Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 7 March 1274), was a Doctor of the Church, Philosopher, Theologian, Jurist, Dominican Friar, and Priest. Known as Doctor Angelicus "Angelic Doctor," and the Doctor Communis "Universal Doctor" his writings serve as a defense and proof of the validity of Christ's authority over all. The Summa contra Gentiles (also known as Liber de veritate catholicae fidei contra errores infidelium, "Book on the truth of the Catholic faith against the errors of the unbelievers"). The Summa contra Gentiles consists of four books. The structure of Saint Thomas's work is designed to proceed from general philosophical arguments for monotheism, to which Muslims and Jews are likely to consent even within their own respective religious traditions, before progressing to the discussion of specifically Christian doctrine.
Book I begins with general questions of truth and natural reason, and from chapter 10 investigates the concept of a monotheistic God. Chapters 10 to 13 are concerned with the existence of God, followed by a detailed investigation of God's properties (chapters 14 to 102). When demonstrating a Truth about God which can be known through reason, St. Thomas gives multiple arguments, each proving the same Truth in a different way.
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25 March 2026
What is Corporatism?
From Tumblar House
What is corporatism? Is it a good or bad system? Is it plausible or preferable to the system we have now? At some time, did some Catholic administrations prefer this form of economics?
The Monarchs of Sweden ~ (1523–2023)
From The Romanian Monarchist
In the 16th century, Johannes Magnus constructed a mythical line of Swedish kings, beginning with Magog, the son of Japheth, to demonstrate the antiquity of the Swedish throne. On the basis of that list, Eric XIV and Charles IX chose to use high ordinals; previous monarchs with those names are traditionally numbered counting backward from Eric XIV and Charles IX. In contemporary Swedish usage, medieval kings are usually not given any ordinal at all.
A list of Swedish monarchs, represented on the map of the Estates of the Swedish Crown, created by French engraver Jacques Chiquet (1673–1721) and published in Paris in 1719, starts with Canute I and shows Eric XIV and Charles IX as Eric IV and Charles II respectively, while the only Charles who holds his traditional ordinal in the list is Charles XII, being the highest enumerated.
Sweden has been ruled by queens regnant on three occasions: by Margaret (1389–1412), Christina (1632–1654) and Ulrika Eleonora (1718–1720) respectively, and earlier, briefly, by a female regent Duchess Ingeborg (1318–1319).
In addition to the list below, the Swedish throne was also claimed by the kings of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1599 to 1660. Following his abdication Sigismund continued to claim the throne from 1599 to his death in 1632. After his death the claim was continued by his sons, Vladislaus IV (from 1632 to 1648) and John II Casimir (from 1648 to 1660).
The Swedish monarchs have been of the House of Bernadotte since 1818, based on the Swedish Act of Succession of 1810. The Constitution of 1809 assumed that the monarch would appoint his Cabinet as he saw fit, but growing calls for democratisation during the end of the 19th century made such an idea impossible to sustain. 1917 marks the end of any real political power for the Swedish monarch. The Constitution of 1974 codifies this development by removing all decision-making powers from the monarch, making it both de facto and de jure a ceremonial position, and today the Government has the chief executive power, not the king.
In 1980, the rule of succession was changed from agnatic to absolute primogeniture, to the benefit of Princess Victoria (born 1977), the current heir apparent, and to the disadvantage of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, who was born as heir apparent.
Biology and the Faitht: 5. Recombinant DNA, Biotechnology, Human Genome Project
With Martinez Hewlett, TOP, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona.
Annunciation: The Entire and Perfect Reversal of Our Fallen Fortunes
Small "t" tradition says that Christ was Crucified on 25 March, and some ancient Christians believed that a person died on the same day they were conceived. It is also exactly 9 months before Christmas.
From Aleteia
By Philip Kosloski
The date of the Annunciation was determined after establishing the day of Jesus' death.During the heart of Lent, the Church celebrates a feast honoring the incarnation of Jesus Christ in the womb of the Virgin Mary.
It is an interesting feast, as it interrupts the fasting and penance of Lent to celebrate Jesus' coming into the world.
The Gospels do not mention the precise date of Jesus' incarnation, nor his birth. As a result, early Christians had to fix specific days on the calendar for these celebrations, taking into account both oral and written traditions.
