There is not and never was on this earth, a work of human policy so richly deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church... She saw the commencement of all the governments and of the ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the world, and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain, before the Frank had crossed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveler from New Zealand, in the midst of a vast solitude, takes his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. Thomas Babington Macaulay
Followers
Ought history to hide the faults of men and Orders? It was not after this fashion that the Saints laid open the scandals of their times... God indeed has conferred upon His Church the prerogative of infallibility, but to none of her members has He granted immunity from sin. Peter was a sinner and a renegade, and God has been at pains to have that fact recorded in the Gospels. Jean-Baptise Henri Lacordaire, O.P.
"Catholicism is a deep matter, you cannot take it up in a teacup."
John Henry Newman
Pat McNamara
A Queens native, Pat McNamara has worn several different hats over the years: historian, archivist, professor, author and lecturer. He has taught History at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, and has taught Church History at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, and the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington. He has written, co-authored and contributed to five books on American Catholic History.
The Catholic Church herself is an historic fact. Like a great mountain-range she bestrides the history of the past two thousand years. Whatever may be the attitude adopted toward her, it is impossible to escape her. Pope Pius XII
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Hope you had a nice vacation!!!
God bless....
Thank you!
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