Saturday, January 03, 2026
Catholic Traditionalism as Protestantism
We need to be very clear that when we embrace and appeal to tradition, it is the real thing, not a hallucination
What emerges is not tradition, but ideology clothed in religious language. While the aesthetic and symbolic power of these periods is undeniable — and many Catholics, myself included, feel their attraction — the danger lies in mistaking romantic appeal for theological truth, and nostalgia for fidelity.
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