Review of The Organic Development of the Liturgy, Alcuin Reid, 2nd edition, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 2005 (311 pages, plus appendices, bibliography, and index) This is an estimable volume, with […]
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Review of Taylor Marshall “The Eternal City”
The Eternal City, Taylor Marshall, St John Press, Dallas, 2012 (196 pages, two appendices, bibliography and index) This is the third and final volume in the series The Origins of […]
Read moreReview of Taylor Marshall, “The Crucified Rabbi”
Taylor Marshall, The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity, St John Press, Dallas, 2009 (204 pp, plus appendix of Prophecies Fulfilled by the Lord, bibliography, and index) […]
Read moreReview of Matt Walsh, Church of Cowards (Third and Final Part)
Part two of my review of Matt Walsh’s Church of Cowards was, in parts, a meditation on Walsh’s insights. This third and final part will be more of a traditional […]
Read more“Church of Cowards,” Matt Walsh, Review (Pt II, “Judgment”)
This is the second of a three part review of this book. I won’t recap Part One. I will just leap into it. The book is really an essay on […]
Read moreChurch of Cowards, Matt Walsh (Review, Pt I)
Matt Walsh, Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians, Regnery Gateway, Washington DC, 2020, 184 pp. plus notes, index and biblical index. This is a strong book by […]
Read moreReview: Taylor Marshall’s “Catholic Perspective on Paul”
Taylor Marshall’s The Catholic Perspective on Paul is a rare bird indeed: it is a solid, systematic treatment of the Apostle St Paul and his letters. It is written simply and […]
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The Necromancers, Part II
Benson developed a rather simple but, I suggest, accurate view of the relationship between will and formatory thought (to use Gurdjieff’s phrase for the lower level of mind, the one […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Necromancers,” Pt I
My own view, for what it may be worth, is that most writers who dismiss Benson’s novels out of hand have simply not read them. I have already extracted some […]
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Icons: Divine Beauty, Richard Temple
This is a very good book. It is most valuable of course, for the photographic reproductions of icons, but the text is also singularly helpful. Published in 2004 by SAQI, […]
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