"The Little Number of Those Who Are Saved", a sermon by St. Leonard of Port Maurice, mid 18th Century olrl.org/snt_docs/fewness.shtml
Summa Theologiae, Supplement, Question 94, "The relations of the saints towards the damned", by St Thomas Aquinas newadvent.org/summa/5094.htm
Chapters 0:00 Pope Francis hopes hell is empty 0:51 The fewness of the saved 4:48 Choosing to be in hell 7:07 The pitilessness of the saved 9:30 Psychopathy
The Fewness and the Pitilessness of the Saved in Traditional CatholicismKevigen of Alexandria2024-01-18 | Works Cited:
"The Little Number of Those Who Are Saved", a sermon by St. Leonard of Port Maurice, mid 18th Century olrl.org/snt_docs/fewness.shtml
Summa Theologiae, Supplement, Question 94, "The relations of the saints towards the damned", by St Thomas Aquinas newadvent.org/summa/5094.htm
Chapters 0:00 Pope Francis hopes hell is empty 0:51 The fewness of the saved 4:48 Choosing to be in hell 7:07 The pitilessness of the saved 9:30 PsychopathyHow the cultus of St Francis Xavier stifles legitimate critiques about his life and relicsKevigen of Alexandria2024-10-09 | Works Cited
St Rosalia’s Bones https://commons.mtholyoke.edu/arth290brennan/2015/12/05/saint-rosalia/
Chapters: 0:00 Catholic Police in India 3:44 The Goan Inquisition 7:03 Francis Xavier and forced conversions 10:44 The track record of Catholic Relics 13:06 The Bones of Francis Xavier 16:43 The stifling of important conversationsApostolic Succession with Adam ScroupGroup - Conversations with NonCatholic ChristiansKevigen of Alexandria2024-10-07 | ...Catholic claims regarding Apostolic Succession are overstatedKevigen of Alexandria2024-09-30 | Works Cited:
youtube.com/watch?v=81_QiSOIisg The Case Against Apostolic Succession What Your Pastor Didn’t Tell You (Featuring Dr Steven Nemes)
Didache 15:1 earlychristianwritings.com/text/didache-hoole.html Written ~90 AD Elect, therefore, for yourselves bishops and deacons worthy of the Lord, men who are meek and not covetous, and true and approved, for they perform for you the service of prophets and teachers.
1 Clement 44 newadvent.org/fathers/1010.htm Written ~96 AD Our apostles … appointed those [ministers] already mentioned, and afterwards gave instructions, that when these should fall asleep, other approved men should succeed them in their ministry. We are of opinion, therefore, that those appointed by them, or, afterwards, by other eminent men, with the consent of the whole church, and who have blamelessly served the flock of Christ, in a humble, peaceable, and disinterested spirit, and have for a long time possessed the good opinion of all, cannot be justly dismissed from the ministry. For our sin will not be small, if we eject from the episcopate those who have blamelessly and holily fulfilled its duties. Blessed are those presbyters who, having finished their course before now, have obtained a fruitful and perfect departure [from this world]; for they have no fear lest any one deprive them of the place now appointed them. But we see that you have removed some men of excellent behaviour from the ministry, which they fulfilled blamelessly and with honour. (see the 40:30 mark for Dr Nemes take here)
Lastly, I didn't actually reference this video, but its related and super interesting: youtube.com/watch?v=ibLofnWkSiE How All Modern Popes Share a Common "Ancestor" UsefulCharts
Chapters: 0:00 Catholic claims about Apostolic Succession 2:48 We don't have the lists 4:04 Didache 15 6:04 1 Clement 44 7:47 Dr Steven Nemes 8:55 Hippolytus and the 3rd Century +Saints who hurl lightning, infants fasting, and Our Lady, jealous ex-girlfriend: The Golden LegendKevigen of Alexandria2024-09-17 | Hi all. Upon relistening to this video, I don't think that I stressed enough (or at all, frankly) that neither Anthony nor Rob actually said that the story of St Andrew in the Golden Legend contains the St Andrew's cross. I think that that is a fair way to understand their words, but they never actually said that, not explicitly. And I never really pointed this out in my video, so, I need to be fair to the Avoiding Babylon team and point out that they never said that the Golden Legend said that the cross on which St Andrew was killed was X shaped.
Works Cited:
de Voragine, Jacobus. The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints: Unabridged Premium Edition in Seven Volumes, FV éditions. Kindle Edition.
