Turnabout thoughts in and out of season

Here's a list of links relating to issues regarding tradition and Catholicism we've dealt with at Turnabout. Inclusions and exclusions tend to be arbitrary, personal and happenstance, and don't show whether I agree or disagree with something. They are also largely based on ignorance of what's out there, so suggestions would be welcome -- links don't have to be traditionalist, correct or anything else as long as I think they illuminate the issues.

1. Grand philosophical issues:

   • Fides et Ratio. Sensible comments on the relation between faith and reason.
   • Veritatis Splendor. More useful comments, in this case on erroneous tendencies in moral philosophy. I have some comments on the encyclical.
   • Pascal's Pensees. Why the Christian religion is still unavoidable.

   • J. H. Newman knew as much about tradition as anyone. For a discussion of how to find the absolute in the personal and the historical, see Grammar of Assent and Development of Doctrine.
   • For a more radical appeal to tradition and authority, consider Joseph de Maistre.
   • Fisheaters is a comprehensive site for those interested in traditional Catholicism,

   • New Advent Catholic Resources. Includes the Summa Theologica, the pre-Vatican II Catholic Encyclopedia, translations of the Church Fathers, and much more.
   • Catholic Encyclopedia (1913): Traditionalism. Traditionalism can't be the ultimate standard. If it is, the result is a sort of fideism. Or such is the point of the article.

2. Why emphasis on tradition is good:

   • The Sacredness Of Tradition, by Alice von Hildebrand.
   • Oriens, the journal of the Australian branch of the Ecclesia Dei Society. (See my comment on the publication.)

3. The Traditional Latin Mass:

   • The Case for the Latin Mass, by Dietrich von Hildebrand.
   • The Attractiveness of the Tridentine Mass, by Alfons Cardinal Stickler.
   • Reflections on the Liturgical Reform, by Professor Robert de Mattei.
   • Modern Philosophy and the Liturgical Development, by Father Chad Ripperger.
   • Una Voce, the main society devoted to the promotion and support of the traditional Latin Mass within the Church.
   • (All too few) articles from The Latin Mass magazine.

   • Liturgia Latina Home Page. Electronic texts of the traditional Latin liturgy.

4. Traditionalists and conservatives compared and contrasted:

   • Operative Points of View, by Father Chad Ripperger. For other writings by Fr. Ripperger see his website Sensus Traditionis.
   • Conservative and Traditional Catholicism Compared, by Edward Faber.
   • Orthodoxy and Traditionalism, by Gerard V. Bradley.
5. The Church and the modern polity

   • Is American Democracy Safe for Catholicism?
   • Catholic Social Scientist Review Volume VI.
   • Robert P. Kraynak on Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World (Frank M. Covey, Jr. Loyola Lectures in Politial Analysis).
   • A. J. Conyers on The Long Truce: How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit (Spence 2001). Here are my comments on the book, and on a related topic, the "Wars of Religion" and whether that was really what they were.
   • "A Fire Strong Enough to Consume the House:" The Wars of Religion and the Rise of the State, by William T. Cavanaugh. If the point was to replace religion by statism as the basis of social order, why are they called the "wars of religion"?

   • So Wrong For So Long!. Thomas Droleskey on the Americanist Church.
   • I have not yet looked at the official Church Compendium of Social Doctrine.
6. Difficulties of maintaining orthodoxy in the ecumenical post-Vatican II open-to-the-world servant church:
   • Why Catholics can't defend themselves and Americanism and the Collapse of the Church in the United States, by John Rao. His other writings give much more analysis and background for the situation in the Church and society at large.

   • Conservative Bishops, Liberal Results, by James Hitchcock.
   • David L. Schindler on "Religious Freedom, Truth, and American Liberalism: Another Look at John Courtney Murray" and Francis Canavan, S.J., on Religious Freedom, John Courtney Murray and Vatican II.
   • Jacques Maritain's "Democratic Faith": Heretical or Orthodox? by Thaddeus J. Kozinski.

7. The Social Reign of Christ the King

   • Davies on the social reign of Christ the King.
   • Catholicism and the State by Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey.
   • CatholicActionResourceCenter.com. Materials relating to the social reign.
   • Tradition In Action. Promoting a restoration of Christian civilization.
8. Other:
   • Wikipedia has a useful article on Traditional Catholics. (If there's something wrong with it you can correct it.)
   • Catholic Culture (formerly PetersNet.net). Lots of materials about lots of things, including reviews of other sites.
   • The Roman Theological Forum. They discuss contemporary questions of theology and philosophy, beginning from a Thomist point of view, and promotes a neo-Patristic approach to the interpretation of Sacred Scripture.
   • The Roman Forum. Founded by Dietrich von Hildebrand, and dedicated to the broad defense of Catholic doctrine and Catholic culture. The site includes online books and newsletters.
   • The Remnant Newspaper. Includes links to news and partial archives.
   • Recommended reading from Catholic restorationist bloggers.

   • What's Wrong with the World, by G. K. Chesterton. Also see the G. K. Chesterton Page, with links to etexts of many of his other works, and the Online Books Page for Hilaire Belloc, the other half of Chesterbelloc. In particular see Hilaire Belloc's Survivals and New Arrivals, a general account of past, present and future threats to Catholic Christianity.
   • Christian Order. A monthly largely dealing with the problem of modernism in British Catholicism..

   • Wanderer Forum Foundation Publications. Includes some useful online texts, generally more from a conservative than specifically traditionalist point of view. (Scroll down the page.)
   • Angelus, an SSPX publication, has extensive online archives.
   • Wandea -- pro Fide, Rege, et Lege. A Polish sedevacantist site with many writings in English, including some by Rev. Rama Coomaraswamy. (As stated, listing does not imply agreement.)
   • Links from Catholic Action Resource Center.

   • The alt.revolution.counter Resource Lists compile a very great variety of materials on various strands of right-wing thought from the alt.revolution.counter newsgroup that include some Catholic traditionalist materials.