Sedevacantism & the SSPX: Clerical Questions that Need Not Concern the Laity
No lay person is responsible for figuring them out in order to save his soul.
Entering the Mystical Cloud with the Angelic Doctor
It is the metaphysics of participation that governs the heavenly vision.
The Traditional Mass and the Jews
This document appears to have had zero effect on the work of the reformers.
Colligite Fragmenta: Palm Sunday
This Sunday, Christ’s final days began. This Sunday they begin again liturgically. Through our sacred liturgical worship and by our baptismal character these sacred mysteries are made present to us and we to them in their devout celebration. Now, again, our Lord comes to Jerusalem, mounted on the colt of a donkey. Context. For months…
The Scapegoat in the Pit: A Girardian Reflection on the Suppression of the Latin Mass
The Latin Mass may be in the pit now, but the pit is not the end.
Adult Classes on Bishop Schneider’s Catechism
Dear OnePeterFive donor, supporters and readers, This summer I am teaching our second annual adult class on Bishop Schneider’s new canonical Catechism CREDO, a canonical text which is unprecedented since Vatican II. This year we are splitting the class into two 6 week sessions to dive deep into all the theological controversies of our age…
Securing Sacred Ground: The Story and Mission of Sanctus Ranch
Today, this sacred refuge faces an unprecedented crisis.
Miracles Worked by the Saints Throughout the Centuries
After this forty-day internment, the doctors released a final report.
Colligite Fragmenta: Passion Sunday – “Iesus autem abscondit se”
From the pre-Lent, “Gesima” Sundays onward, Holy Mother Church began her plunge into liturgical death. At first we lost the “Alleluia”, the Gloria, and on Sundays we dressed in penitential violet to herald the proximity of Lent. With Lent, these privations applied every day, with the exception of our great feasts. Moreover, we became stiller…
The Brazilians: Proença Sigaud and Castro Mayer
I. The Coetus: Trad Godfathers at Vatican IIII. Lefebvre on the Eve of the CouncilIII. Bishop Carli Part IV The Brazilians: Bishop Geraldo de Proença Sigaud and Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer The two Brazilian (and only non-European) members of the five-man steering committee of Coetus Intertionalis Patrum – the group of doctrinally conservative Council…