Cudith Calvert, "The Iconography of the St. Andrew Auckland Cross", The Art Bulletin 66.4 (December 1984:543–555) p. 545, note 12, citing Louis Réau, Iconographie de l'art chrétien III.1 (Paris) 1958:79.
Chapters: 0:00 The Lives of the Saints, fact and fiction 4:21 The Crucifixion of St Andrew 14:16 St Andrew hurls lightning 19:04 St Nicholas the Strong Infant 25:04 Our Lady the Jealous Ex-Girlfriend 29:03 Epistemological Implications 33:25 Real World ImplicationsWhich kind of Liturgical Music is better? Traditional or Modern?Kevigen of Alexandria2024-09-17 | I am joined by my friends Anton and Daniel to discuss music, liturgy, liturgical music, music theory, and more!On Infallibility - Conversations with Catholics, with James (r/CatholicApologetics)Kevigen of Alexandria2024-09-09 | Link to the Catholic Apologetics Discord Server: reddit.com/r/CatholicApologetics
Link to James's infallibility post from September 4th, 2024: reddit.com/r/CatholicApologetics/comments/1f8v11k/infallibility_a_definitive_postOn the Anti-Intellectuality of the Catholic Churchs Pontifical Biblical CommissionKevigen of Alexandria2024-09-03 | There are a non-insignificant number of times that I say "Committee" instead of "Commission" in this video, and ironically, it gets worse the further the video goes on. You'd think I learn to say it correctly ... but I am a big dummy. Sorry!
Another note that I do not get into this video is the modern Commission is nothing like the Commission from 100 years ago. So, as much as I wish that the modern Commission would straight up just say "Yes, the commission was wrong all those years ago", the modern commission is at least not repeating its mistakes of the past.
Pope Benedict wrote a piece, linked below, where he talks about the Commission, on the 100th anniversary of its founding, back in 2003, before he was pope. He kind of admits that the Commission made mistakes, saying that the "credibility of the magisterium has been diminished", which is like, super shocking to me, but then he kinda just says "Oh well, sometimes it be like that". Look:
... how should we evaluate, today, the first fifty years of the Biblical Commission? Was all this only, so to speak, a tragic conditioning of the freedom of theology, a set of errors from which we had to free ourselves in the second fifty years of the Commission, or should we instead consider this difficult process in a more articulated way? That things are not as simple as they seemed in the initial enthusiasm at the beginning of the Council is perhaps already evident from what we have just said. It remains true that the Magisterium, with the decisions cited, has excessively broadened the scope of certainties that faith can guarantee; for this reason it remains true that the credibility of the Magisterium has been diminished and the space necessary for exegetical research and questions has been excessively restricted. But it also remains true that, as far as the interpretation of Scripture is concerned, faith has its say and that therefore pastors are also called to correct, when the particular nature of this book is lost sight of and an objectivity, which is pure only in appearance, makes disappear what is proper and specific to Sacred Scripture. A laborious research was therefore indispensable, so that the Bible had its correct hermeneutics and historical-critical exegesis its rightful place. https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20021030_stock_it.html
So yeah, that is another interesting thing that didn't make it into the script. I thought about adding this, but ... 45 minutes is long enough haha!
