Each issue is built around a theme, with living authors writing original essays that are surrounded by readings from the great writers of our tradition.
The theme of this issue is Marriage. Here is a list of contents with links:
Introduction to Tradition Magazine, Issue One: Marriage (Tradition Magazine Substack https://tradmag.substack.com/ | Email: [email protected] | Tradition Magazine Store https://traditionmagazine-shop.fourthwall.com/en-usd)
Part One: What is Marriage? | The Creation of Eve, from Genesis; The Tale of a Cursed Marriage; Navigating Modern Dating: A Catholic Man’s Guide to Finding Love and Virtue, by Nicholas Sledge (Catholic Manhood - https://catholicmanhood.substack.com/about); Jesus Attends a Wedding; Pope Leo XIII gives a Brief History of Marriage; A Prayer for Married People
Part Two: The Form of the Sacrament | A Marriage Ceremony from the Old Sarum Missal; Pope Pius XI on the Role of The Will in Entering into Marriage; Saint Paul on Christ, the Church, and Marriage; Saint John Chrysostom on a Happy Marriage; The Cross of Marriage: The Centrality of the Cross in Paul’s Household Code, by Aaron P. Debusschere (Aaron Debusschere's The Romantic Catholic – Faith, Culture, and Rational Dialogue https://theromanticcatholic.wordpress.com/); G. K. Chesterton on the Heroism of Vows; Saint Thomas Aquinas mulls over Marriage
Part 3: The Matter of the Sacrament | What is a Man? What is a Woman? by Leon Podles (Author Leon J. Podles (https://podles.org/; Bishop Accountability www.bishop-accountability.org); The Usurer’s Marriage; Re-Creation In The Byzantine Rite Of Crowning: A Reflection On The ‘Baptism’ Of Marriage, by Quinton Peralta; Cardinal Jacques de Vitry on Superstitious Wedding Customs; Aristotle on the Good Wife
Part 4: Marriage is… For the Good of the Spouses | Two are Better than One, from Ecclesiastes; Four Royal Weddings, by Charles Coloumbe (Blessed Charles of Austria: A Holy Emperor and his Legacy, by Charles Coulombe https://www.amazon.com/Blessed-Charles-Austria-Emperor-Legacy/dp/1505113288; Tumblar House Bookstore www.tumblarhouse.com; Off the Menu Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@TumblarHouse); Saint Augustine on why Marriage is Good; What to Expect in your 8th Century Marriage, by Leo III; On Loyalty in a Marriage, by the Goodman of Paris
Part Five: Marriage is… for Procreation | Saint Augustine on the Birds (and the Bees); Plato on Sex and Immortality; Erasmus on Sexual Temptation
Part Six: Marriage is… for the Education of Children | Homeschooling and Catholic Marriage, by Bonnie Landry (Bonnie Landry's Blog www.bonnielandry.ca; Bonnie Landry's Podcast (https://makejoynormal.buzzsprout.com/)
Part Seven: Where to Start with Marriage? | Unmarried Women and the Feast of Saint Catherine; A Pact with the Devil and a Marriage; Saint Paul Answers Questions on the Married Life; Patrick O’Hearn on Catholic Courtship, from The Courtship of the Saints (Courtship of the Saints: How the Saints Met their Spouses, by Patrick O’Hearn https://tanbooks.com/products/books/courtship-of-the-saints-how-the-saints-met-their-spouses/; Patrick O’Hearn’s Website www.patrickrohearn.com); Pope Innocent III on a Complex Domestic Situation
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