The Great Apologists, Pt. 1

G.K. Chesterton once wrote that “Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors.” It is a thought applicable to the art of apologetics, for there are numerous and valuable lessons to be learned from those… Read More

Jews Don’t Need Jesus?

Rejecting the Gospel
The next day a Boston Globe article reported that the document was the dawn of a new era in Catholic teaching, one in which the necessity of belief in Jesus Christ is limited to certain groups and… Read More

Simon Says: The Truth Sometimes Hurts

American Idolatry?
I have a weakness for talent shows. Apparently, based on the wild success of FOX's “American Idol” reality television show, so does a large segment of America. Try as hard as I might, I could not escape the… Read More

TIME for the Apocalypse

The End Times
Inside there are two feature articles: “Apocalypse Now,” an examination of the healthy (and wealthy) “Bible prophecy” movement among Fundamentalist and Evangelical Protestants, and “Meet The Prophet,” a profile of Left Behind creator and co-author Tim LaHaye.… Read More

Catholic Closet Crisis

This is understandable, but it meant that I spent a lot of time explaining a great many things to good Catholic folk about particular Eastern beliefs and disciplines. For example, Eastern Catholic and Orthodox priests can be married, as long… Read More

Jean Daniélou’s Master Key

(This is the third installment in Mr. Olson's series on Great Catholic Thinkers. Below are the articles from his previous series, “The Great Apologists.”)
Part 2: Flannery O'Connor
Part 1: Walker Percy
The Great Apologists Series
Part 6: Dorothy Sayers… Read More

The Art of Flannery O’Connor

Flannery O’Connor was an extraordinary author and a Catholic artist of profound depth and insight.
Evidence for O’Connor’s uniqueness is found in how popular her work has become among people who know little or nothing about grace, the sacraments, and… Read More

Great Catholic Thinkers of the 20th Century

I knew little about Percy, except that he was Southern and Catholic, and that a good friend of mine believed he was “required reading.” As I read The Moviegoer two things immediately impressed me: the beauty of his writing and… Read More

The Great Apologists

By the time he was twelve he was working on problems in geometry on his own, and he had invented a mechanical calculator before reaching his mid-20s. He would produce key works in the study of atmospheric pressure and vacuum,… Read More

Recycled Rapture

It features a decent but initially unbelieving reporter, a grief-stricken husband whose wife has been Raptured while he and his daughter have been “left behind,” a corrupt Catholic leader who becomes the head of a one world religion, and a… Read More

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