And now, for the full works cited:
Works Cited:
Vigilantiae Studiique (1903) promulgated by Pope Leo XIII https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/la/apost_letters/documents/hf_l-xiii_apl_19021030_vigilantiae-studiique.html
On the authenticity of the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch Biblical Pontifical Commission June 27, 1906 https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19060627_pentateuchi_it.html
Regarding the sources of the Pentateuch and the historical value of Genesis 1-11 Biblical Pontifical Commission January 16, 1948 https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19480116_fonti-pentateuco_it.html
On the authorship and historical truth of the fourth Gospel Biblical Pontifical Commission May 29, 1907 https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19070529_quarto-evangelio_it.html
On the nature and authorship of the book of Isaiah Biblical Pontifical Commission June 28, 1908 https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19080628_libri-isaiae_it.html
Concerning the historical nature of the first three chapters of Genesis Biblical Pontifical Commission June 30, 1909 https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19090630_genesi_it.html
Praestantia Scripturae (1907) promulgated by Pope Pius X https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-x/la/motu_proprio/documents/hf_p-x_motu-proprio_19071118_praestantia-scripturae.html
Who Has the Authority to Interpret Scripture/the Bible? (feat. Fr. Dempsey Rosales-Acosta) by Ascension Presents: youtube.com/watch?v=xOhqjg0S-os&t=392s
Chapters: 0:00 Surrender your intelligence 3:19 The origin and authority of the PBC 14:19 The Gospel of John 20:42 The Book of Isaiah 28:18 The Pastoral Epistles 32:43 The 1955 Clarification 41:45 Anti-Intellectual does not mean "dumb"The Merits of NonCatholic Christianities - Conversations with NonCatholic Christians, with AdamKevigen of Alexandria2024-08-29 | ScroupGroup Discord Server link: discord.gg/JFWcAbBgyUAdam and Eve, Polygenism, Hell, and the Logical Problem of the Trinity - CwC, with JamesKevigen of Alexandria2024-08-20 | Link to the Catholic Apologetics subreddit: reddit.com/r/CatholicApologetics Link to the associated Discord server: discord.com/invite/4eSuFY4JUj
On Wednesday, August 7th, 2024, on a thread posted to the subreddit r/exCatholicDebate, James and I were discussing transubstantiation, the real presence, Jimmy Akin and other topics, and we decided that a conversation over video call was over due! James and I had been talking for around three years (I think - Reddit doesn't make it easy to look for old comments) across various subreddits, always trying to leave high-effort responses to one another, and so, this conversation was born! Enjoy!On the extreme scrupulosity of St Alphonsus Liguori and its lasting impact on Trad cultureKevigen of Alexandria2024-08-19 | “On the Number of Sins Beyond Which God Pardons No More”, a sermon by Saint Alphonsus Liguori, archived on the Our Lady of the Rosary website. olrl.org/snt_docs/num_sins.shtml
Saint Alphonsus de Liguori. The True Spouse of Jesus Christ (Illustrated) . Aeterna Press. Kindle Edition.
Pope Francis's message marking the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St Alphonsus Liguori as a Doctor of the Church. https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2021/documents/papa-francesco_20210323_messaggio-santalfonso.html
Chapters 6:15 Why we’re talking about Marian Apparitions 16:51 Our Lady of the Rosary 27:27 Our lady of Mt. Carmel 46:30 Our lady of Guadalupe 1:16:15 Our Lady of LaSalette 1:27:42 Our Lady of Lourdes 2:00:23 Our Lady of FatimaWhy the Phoenix in early Christian writing should lower our credence in the resurrection of JesusKevigen of Alexandria2024-08-05 | Sources:
M. David Litwa, How the Gospels became History, (2019) Yale University, pg 13
The Church Fathers. The Complete Works of the Church Fathers: A total of 64 authors, and over 2,500 works of the Early Christian Church Amazon.com. Kindle Edition. pp. 47731-47732 for the quote from the Apostolic Constitutions. pp. 17092 for the quote from Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians. pp. 1072 for the quote from St Ambrose's On the Death of Satyrus
Chapters:
0:00 Ancient Standards 2:04 The Phoenix according to Ambrose 6:44 The Phoenix according to Clement 10:40 The Phoenix according to the Apostles 13:52 How the Phoenix became historyRebranding and Bookshelf TourKevigen of Alexandria2024-07-31 | Thanks @ReasonandTheology for helping me workshop a few new name ideas!Necromancy in the writings of the Church Fathers, or, why I think that apologists need to chill.Kevigen of Alexandria2024-07-29 | There are a few things that I didn't even get around to in my script, so I am going to leave them here.
In the City of God part, Augustine is writing about Numa Pompilius as if Numa was a real, historical King. Numa was not. Numa never existed. Its funny, because Augustine points out, in chapter 35, that it is believed that Numa Pompilius married a nymph, and so, Augustine points out that legends can grow over time. Little did Augustine know that the entire story of Numa Pompilius is legend, not just the part about him marrying a nymph.
For reference, when I called Numa the "second king of Rome", I meant "the successor to Romulus", who was also not a real, historical person. The listener with an interest in Roman myth may have picked that up already.
Also, I didn't spend any time at all talking about how Augustine is kind of being a skeptic about the pagan gods in City of God. He is reasoning out why the pagan Gods are all false, and its kinda cool reading it and getting into his head. I am afraid that someone watching my video and not reading this part here might think that I think that City of God is super lame and stuff, but I actually like it! Its neat!
