“Peter” and “Satan”: the Two Names of the Pope
There is only one way to harmonize these passages which the inspired Evangelist has, with good reason, placed side by side.
The Russian Who Converted Me from Orthodoxy to Catholicism
Solovyov predicted the current schism between Constantinople and Moscow more than one hundred years before it happened in 2018.
A Wanderer Asks Questions about Church Membership
The traditionalist movement in this sense is nothing other than the evidence of the continuity of the one Church of Christ within the sphere of the Latin rite.
Papal Primacy in the First Millennium with Erick Ybarra
If you are a Catholic who is struggling with his faith in the Roman dogmas as a result of this pontificate and crisis, Mr. Erick Ybarra's work is essential reading.
Abandoning the Church Has No Appeal for Traditionalists
Above: the west doors of Salamanca’s Catedral Nueva photographed by Fr. Lawrence, OP. During the Bergoglian captivity, one hears of Catholics losing or questioning their faith because they think: “If a pope can be so wrong, then the Catholic religion mustn’t be true.” Surely we ought to be made of sterner stuff than that. Why…
Another Catholic Succumbs to Shallow Greek Polemics
In the years after 9/11, Mr. Robert Spencer skyrocketed to fame. He published a critical biography about Muhammad and many other books criticizing Islam. He started a famous website called jihadwatch.org which he used as a platform to give his opinion on current events, specifically relating to Islam and Jihad. He still uses the website…
Russian Errors in Bolshevism, Vatican II and Schism
Above: Coronation celebrations. Entrance of Nicholas II to the Kremlin. May 9, 1896. In this third and last installment, we tackle the real errors of Russia as they led to the deadly Revolution that masked and obscured her and the parallels with the other revolutionary event mid-century known as the Second Vatican Council. In addition,…
Christian Russia and the Western “Errors of Russia”
Above: St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Kiev. It is providential that Mr. Carter should use the term ‘myopic’ to describe some American Traditionalist views on Russia, as it unintentionally led me to see the greater depth and magnitude of the issue, cutting across decades and centuries from both Russia’s defenders and critics. My goal is simple but wrought…
The Russian Icon of the Theotokos of Fatima
Editor’s note: in the midst of the Ukraine crisis, OnePeterFive has been promoting devotion to the Russian icon of Our Lady of Fatima on every podcast. We promote this devotion not only for our brethren in Ukraine and Russia, but yet more for the intentions of our patroness, Our Lady of Fatima and the conversion…
The Errors of Russia from Dostoevsky to Putin
Above: Fyodor Dostoevsky by Vasily Perov The recent deaths of former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and Orthodox Metropolitan Kallistos (Timothy) Ware brought forth eulogies, remembrances, and commentary in both the secular and religious spheres. Gorbachev was the face of the end of Communism, while Ware was likely the premier English language writer and explicator of…
How Protestants, Orthodox, Magisterialists, and Traditionalists Differ on the Three Pillars of Christianity
Historically and theologically, there are three “pillars” of Catholicism: Scripture, Tradition, and Magisterium. All are necessary; all are mutually implicated; and none of them is absolute, in the sense that it can be taken as greater in every respect than the others. Each is first but in a different way. There is an almost Trinitarian…
