Under the patronage of the Venerable John Henry
Cardinal Newman
Newman's essential classic (above) distinguishing organic doctrinal developments, like the Trinity, from flagrant doctrinal innovations, like sola scriptura
Ronald Knox's classic work (above)
Howard's eloquent meditation as a new convert (above)
Bouyer's classic (above) on how the positive elements of Protestantism can be sustained only if rooted in the Catholic Church (by a former Lutheran pastor in France)
Cobbett's incensed expose (above) of the actual origins of his Anglican tradition--"Engendered in beastly lust, brought forth in hypocrisy and perfidy, and cherished and fed by plunder, devastation, and by rivers of English and Irish blood."
A Hilaire Belloc classic (above)
Belloc's profoundly insightful analysis (above) of personal character in individuals ranging from Henry VIII to Oliver Cromwell
Waugh's moving biographies (above) of Ronald Knox and the Jesuit martyr Edmund Campion
Duffy's definitive refutation (above) of the Protestant textbook tradition of the English Reformation as a "grassroots" movement
A brilliant expose (above) of why Catholic hymnody since Vatican II represents the triumph of bad taste over a rich tradition of beauty and dignity
 | My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: His Most Serene Highness Lord Philip the Pertinacious of Lower Wombleshire |