After careful considerations and much debate, the early Church eventually fixed the feast of the Annunciation on March 25, and this date was chosen based on Jesus' death.
Importance of March 25th
The date of March 25 for the Annunciation can be traced back to either the 3rd or 4th century and was fixed to coincide with the day Jesus died. The Catholic Encyclopedia explains the reasoning behind this calculation.
All Christian antiquity (against all astronomical possibility) recognized the 25th of March as the actual day of Our Lord's death. The opinion that the Incarnation also took place on that date is found in the pseudo-Cyprianic work "De Pascha Computus", c. 240. It argues that the coming of Our Lord and His death must have coincided with the creation and fall of Adam. And since the world was created in spring, the Saviour was also conceived and died shortly after the equinox of spring...the ancient martyrologies assign to the 25th of March the creation of Adam and the crucifixion of Our Lord; also, the fall of Lucifer, the passing of Israel through the Red Sea and the immolation of Isaac.
Spring was a fitting time to celebrate these events in the life of Christ, as the natural world reflected the idea of rebirth and renewal.
It was believed by some ancient Christians that a person died on the same day they were conceived.
St. Augustine in the 5th century wrote about these dates in his book On the Trinity, "For He is believed to have been conceived on the 25th of March, upon which day also He suffered; so the womb of the Virgin, in which He was conceived, where no one of mortals was begotten, corresponds to the new grave in which He was buried, wherein was never man laid, neither before nor since. But He was born, according to tradition, upon December the 25th."
It appears that the date of Christmas in the Roman Church was determined after establishing the date of Jesus' incarnation. As a result, Christmas was celebrated 9 months after March 25, taking into account the approximate time a child develops in his mother's womb.
March 25 was day full of symbolism for early Christians and remains an important day for Christians around the world.
The Jesuits Are Inventing a Government Persecution of the Church
The Jesuits and their comrades at the National Catholic Reporter (a/k/a the National Catholic Distorter - The Old Curmudgeon) are doing their part as good members of the anti-Catholic Party of Death to try to get Catholics back to voting for Democrat politicians.
7 Banned Medieval Sleep Practices That Scientists Now Say Were Genius
From Medieval Way
Seventy million Americans have a chronic sleep disorder. One in three adults does not get enough sleep. And the sleep aid industry just crossed 83 billion dollars a year, selling you pills, apps, weighted blankets, and white noise machines to fix a problem that didn't exist 400 years ago.
Medieval peasants had no mattress stores. No melatonin gummies. No sleep consultants charging $300 an hour. They had straw, wool, firelight, and seven sleep practices so effective that modern medicine actively discouraged them for over a century. Practices that researchers at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Sydney, and Cambridge University have now confirmed were not primitive habits. They were biologically optimal systems that matched the way your brain was designed to sleep.
Traditional Catholic Morning Prayers in English | March
Traditional Catholic morning prayers to help start your day in a godly way! The month of March is dedicated to St. Joseph. We've also included a powerful Lenten prayer -- the Prayer Before a Crucifix. This video is a compilation of many traditional morning prayers Catholics say, and should not be considered a replacement for those who have an obligation to pray the Divine Office morning prayers.
This Ancient Jewish Poem Just Broke Protestant Sola Scriptura
From Totus Catholica
Many Christians believe the Song of Songs is strictly an ancient erotic love poem — or at most a metaphor for Christ and the Church. But Catholic theology claims its deepest typological fulfillment is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary. And the proof is hidden in the Hebrew itself.
God's greatest, most passionate love song isn't just an abstract theological idea. She has a name.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 The Jewish Love Song Catholics Claim Is About Mary
0:49 The Ganul: What a Locked Garden Meant in Ancient Hebrew
2:20 Rabbi Akiva: "The Song of Songs Is the Holy of Holies"
3:06 The Ark of the Covenant and the Holy of Holies Connection
3:17 Ganul — Song of Songs 4v12: Perpetual Virginity in the Hebrew
4:40 Tamati — Song of Songs 4:7: The Immaculate Conception in the Text
5:18 Temple Incense, Myrrh, and the Sacrifice of the Mass
6:35 Objection: Eisegesis — Solomon Never Knew Mary
7:38 Objection: The Bride Is the Church, Not Mary
8:20 Catholic-Jewish Dialogue: Mary as Faithful Israel
8:52 Conclusion: He Doesn't Just Promise Purity — He Creates It
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