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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Our eighty-third show debuts on July 5, 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 Saved by Jesus, or by the Trinity?

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• Were We Saved by Jesus Christ or by the Holy Trinity? — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Heaven’s Icon: Sister Lucy’s Vision at Tuy, Spain — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 

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Our eighty-second show debuts on June 28, 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 Church in the Spanish Empire. My guest is Dr. Alexandra Wilhelmsen.

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• Cuzco School Angels — a Google search sampling of the angels that Dr. Wilhelmsen mentions in the show. See also the WikiPedia article on the Cuzco Shool and this piece at Kahn Academy on one image of that school.
• More Catholic Than You Think — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• When America Was Catholic — by Gary Potter, at catholicism.org
• Spanish Roots of America — book by Bishop David Arias at store.catholicism.org
• Music of Manuel de Zumaya — Mexican-born composer of the Baroque, at YouTube.com

The “Acolman Cross,” from the Augustinian mission of San Agustín de Acolman (just north of Mexico City). This Cross shows the meeting of diverse cultures in the True Faith resulting from Spanish missionary efforts. Learn more here.

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Our eighty-first show debuts on June 21, 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 Examining Evolution. My guest is Father Michael Chaberek, OP.

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• Father Michael Chaberek’s homepage — at mchaberek.com
• THOMAS AQUINAS AND THEISTIC EVOLUTION — by Father Michael Chaberek at epsociety.org
• The problems with evolution: A Catholic overview — at irishcatholic.ie (a reveiw of Father Chaberek’s book)
• Catholicism and Evolution — Father Chaberek’s book, for sale at Amazon.com
• Aquinas and Evolution — another book by Father Chaberek’s book, for sale at Amazon.com

Father Michael Chaberek, at a conference on Thomism and Intelligent Design

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