Let me also add here something about the "Four Winds" that Irenaeus mentions in Against Heresies (ie, there can only be four gospels because there are four winds). On my reddit post, someone was telling me that Irenaeus's mentioning of the Four Winds was a callback to the book of Revelation:
"And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree." Rev 7:1
I, however, don't think that Irenaeus was calling back to Revelation, necessarily. Rather, the Four Winds were just a popular conception of like, how the world worked, back then. The earliest reference that we have to the Four Winds is from tablet KN Fp 13, dated to 1450-1375 BC. Virgil's Aenead talks about the Four Winds too, which was written only a few decades before Jesus would have been born. The Four Winds are also mentioned in a few OT books, like Daniel, Zechariah, Jeremiah and Hosea.
OK, that is probably good for now. I spent a decent while reading these books in order to come up with a script on necromancy, but I tend to read quickly and then forget quickly, so, if anyone wants to challenge my understandings anywhere, please do! The odds of me having misinterpreted something in here is probably pretty decent haha!
Chapters: 0:00 Suan Sonna and the Limit of Apologetics 4:31 Weird Reasoning: Four Zones, Four Winds, Four Gospels 6:55 Weird Reasoning: Sexual Reproduction, therefore, Resurrection 9:38 Necromancy: Augustine of Hippo 13:03 Necromancy: Justin Martyr 15:22 Necromancy: Pseudo-Clement of Rome 18:29 Aquinas, Faith and Humility 22:22 Post Script: Reddit Roundup
Works Cited:
The Church Fathers. The Complete Works of the Church Fathers: A total of 64 authors, and over 2,500 works of the Early Christian Church. Amazon.com. Kindle Edition.
(Specifically, Against Heresies, City of God, First Apology, and Recognitions)
Chapters: 0:00 JB Peterson & Christopher West get drunk 2:27 Why women can't be priests... 6:22 ...but men can be brides 9:02 Physical reality and spiritual reality 11:35 First Timothy and TraditionThe Catholic Infallibility Shell Game, or, how Catholic infallibility is functionally fallibleKevigen of Alexandria2024-07-05 | Hey @shamelesspopery - this is a topic that I would love to chat with you about. If I am misunderstanding anything, I am totally down for you to help me understand better.
Chapters: 0:00 The Shell Game 1:20 Catholic Infallibility is functionally the same as fallibility 5:38 CCC 889 8:51 Lumen Gentium 12 10:57 Saint Augustine and Wisdom 14:22 Dei Verbum 10 17:36 CCC 891 19:25 Lumen Gentium 25 24:44 Vatican 1 28:18 ConclusionOn the intrinsic evil of the full use of the generative power outside the natural conjugal actKevigen of Alexandria2024-07-02 | I am simulstreaming this with the Uncharted Catholic Man podcast team - check out their channel here:
youtube.com/@UnchartedCatholicManEucharistic Miracles Discussion - Multistream with Real Seekers and Faith UnalteredKevigen of Alexandria2024-06-26 | Hey all, I am streaming this to be my channel too but this will also be on Real Seekers (Dale's channel) and on Faith Unaltered. Dane is exploring Catholicism and thought that Eucharistic Miracles seemed compelling, so Dale (Real Seekers) invited me to talk to Dale about that topic and we might also explore other Catholic adjacent topics.
The Ecstacy of St Theresa https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/miscellanea/perseus/theresa.html
Chapters 0:00 Unidentified Flying Hyperobjects 4:09 Evidence for the Resurrection 6:59 Evidence for UFO Phenomena 16:10 Comparing the Evidences 20:18 Marian Apparitions 24:04 Skepticism is double-edged 30:52 Humility 35:55 Post Script: The Ecstasy of St TheresaDebating the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation - Conversations with ExCatholicsKevigen of Alexandria2024-06-11 | ...The Word on Fire Scandal, with Scott GrunowKevigen of Alexandria2024-06-04 | For information pertaining to the scandal, you can read more here: chrisdamian.substack.com/p/sexual-misconduct-and-employee-intimidation?s=w
Scott's Twitter: twitter.com/scottgr60613Our Lady of the Rosary, or, how to not let facts get in the way of your traditionKevigen of Alexandria2024-05-29 | If you already know all about the origin story of the rosary, skip to the second chapter.
