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He likes to call Church history “the laboratory of wisdom.” Why? Because the history of the Church is the history of human salvation, and choosing the best means to save one’s soul is the highest prudence. And prudence, says St. Thomas Aquinas, is wisdom in action.</p> <p>History is the laboratory of wisdom, but the application today of the lessons learned from history is prudence.</p> <p>How, for example, are we to understand what St. Pius X meant when he said that “modernism is the synthesis of all heresies,” if we are ignorant of the history of the Church’s battles against heresy? How are we to evaluate the causes of what Pope Benedict referred to a “crisis of Faith,” if we unfamiliar with any of the twenty ecumenical councils that preceded Vatican II?</p> <p>There are twenty-two books of the Bible that are history books: the first nineteen of the Old Testament, the two books of Machabees, which end the Old Testament, and the Acts of the Apostles in the New.</p> <p>A knowledge of Church History is a knowledge of the life of the Body of Christ extended in time throughout the past twenty centuries. It is a glorious history, with its martyrs, confessors, saints of the desert, great doctors and popes, apostles of nations, proliferation of contemplative orders, active orders, teaching orders, advances in science, medicine, the arts, missionary life, and victories over the enemies of true religion, who engaged her by pen and sword.</p> <p>Without a knowledge of history, of its facts, dates, and events, a Catholic is ill-prepared to defend the Church against those who would gainsay her by misrepresentation, misinformation, or deliberate disinformation. Nor can we forget that we all have an obligation to instruct the ignorant who have been misled by error and who, in their hearts, nurture an affinity for the truth.</p> </div> </header> <div class="clear"></div> <article id="post-78908" class="post-78908 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-catholic-america category-catholic-living category-history"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/11/Freedom_From_Want__-_NARA_-_513539-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/having-a-real-thanksgiving.html" title="Permalink to Having a Real Thanksgiving" rel="bookmark">Having a Real Thanksgiving</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-11-21T03:00:54-05:00">Nov 21, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/coulombe" title="View all posts by Charles A. Coulombe" rel="author">Charles A. Coulombe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/having-a-real-thanksgiving.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="78908 https://catholicism.org/?p=78908"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>As the Halloween decorations in American stores make way for those of Christmas (although in many such places the two have already co-existed happily in different aisles), here and there yet remain retail locales — especially such as sell turkeys … <a href="https://catholicism.org/having-a-real-thanksgiving.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-78510" class="post-78510 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-history category-news"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/10/1024px-Grand_Master_Jean_Parisot_de_Valette_Monument_Closeup-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/mel-gibsons-upcoming-series-on-the-siege-of-malta.html" title="Permalink to Mel Gibson’s Upcoming Series on the Siege of Malta" rel="bookmark">Mel Gibson’s Upcoming Series on the Siege of Malta</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-10-28T13:57:28-04:00">Oct 28, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/mel-gibsons-upcoming-series-on-the-siege-of-malta.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="78510 https://catholicism.org/?p=78510">1</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Our friend, Dr. Maike Hickson, has penned an exclusive for LifeSite, on Mel Gibson’s series on the heroism of the Knights of Malta during the epic “Great Siege” of 1565, during which 700 knights held off an attack force of … <a href="https://catholicism.org/mel-gibsons-upcoming-series-on-the-siege-of-malta.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-78231" class="post-78231 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-catholic-america category-columns category-history category-news"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/10/Screenshot_Cover_Beyond_the_Devils_Road_by_Jeremy_Beer-275x235.png" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/forgotten-sacrifice-the-untold-story-of-father-francisco-garces-and-the-1781-yuma-uprising.html" title="Permalink to Forgotten Sacrifice: The Untold Story of Father Francisco Garcés and the 1781 Yuma Uprising" rel="bookmark">Forgotten Sacrifice: The Untold Story of Father Francisco Garcés and the 1781 Yuma Uprising</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-10-15T11:05:58-04:00">Oct 15, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/catholicismorg" title="View all posts by Catholicism.org" rel="author">Catholicism.org</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/forgotten-sacrifice-the-untold-story-of-father-francisco-garces-and-the-1781-yuma-uprising.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="78231 https://catholicism.org/?p=78231"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Have you heard of the events of July 1781 in Yuma, Arizona, involving Father Francisco Garcés and three other Franciscan missionaries who were killed by the Quechan Indians? It is an edifying, if tragic, story told in the National Catholic … <a href="https://catholicism.org/forgotten-sacrifice-the-untold-story-of-father-francisco-garces-and-the-1781-yuma-uprising.