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Home: Core Subjects: History: World Core Subjects: History: WorldArticles:Evidence Surfaces on Hitler Plot to Kill Pius XII - Edward PentinNew evidence about Hitler's plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII. New Read more... Preface: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization - Anthony EsolenFor those of us who love the West, we are in a daunting battle. The other side has the mainstream media, the Ivy League, the political classes, and a lot more money. Thankfully, on our side, we've got thousands of years of history and some pretty big guns -- with names like Aristotle, Augustine, Burke, and Eliot. New Read more... The Early Church: How Christians elevated culture - Anthony EsolenWhat did the Christians cherish from the pagan traditions, and what did they change? New Read more... "The Popes and Slavery"—book review - Leonard A. Kennedy, C.S.B.Catholics were guilty for centuries of having slaves or profiting from the slave trade in spite of the fact that the popes taught clearly and frequently the evil of slavery,"and even legislated severe ecclesiastical penalties for engaging in it. Read more... 800,000 Saved by Pius XII’s ‘Silence’ - DONALD DEMARCOThe 1963 play, "The Deputy" by Rolf Hochhuth, which presents Pope Pius XII’s silence during the holocaust as criminal, inhuman and cowardly, almost certainly generated the largest controversy in the history of drama. Read more... A Double Take on Early Christianity - Mike AquilinaTracking the growth of Christianity 2,000 years ago is an ambitious undertaking for a sociologist. But Rodney Stark found it irresistible. Reading recent histories of early Christianity, he began to do some number-crunching. Soon, he says, it was a consuming "hobby." And, before long, he had written a best-selling book, The Rise of Christianity. Read more... A Necessary Bondage? When the Church Endorsed Slavery - T. David CurpAn important function of history, as opposed to antiquarianism, is to make the past intelligible to the present. Read more... A Noble Pope - Conrad BlackAn interesting and important historical controversy now coming to a boil after stoking up for decades is the role of Pope Pius XII during the Nazi atrocities of the Second World War. Read more... A Righteous Gentile: Pope Pius XII and the Jews - Rabbi David G. DalinA new authentically Jewish history of Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust needs to be written in order to help bring some long-overdue recognition to this "righteous gentile," a man whose legacy is as one of the century's great friends of the Jewish people. Read more... Ah, Youth: When the Church Was Young - Mike AquilinaThe Church Fathers had a distinctive approach to youth ministry. I discovered it in the course of an afternoon's research. Read more... Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [>>] Pages Updated On: 02-Jul-2009 - 21:17:33
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