Month: January 2023

Hodierna Verba Veritatis et Sapientiae "The conservatives specialize in a different heresy, which is really a secularized Calvinism. For them, people cannot become better. Sanctification is limited by the bounds of post-fall reality. God’s overcoming of our sin is extrinsic; we remain as fallen as ever. There is no sacramental grace that enables our ascent to Him while here on earth; and thus for the Calvinist there is neither the […]

Hodierna Verba Veritatis et Sapientiae "Attempting to recreate the scene of Thirteenth Century France is futile, yes. But the inability to identically repeat preliberal worlds does not mean that the only way forward is to grit our teeth and win mastery over society; to have the Church compete with liberalism and emerge as a victor on liberalism’s terms. Our friend is mistaken. But his mistake is reasonable. It is the […]