Wisdom does not consist in the possession of a great store of knowledge, but rather in the reduction of one’s knowledge to a few underlying principles. Growth in knowledge, through the accumulation of facts, is not necessarily growth in wisdom, … Continue reading
Category: Heresies and Errors
Gerald Warner on Dawkins’ Gaffe: Benedict XVI is ‘stupid, ignorant or dim’
The Telegraph’s Gerald Warner gives Richard Dawkins, that dyspeptic dynamo of Darwinian dogmatism, a very well deserved smack. Dawkins is not interested in empirical, scientific evidence when he is kicking religion. If the Pope favoured condoms Dawkins would probably be … Continue reading
Advisory on the Southern Poverty Law Center
The following advisory on the SPLC comes from Americans for Legal Immigration. It is offered here on our site, not as an endorsement of ALIPAC, but as a public service to disseminate information on this insidious organization (the SPLC), which … Continue reading
Pelagius Lives
(See the From the Housetops editor’s introduction to this article.) The February 1991 issue of the Catholic magazine 30 Days featured a very striking cover designed by Romano Sicillani. Michelangelo’s famous painting from the Sistine Chapel, the Fall and Expulsion … Continue reading
Dies Domini: Is Saturday the True Sabbath?
While I was preparing to receive the sacrament of Confirmation, I was asked to memorize the Ten Commandments and the Six Precepts of the Church; included in those Six Precepts was the command “to assist at Mass on all Sundays … Continue reading
The Southern Poverty Law Center: Profiteering Paladins of PC
On the web site of the Balitmore Sun, columnist Ron Smith takes issue with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). For those unfamiliar with the group, some basics are in order: it is not pro-Southern; nor is it poor; nor … Continue reading
Evolution: Pathological Science
On September 24, 1989, there appeared an extremely interesting article in the magazine section of the New York Times entitled “Cold Fusion Confusion,” written by two physicists from the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Robert P. Crease and N.P. Samios. It examined … Continue reading
Archbishop George Hay on Interfaith
The following extract from the Catechism on Catholic Doctrine, written by the renowned Scottish Bishop, George Hay (1729-1811), is presented for you as a testimony to the Faith of the centuries. A convert from Episcopalianism, Bishop Hay understood, far better … Continue reading
ACTION ALERT: Mass General Court to Consider Inflicting Homosexual
On Tuesday July 15, 2008, the Massachusetts State Senate is likely to vote on Senate Bill 800, AN ACT CONCERNING MARRIAGE LAWS, which would repeal a 1913 statute preventing out-of-state couples from marrying in the Commonwealth if their attempted marriage … Continue reading
Joseph Smith and the Mormons
The Mormons, who style themselves “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” could, with very little investigation, discover the fantastic foundations on which their title rests. For even were we to wink at their assuming the unusual privilege of … Continue reading
Islam Versus the Faith
Much of history since the seventh century has been shaped by an unending conflict between the One True Church and Islam. Today’s Church having fallen into a sorry state with many of her members no longer understanding that they belong … Continue reading