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Reading the Church Fathers: A Review

by | Jun 16, 2022 | , , , | 0 |

As I was reading Reading the Church Fathers: A History of the Early Church and the Development of Doctrine, a brand new magnum opus by scholar James L. Papandrea, I wondered whether the author might be Catholic. At first I was not sure, but the book seemed written from such a perspective. It was not[…]

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From Benedict’s Peace to Francis’ War: A Review

by | Mar 31, 2022 | , , , | 0 |

The fight for Tradition in the Church, in particular her liturgy, is a long and arduous one that will not cease until the parousia, entering an acute phase in our own day, but all worth the effort. Few have taken up this battle with greater zeal than Dr. Peter Kwasnieski. A list of his essays,[…]

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The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains

by | Mar 21, 2022 | , , , | 0 |

(It was on this day in 2006 that Twitter was founded, and I write that not with any sense of exuberance. Here is a re-post of a review of mine from 2016, on Nicholas Carr’s book, The Shallows. If the internet has had a bad effect on our memory and intelligence, one can only imagine[…]

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Stilted but endearing

by | Oct 14, 2021 | , , , , , , | 0 |

Silverviewby John le Carré Penguin Viking, £20.00, 208 pages ________ Posthumous novels are rarely a good idea. A great writer’s literary executors find a discarded, unfinished manuscript in the bottom drawer, polish it up a bit and send it out into the world hoping to make some money before anybody notices that the book isn’t

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Book Review: Deadly Indifference: How the Church Lost Her Mission, and How We Can Reclaim It

by | Jun 1, 2021 | , , , | 0 |

Deadly Indifference: How the Church Lost Her Mission, and How We Can Reclaim It (Amazon; Sophia Press) Eric Sammons Crisis Publications 304 pages $18.95 Paperback; $9.99 eBook “Just shut up and stick to reviewing the book,” I remind myself while […]

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent: A book to read during Lent

by | Mar 25, 2021 | , , , | 0 |

One of the great spiritual books that it is surely advisable to be read during the Lenten journey is The Ladder of Divine Ascent, written by St John Climacus (c 525-606), the sixth-seventh century monk at the monastery of Mount Sinai. In this book, St John, who is revered as a saint both by the Western[…]

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