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-78154" class="post-78154 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-history category-news"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/10/martires-concepcionistas-e1728484119361-275x235.webp" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/4000-more-martyrs-from-spains-persecution-to-be-beatified-in-coming-years.html" title="Permalink to 4,000 More Martyrs from Spain’s Persecution to be Beatified in Coming Years" rel="bookmark">4,000 More Martyrs from Spain’s Persecution to be Beatified in Coming Years</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-10-09T10:29:20-04:00">Oct 9, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/4000-more-martyrs-from-spains-persecution-to-be-beatified-in-coming-years.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="78154 https://catholicism.org/?p=78154"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>In an informative piece at CNA, Nicolás de Cárdenas writes of upcoming canonizations of martyrs from the Spanish Civil War and the religious persecution that preceded it. In the piece — Another 4,000 20th-century martyrs in Spain will be beatified … <a href="https://catholicism.org/4000-more-martyrs-from-spains-persecution-to-be-beatified-in-coming-years.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77621" class="post-77621 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-catholic-america category-columns category-history"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/09/Jesuit_Martyrs_of_Florida_Virginia_Pedro_Martinez_Juan_de_Segura-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/the-jesuit-martyrs-of-virginia.html" title="Permalink to The Jesuit Martyrs of Virginia" rel="bookmark">The Jesuit Martyrs of Virginia</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-09-10T10:31:48-04:00">Sep 10, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/the-jesuit-martyrs-of-virginia.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77621 https://catholicism.org/?p=77621">1</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Have you ever heard of the Jesuit Martyrs of Virginia? These eight Jesuits — two priests, three brothers, and three novices — should be better known. Their martyrdom took place in 1571, almost thirty years after that of the Franciscan … <a href="https://catholicism.org/the-jesuit-martyrs-of-virginia.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77496" class="post-77496 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-current-issues-in-the-church category-history category-politics-and-society"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/09/Chrysopolis-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/this-september-18-marks-the-1700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-chrysopolis.html" title="Permalink to This September 18 Marks the 1,700th Anniversary of the Battle of Chrysopolis" rel="bookmark">This September 18 Marks the 1,700th Anniversary of the Battle of Chrysopolis</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-09-04T12:00:32-04:00">Sep 4, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/this-september-18-marks-the-1700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-chrysopolis.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77496 https://catholicism.org/?p=77496"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>In his wonderful historical meditation, Chrysopolis, Dr. Alan Fimister informs us that September 18, 2024, is the 1,700th anniversary of the battle that marked Constantine the Great’s victory over Licinius, thus securing his sole rule of the Roman Empire and … <a href="https://catholicism.org/this-september-18-marks-the-1700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-chrysopolis.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77274" class="post-77274 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ad-rem-a-weekly-email-message-from-the-prior category-history category-holy-scripture category-lives-of-the-saints"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/08/Raban-Maur_Alcuin_Otgar-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-467.html" title="Permalink to Meet Saint Rabanus Maurus, Carolingian Educator" rel="bookmark">Meet Saint Rabanus Maurus, Carolingian Educator</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-08-14T10:54:59-04:00">Aug 14, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-467.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77274 https://catholicism.org/?p=77274"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Now that back-to-school sales are the order of the day, and we here at Immaculate Heart of Mary School are gearing up for the beginning of our academic year, it is apt that we turn our attention to a great … <a href="https://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-467.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-77132" class="post-77132 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-heresies-and-errors category-history category-morals category-polemics category-politics-and-society"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/08/The_Gaza_Holocaust-275x235.png" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/an-informative-documentary-the-gaza-holocaust.html" title="Permalink to An Informative Documentary: ‘The Gaza Holocaust’" rel="bookmark">An Informative Documentary: ‘The Gaza Holocaust’</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-08-02T10:15:28-04:00">Aug 2, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/catholicismorg" title="View all posts by Catholicism.org" rel="author">Catholicism.org</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/an-informative-documentary-the-gaza-holocaust.