Archangel Michael Hurls the Rebellious Angels into the Abyss (c. 1666), by Luca Giordano (1632-1705) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-12-13) *** Being an apologist is a lot like being an umpire: you always have folks disagreeing with you. I seem to be caught a bit in the middle here, so I’m-a-gonna splain a bit, if I could . . . A big stir was made a little while back about my softening somewhat with regard to my criticisms... Read more
St. Hripsime Church, Armenia; built in 618. Photograph by Travis K. Witt. [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] *** (8-8-13) *** You Tube video: “Thunder on the Right” (1 August 2013) *** Voris argues that communion in the hand, standing, has no historical basis whatever. What is so difficult about looking up a few things? Voris has formal theological education! There is no excuse for this sort of sloppy presentation. Full disclosure: I receive the Holy Eucharist on the tongue... Read more
New England Protestant church. Photo by “donwhite84”. [public domain / Pixabay] *** (8-8-13) *** You Tube Video: “Phony Pat Robertson” (6 August 2013) *** I am as Catholic as any Catholic is. I wholeheartedly accept all that the Church teaches, and have devoted my life to defending Holy Mother Church (full-time for the last eleven years). No one can tar me as some sort of “liberal” in objecting to this video, or claim that I have “Protestant leftovers” in my... Read more
. . . (Karl Keating’s Word Usage as a “Test Case”) [Pixabay / public domain] *** (8-8-13) *** On 3 August 2013, I changed my own use of terms of a certain category of Catholic on the “far right” from radtrad to the self-coined radical Catholic reactionary (“reactionary” for short). No label or descriptive title is perfect, including this one, and without question, in due course I’ll get a lot of criticism for it, just as I would for any other... Read more
. . . (and on the Discussion About Ditching It, and Attacks on My Sincerity) The radical axis of two intersecting circles connects their two points of intersection. Image by “WillowW”. [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] Radical Catholic reactionaries intersect with the group of traditionalists a little, but are fundamentally a different group. *** (8-6-13) *** [As of 3 August 2013, I started using the self-coined term, radical Catholic reactionary instead of radtrad. But my reasoning (for the... Read more
Pope Benedict XVI during a visit to São Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Fabio Pozzebom, 10 May 2007. [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil license] *** (8-5-13) *** I have recently decided to cease using the term radtrad in deference to the expressed wishes of mainstream “traditionalists” who are (in large numbers, we are told) offended by it, since they contend that it implicates all “traditionalists” and that radtrad implies a spectrum upon which both the radtrad and “traditionalist” sit. *** After thought and reflection... Read more
[public domain / Pixabay] *** (7-3-13) *** This took place on my Facebook page. “Boniface’s” words will be in blue. ***** I have stopped referring to myself as a traditionalist after being directed to a statement by Benedict XV saying that Catholics ought not to use those such labels. Excellent. Where did he say that? I’d like to see it. It is, moreover, Our will that Catholics should abstain from certain appellations which have recently been brought into use to... Read more
Hiroshima after the nuclear bombing of August 1945 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (7-3-13) *** Note: all italicized emphases in the original (verbal emphasis). Voris’ words, transcribed from the videos, will be in blue. My comments and critiques will be in black. *** The Whole Rotten Mess (21 June 2013) *** 4:20 The Catholic Church in the West: the establishment Catholic Church, no longer operates with the same set of first principles that we once did [sic]. The entire... Read more
Berlin, 1945 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (7-3-13) *** This debate occurred on my Facebook page, on 2 July 2013. Adrian Combe’s words will be in blue; Felix Lopez’ words in green. * * * * * Do you think the Church is ‘all but destroyed’? No. I’m fighting against this position. This is what Michael Voris thinks, according to his video that I critiqued a few days ago. So, in your opinion, when God said to St. Francis,... Read more
Facial composite of St. Paul created by experts of the Landeskriminalamt of North Rhine-Westphalia using historical sources, proposed by Düsseldorf historian Michael Hesemann (Feb. 2008). [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Germany license] * * * * * (7-2-13) *** Of course, we always have to mention, for the sake of our Protestant brethren (who quite often misunderstand this), that we agree that God is the source of all good things, by His grace, including the grace for us to do any good thing... Read more
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