O. Cist., Intercollegiate Review, Volume 32, Number 2; Spring 1997: From his youth on, Dr. Wilhelmsen put his luminous talents and unflagging energy at the service of his Catholic faith. The very taproot of his life and the animating center of his thought was dedication to what … Continue reading
From Catholic News Agency Europe must rediscover its Christian identity and defend against legislation and policies that threaten the family, said a main organizer of the recent European Conference on the Family. The conference, (as previously reported here) focused on the theme “The Family: the Future of Europe”. It was organized by the Institute for … Continue reading
From an adaptation of the book Liberty: The God That Failed by Christopher A. Ferrara: The history of Western civilization over the past 250 years is a chronicle of the decline of men and nations in consequence of a theological decision with profound political effects. That decision was the definitive refusal to conduct the art … Continue reading
Review of Foundations of a Catholic Political Order by Thomas Storck. Four Faces Press David Arias Jr., New Oxford Review: Why is a Catholic State or political order necessary? And what would a Catholic State look like? These are the two core questions Storck seeks to answer. The basic answer to the first question is … Continue reading
The late, great Frederick D. Wilhelmsen: I take as revealed the following proposition: God wills every man to be saved. I take it as evident that he is more easily saved in a society that buoys himself up in the Faith, that surrounds him with symbols of his salvation. Given that my major premise is … Continue reading
Thomas Storck writing in Homiletic and Pastoral Review: Christendom is sometimes used to mean those countries in which the majority of the population is Christian or at least has Christian traditions, or is used roughly to describe the totality of Christians existing throughout the world. But it really means something much more majestic than this. … Continue reading
Final part in a three-part series (Read Part One here). (Read Part Two here). The Church, however, was distinct from Christendom; as mistress and teacher she could not be identified with that body which it was her duty to instruct, to guide, and to control. Considered even as the sum total of baptised persons, she … Continue reading
Part Two of a series. (Read Part One here). How then should Christendom be described at the moment of its full flower in the twelfth century? According as we look at it from the viewpoint of heaven or of earth, it has two definitions, each complementary of the other. In a broad sense, Christendom is … Continue reading
Part One of a series: Christian Europe was mindful of her unity, because all men were subject to a universal order. Now this organic whole, inspired by common principles, owed its existence to a single cause – the profound influence of the Faith and the overriding authority of the Church. The Christian world had profited … Continue reading