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="77132 https://catholicism.org/?p=77132">2</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>James Corbett, with his usual thoroughness, brings his viewers up to date on the atrocities committed by the Netanyahu regime against the Palestinian people of Gaza. 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Coulombe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/why-king-arthur-still-matters.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="76998 https://catholicism.org/?p=76998"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Hic jacet Arthurus, Rex quondam, Rexque futurus. “Here lies Arthur, King Once, and King in the Future.” July is the month of the Precious Blood, and, as always, that focus of devotion brings to mind the Holy Grail — as … <a href="https://catholicism.org/why-king-arthur-still-matters.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-76907" class="post-76907 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-catholic-america category-history"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2019/07/fourth_of_july_fireworks-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-yankee-doodle-dandy.html" title="Permalink to A Yankee Doodle Dandy?" rel="bookmark">A Yankee Doodle Dandy?</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-07-03T19:55:19-04:00">Jul 3, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/coulombe" title="View all posts by Charles A. Coulombe" rel="author">Charles A. Coulombe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-yankee-doodle-dandy.html#comments"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="76907 https://catholicism.org/?p=76907">1</span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>A very odd thing happened to me the other day in Prague. Now Prague – like the other cities of the former Austria-Hungary – is a city I love to visit and never feel homesick in. Indeed, apart from missing … <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-yankee-doodle-dandy.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-76012" class="post-76012 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ad-rem-a-weekly-email-message-from-the-prior category-book-reviews category-catechesis-and-fundamentals category-history category-outside-the-church-there-is-no-salvation category-theology"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/05/East-West_Roman_Double_Eagle-275x235.jpeg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-462.html" title="Permalink to Are You a ‘Roman Catholic’ or Just a ‘Catholic’?" rel="bookmark">Are You a ‘Roman Catholic’ or Just a ‘Catholic’?</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-05-21T19:38:05-04:00">May 21, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/bam" title="View all posts by Brother André Marie" rel="author">Brother André Marie</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-462.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="76012 https://catholicism.org/?p=76012"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>The question is a legitimate one and not an irksome word game. 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Coulombe" rel="author">Charles A. Coulombe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/good-saint-george-and-the-dragon.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="75723 https://catholicism.org/?p=75723"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>April 23 is the feast of St. George the Martyr. 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Coulombe</a></span></span> <span class="author"> <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="https://catholicism.org/two-battles-in-april.html#respond"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="75575 https://catholicism.org/?p=75575"><span class="leave-reply">Reply</span></span></a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="comments-link"></div> </header> <div class="entry-content category-entry-summary"> <p>Come listen to another song, Should make your heart beat high, Bring crimson to your forehead, And the lustre to your eye;— It is a song of olden time, Of days long since gone by, And of a Baron stout … <a href="https://catholicism.org/two-battles-in-april.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> <article id="post-75351" class="post-75351 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-arts-and-culture category-history category-politics-and-society"> <header class="category-entry-header"> <img class="category-post-thumbnail" src="https://catholicism.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2024/03/celtic_article-275x235.jpg" /> <h2 class="entry-title category-entry-title"> <a href="https://catholicism.org/a-celtic-survival-guide.html" title="Permalink to A Celtic Survival Guide" rel="bookmark">A Celtic Survival Guide</a> </h2> <div class="entry-meta category-entry-meta"> <div class="dateauthor"> <i class="fa fa-clock-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date" datetime="2024-03-06T20:44:20-05:00">Mar 6, 2024</time><span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> </span> <span class="author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a class="url fn n" href="https://catholicism.org/author/coulombe" title="View all posts by Charles A. 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