Feb 26, 2021

Dr. John Rao speaks about Tridentine "Baroque" Catholicism. The Catholic Church was given a particular flavor by the Tridentine reforms and Catholic civilization took on the characteristics that we associate with "Baroque" culture. Dr. John Rao argues that Tridentine, Baroque Catholicism, with its "Jesuit" emphasis...

Feb 26, 2021

Dr. John Rao explains how Regalism claimed control over many aspects of religious life in the 16th and 17th centuries. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed a further growth in the power of centralized monarchies claiming a legal right to guide all of society redolent of Roman imperial authority....

Feb 26, 2021

Dr. John Rao discusses Regalism, the Universal Church and the missions. Dr. Rao now discusses the precise ways in which Regalist demands involved many clashes of the French, Portuguese and Hapsburg monarchies with the Church, as well as confrontations between the innumerable German principalities and both Catholic...

Feb 26, 2021

Dr. John Rao discusses the Teaching Authority Problems West and East (1648-1799) Trent called for solid teaching. There remained, however, problems for identifying whence that solid teaching would come. Dr. John Rao discusses here problems that continued to divide the East from the West regarding the papal role in...

Feb 26, 2021

Dr. John Rao discusses theological methodology, including whether it was influenced by Descartes and Newton, in the 1600s and 1700s. Another source of debate regarding teaching in the 1600's and 1700's which Dr. Rao tackles involves the question of methodology. How do you develop your theology? Through "speculative"...