Feb 2, 2023

Mr. Michael Davies begins with a treatment of the solid but parochially-minded Church in England before the Reformation. He then shows how Henry VIII, on personal and political grounds, aided by a small group of heretics and many not terribly spiritually-minded administrative collaborators, brought about a revolution in...

Feb 2, 2023

Mr. Michael Davies speaks about the Bishop and martyr, St. John Fisher. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and the heroic defender of the Papacy under King Henry VIII, was the only bishop who remained united to Rome after the Anglican schism. He was slaughtered by Henry VIII for his fidelity and remains a witness...

Feb 2, 2023

Mr. Michael Davies speaks about the Western Rising of 1549. Mr. Davies gives a history of the Reformation in England under Queen Elizabeth and shows that the average Englishmen, while not an Ultramontanist, was a Catholic, and was especially upset when he sensed real or possible attacks on the Mass. The spirit of...

Feb 2, 2023

Mr. Michael Davies speaks about how England lost the Faith under Elizabeth I. The Tudor Queen Mary restored Catholicism after the Calvinizing period under Edward. She did not live long enough to complete her work. No one really knew what her half-sister Elizabeth believed when she became monarch. It was she,...

Feb 2, 2023

Dr. David Allen White reads the moving eulogy delivered by St. John Fisher for the pious grandmother of Henry VIII. Here one gets a good sense of the learning and rhetorical genius of Fisher and the deep piety of late medieval Catholic England. Taken from: Protestant Rebellion and Catholic Reform (1517-1648) - 1997...