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Courage and Cowardice Aug 07, 2016

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“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act.”

- John F. Kennedy

Civil Disobedience - Part Two Jul 26, 2016

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“Recognizing that natural law is the basis for and places limits on positive law means admitting that it is legitimate to resist authority should it violate in a serious or repeated manner the essential principles of natural law. … Natural law is therefore the basis of the right to resistance.”

- Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, No. 400

Civil Disobedience - Part One Jul 19, 2016

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- Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, No. 400

Independence Jul 10, 2016

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

- Declaration of Independence

Indulgences, Relics, and Rome Jun 26, 2016

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"Arise, O Lord, and judge your own cause. Remember your reproaches to those who are filled with foolishness all through the day. Listen to our prayers, for foxes have arisen seeking to destroy the vineyard whose winepress you alone have trod."

- Pope Leo X, Exsurge Domine

The Crusades - Version One - Part Two Jun 21, 2016

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"All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins. O what a disgrace if such a despised and base race, which worships demons, should conquer a people which has the faith of omnipotent God and is made glorious with the name of Christ!"

- Pope Urban II

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The Crusades - Version One - Part One Jun 14, 2016

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- Pope Urban II

This lecture was given at two different times and locations. The resources are listed as such.

Principles of Liberty Jun 12, 2016

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"It is accordingly our wish and command that the English Church shall be free, and that men in our kingdom shall have and keep all these liberties, rights, and concessions, well and peaceably in their fullness and entirety for them and their heirs, of us and our heirs, in all things and all places for ever."

- Magna Carta

Controlling the Kingdom Jun 05, 2016

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“For God’s sake, spare not; strike hard at the beginning; stay not to take spoil; all the booty shall be in common, and there will be plenty for everyone. … I have no doubt of the victory; we are come for glory; the victory is in our hands, and we may make sure of obtaining it if we so please.”

- Duke William, preparing his men for battle

Life Everlasting, Amen - Part Two May 26, 2016

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“It is fitting that the end of all our desires, namely eternal life, coincides with the words at the end of the creed, ‘Life everlasting. Amen.’”

- Saint Thomas Aquinas, On the Apostles' Creed