Saint Benedict Center’s 2020 Conference is now history. Many very satisfied and happy conference-goers have told us how much they enjoyed the event. We Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are very grateful to all who came and joined … Continue reading
Category: Theology
Baptism and the Mad Scientists of Liturgical Experimentation
You may have heard about Father Matthew Hood, a member of the presbyterate of the Archdiocese of Detroit who discovered, to his horror, that he had not been baptized validly and was consequently neither validly confirmed nor validly ordained. Father … Continue reading
The Ontological Argument for God’s Existence
First, a word from me. Saint Anselm was a great theologian and doctor of the Church who was a light in the eleventh century. Let us not forget that.The argument he espoused is simple. He said it came to him as … Continue reading
What’s Wrong with Personalism and ‘Theology of the Body’? An Interview with Dom Pietro Leone
It was my great pleasure to interview the esteemed priest-theologian, Dom Pietro Leone, on the subject of Personalism and the “Theology of the Body” (TOB). The interview was carried out via email and was kindly made possible by his English-language … Continue reading
Horizontalism Invades Theology
By “horizontalism,” we primarily mean that false ideology that reduces causality to physical or material principles acting upon each other. Carl Sagan’s “primordial soup” as an explanation of all life, and Democritus’ “atoms and the void” are examples of horizontal … Continue reading
Reconquest: ‘Papacy, Divine and Limited,’ with Brother Andre and Charles Coulombe
In April of 2016, when Reconquest was still in its infancy, I interviewed Charles Coulombe on the papacy. Calling the show, “The Papacy, Divine and Limited,” we wanted to set some things straight about this divinely established office, contrary both … Continue reading
I Will Not Remember Their Sins
It is written (Ezechiel 18:22): “I will not remember all his iniquities that he hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought, he shall live.” Saint Thomas in the third part of his Summa Theologica, Q. 86, art. 1 … Continue reading
Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Necessity of Baptism and Evangelism
God bless Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who once more lives up to his religious name! (His baptismal name is Anton.) God bless Dr. Taylor Marshall, too. Those who portray the man as an opportunist for “profiting from the crisis in the … Continue reading
Reply to David Albert Jones on Male Infant Circumcision
This article deserves an introduction, or at least an explanation. In December of 2016, I authored “Circumcision: An Acceptable Practice?,” which was edition 283 of my fortnightly Ad Rem. Around that time, I also interviewed Dr. David Lang on the same … Continue reading