Tag Archives: the philosophers
The birth of the Revolutionary Age
April 27, 2016 From 1768 until 1773 the great Catholic monarchs of Europe were goaded and seduced into making war against the Holy See to force Popes Clement XIII and Clement XIV to bend to their will in a solely … Continue reading
Part 2: Voltaire
April 20, 2016 The name Voltaire loomed large over the gathering darkness of the middle to late 18th century. His importance has largely been forgotten in our own day, an era that is as amnesiac as it is short sighted, … Continue reading
Where did it come from?
October 20, 2015 So we have examined the writings of the mid to late eighteenth century popes, during those decades which preceded the French Revolution, and it seems clear that from the early 1760s on they knew that something was … Continue reading
They behold a false light which is worse than the very darkness
Our Lady of Sorrows The years between 1766 and 1775 were kind neither to the world nor to the Church. Pope Clement XIII passed on to his reward, apprehensive of the future, on February 2, 1769. And the six year … Continue reading