The Enlightenment is one of the most prominent socio-cultural movements to have affected the Church. Today, in the aftermath of the devastated and hollowed-out Christendom, traditionalist Roman Catholics have attributed to the Enlightenment much of the destruction of the faith that was to come, and it is to the non-Catholics that they attribute its origins. In a romantic narrative, as ... Read More

In this era of church history, an abiding question revolves around Anglican identity: what are its essential contours, what the primary markers, and what the historic examples. We wanted to wait to cover this topic because it is a delicate question in which it is easy to err on one side or the other. In this, one of the first ... Read More

Images: The Reverend David Mossum, rector of St. Peter’s church in New Kent, VA, performing the marriage ceremony for George and Martha Washington, January 6, 1759. “General George Washington in Prayer at Valley Forge” by James Edward Kelly. The Founding Fathers in America have had a contested history in recent years. Men who have wrought such mighty works and an ... Read More

On this episode, Eric Parker joins us to talk about Nicholas of Cusa (also known as Nicholas Cusanus), an important leading figure of the Renaissance period. We discuss his significance, both in his own time and afterward as his legacy carried on through western Christianity. The major impact Cusanus' thought had on classical arts and ideal aesthetics was previously discussed ... Read More

We revisit one of our favorite topics: the incredible interest among the youth for all things traditional. In this era of change and doubt, young people seem to gravitate inexorably to that which does not change. And where everyone especially in youth culture tries to put on a facade, there is a sincere hunger for that which is unmixed and ... Read More

Everyone is talking about the wedding of Prince Harry Windsor and Meghan Markle, and especially the sermon delivered by Michael Curry, the Presiding Bishop of the US Episcopal Church. Many questions have been raised about the political undercurrents behind Curry’s invitation to preach at the wedding. Also of note has been the Church’s moral and doctrinal bankruptcy, during the last ... Read More

Marriage has become a flashpoint of contention in the heart of the Church. Despite the timeless doctrine of marriage taught by our Lord and the Apostles, and protected by the Church for 2,000 years, recent times have seen clever arguments in favor of divorce. And rather than coming from the fringes we see the destruction of marriage being advocated from ... Read More

The secular narrative describes the Renaissance as an era of latent atheism, rejecting supernatural perspectives and promoting only the immediately visible. Front and center in this narrative are the Perspective and Realism of the classic Renaissance paintings — which while rightly famous, in a secular narrative indicate a lessened interest in the supernatural. The Christian, then, is put in an ... Read More

What should a pastor do? What are his responsibilities, and what ought to be the focus of his ministry? And how should he live his life? We live in an age where people have wildly different and sometimes contradictory beliefs about what a pastor should be about and what he should be like. Fr. Brian and Fr. Bart seek to ... Read More

What does it mean to be a “friend of God”? Does it mean being chums? Pen-pals? Back-slapping buddies? Or are these more informal manifestations of friendship insufficient to describe what the Bible means when it talks about being a friend of God? Join Fr. Brian and Fr. Bart as they try to discern what friendship of God is and how ... Read More