COME TO THE ST. BENEDICT CENTER CONFERENCE: OCT. 6 AND 7!

Our ninetieth show debuts on August 23, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). My topic is Triumphalism, Virtue, and Peace.

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• In Praise of Triumphalism — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• Meekness Is Strength — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• The Psychological and Spiritual Effects of Being Negative — video of conference by Father Chad Ripperger
• Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart — HIGHLY recommended book by Jacques Philippe

The Resurrection of Christ, by Alonso López de Herrera

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Our eighty-ninth show debuts on August 16, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The show is part two of our coverage of the topic, Eastern Orthodoxy and the Universal Church. Once more, our guest is Mr. Erick Ybarra.

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• St. Cyril of Alexandria was Papal legate at Ephesus I (A.D. 431) — by Erick Ybarra, at Credo Ut Intelligam
• Greek Fathers on Petrine Texts of the New Testament — by Erick Ybarra, at Credo Ut Intelligam
• Pope St. Boniface I (A.D. 422) – The Universal Jurisdiction of the See of Rome — by Erick Ybarra, at Credo Ut Intelligam
• Letter of Pope Julius to the Eusebians at Antioch — with Cardinal Newman’s notes at newmanreader.org. (NOTE paragraphs 29 and 35. In 29, Athanasius is summoned in Rome, not coming on his own. And 35 refers to the apostolic custom of Rome’s highest court.)
• The Faith Triumphs at Chalcedon — by Brian Kelly at catholicism.org 

Saints Athanasius and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria

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Our eighty-eighth show debuts on August 9, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Eastern Orthodoxy and the Universal Church. Our guest is Mr. Erick Ybarra.

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• St. Peter and Church Unity — by Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• What’s the Filioque? —  by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Two Patrons for True Ecumenism — by Brother Francis, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Schism in the East — by Brother David Mary, M.I.C.M., Tert., at catholicism.org
• The Contradiction of Core — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Church of History —by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• The Conversion of Russia  — by Gary Potter at catholicism.org
• Against the Donatists — by Optatus of Milevis (mentioned on air by Mr. Ybarra)
• The Formula of Pope St. Hormisdas — at byzcath.org

Benozzo Gozzoli (1420–1497), The Journey of the Magi. The face of Balthasar is meant to look like Emperor John VIII Palaeologus (1390 – 1448), who came to the Council of Florence, a union council between East and West.

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Our eighty-seventh show debuts on August 2, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Unexpected Apologetics: Sola Scriptura.

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• The Bible Only? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. at catholicism.org (all Biblical references used in show may be found here)
• The Law of Causality and Sola Scriptura — by Mark Gonnella at catholicism.org
• It’s All or Nothing — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. at catholicism.org

Source of graphic here; source of quotation here.

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Our eighty-sixth show debuts on July 26, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note:all times listed are Central time). The topic is No Salvation outside the Church — Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus.

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• Outside the Church there is no Salvation — the three papal definitions, with links to the larger context, at catholicism.org
• The Pope, the Church, and the Paraclete — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. at catholicism.org
• The Popes on Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus — a collection at catholicism.org
• The Fathers of the Church on Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus — a collection at catholicism.org
• Doctrinal Summary — by Brother Thomas Mary, M.I.C.M. at catholicism.org
• Sentimental Theology — by Brother Francis, M.I.C.M. at catholicism.org
• Pelagius Lives — by Brother Thomas Mary, M.I.C.M. at catholicism.org
• Promising Salvation to Non-Catholics: A Sin against Charity — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. at catholicism.org

Le Sacre Coeur, front side (Paris, France), by Tonchino, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Our eighty-fifth show debuts on July 19, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note:all times listed are Central time). The topic is The Achievement of Saints Cyril and Methodius. My guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., director of the Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom.

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• Saint Cyril (869) and Saint Methodius (885) — very short entry at catholicism.org
• Sts. Cyril and Methodius — old Catholic Encyclopedia article at newadvent.org
• Saints Cyril and Methodius — article at wikipedia.org
• Memorial of Sts. Cyril, monk and St. Methodius, bishop — at catholicculture.org
• Saints Cyril and Methodius, Bishops and Confessors, Apostles of the Slavs — excerpt from Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year at catholicharboroffaithandmorals.com 
• The Conversion of Russia — by Gary Potter at catholicism.org
• Our Slavic Heritage — a series of eight articlesby Athanasius Pekar, OSBM, written on the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of St. Cyril’s death (+869) and published in the Byzantine Catholic World, March 9 through May 4, 1969.

Saints Cyril and Methodius

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Our eighty-fourth show debuts on July 12, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note:all times listed are Central time). The topic is An American Knight. My guest is Mr. Norman Fulkerson, author of the book of the same name.

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• An American Knight: The Life of Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC — book for sale at Amazon.com
• Warrior, Patriot, Gentleman, and Catholic, Colonel John Ripley USMC — review by Eleonore Villarrubia at catholicism.org
• An American Knight: The Life of Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC — americanknight.org: Norman Fulkerson’s web site for the book
• Meet the Author – Norman Fulkerson – “An American Knight” — at returntoorder.org
• Washington Times Book Review of An American Knight — at modernamericanheroes.wordpress.com
• Book review – An American Knight — at nobility.org
• Where Have All the Heroes Gone? — by Charles Coulombe at catholicism.org

Painting by Col. Charles Waterhouse of Col. John Ripley dangling above Cua Viet River as Angry North Vietnamese soldiers fire upon him.

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