Chapters:
0:00 The traditional story of the origin of the rosary 7:12 Historicity concerns with the traditional story 15:39 The anti-intellectual rejection of Catholic Scholarship 26:29 Implications
Works Cited
SUPREMI APOSTOLATUS OFFICIO (01 Sep 1883) https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_01091883_supremi-apostolatus-officio.html
DIUTURNI TEMPORIS (05 Sep 1898) https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_05091898_diuturni-temporis.html
“The Rosary: Spiritual Sword of Our Lady | Fr. Don Calloway, MIC | Franciscan University”, published by Franciscan University of Steubenville YouTube account. youtube.com/watch?v=dwVdYXyxln0
Pertinent quotes from the speech:
From 12:22 to 12:56 Father Dominic… went on a preaching campaign to go against [the Albigensian Heretics]. And he thought, with his ability to speak, he'd be able to conquer them easily, but he wasn't able to. And he was pretty bummed out, so he went into the forest to do a retreat in southern France and he prayed and he asked Heaven “I need help, I need help”, and that is when, tradition says, popes have said, Our Lady came to him and said to him, “preach my Salter”.
From 15:42 to 16:00 The black plague in Europe, in the 14th century, was a result of Satan seeking to get rid of this [spoken while holding up some rosary beads]. The weapon had been unsheathed. He wanted to destroy all documentary evidence associated with it, and, by the way, this is a frequent tactic of the evil one. When some new form of devotion is given to the world he will seek to burn the original documents.
From 37:05 to 37:23 You know about the tilma and Guadalupe, and it's a miracle! I mean the tilma is alive! You know they've studied the eyes and everything - it's just it's a miraculous - it should have disintegrated, it's the color spectrum is not known to us, it's hovering above the fabric, it's unbelievable!
From 40:48 to 41:07 I want to go there so bad [to the Shrine of Our Lady of Las Lajas]. Fully approved! John Paul 2 talked about it! That happened in 1754, to confound “the academics” [spoken while doing air quotes with his hands] . You think you know? You don't know. When you get too involved in your books and you don't have the piety and the devotion, and you're not trusting, there's a problem. And heaven will respond.
From 51:20 to 51:55 After that happened in 1903, Leo the 13th dies, modernism strikes, hard. Oh, big time hard. And what do they go on the attack against? This [holding up a rosary]. As soon as Leo the 13th dies, the scholars come out and they start saying “it's legendary, it's not true, it has no foundation in reality, there's no historical documents”. Right - because they were burned! What does it take to get into your head? That this is how the devil works! And popes have affirmed this time after time after time after time.The First Friday Devotion & St Margaret Mary Alacoque - A Critical Ex-Catholic ExaminationKevigen of Alexandria2024-05-17 | Happy Friday - here's a video about the First Friday devotion, a common Catholic devotion that originated in the visions of the 17th Century French saint Margaret Mary Alacoque. This one gets pretty weird, so ... enjoy?
YouTube Video Title: First Fridays and First Saturdays - Explaining the Faith Published By: Divine Mercy Sermon By: Fr. Chris Alar youtube.com/watch?v=p55FH8AAYuA
YouTube Video Title:9 FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION to the SACRED HEART OF JESUS (amazing promises in the video) Published By: A Catholic Mom’s Life youtube.com/watch?v=L2EY-kGC_ok&t=174s
Chapters: 0:00 What is the First Friday Devotion 6:21 Theological Problems 14:02 Historicity Problems 25:17 ConclusionNatural Law Theory is just Catholic Divine Command TheoryKevigen of Alexandria2024-05-06 | Works Cited:
Feser, E. (2019) Aquinas: A beginner’s guide. London: Oneworld.
Laird, G. (2020) Unnecessary Science: A Critical Analysis of Natural Law Theory. Onus Books
Oderberg, D. (2007) Real Essentialism. New York: Routledge
Rodriguez-Pereyra, Gonzalo, "Nominalism in Metaphysics", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Summer 2019 Edition, Edward N. Zalta ed., URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2019/entries/nominalism-metaphysics/.
Chapters: 0:00 Teaching Natural Law to kids 2:07 Natural Law fails as a physical theory 10:22 Natural Law fails as an ethical theoryWho was the historical Jesus? - Conversations with Catholics, with AntonKevigen of Alexandria2024-04-25 | Main Book discussed in today's video: "Jesus: A New Vision: Spirit, Culture, and the Life of Discipleship" by Marcus Borg
Other books mentioned: "The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith" by Marcus Borg "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth" by Reza AslanReviewing my Shroud Video with Dale of Real Seekers - PART 2 - Conversations with ChristiansKevigen of Alexandria2024-04-23 | ...The Miraculous Medal, or, How to Eat Relics to Induce Marian ApparitionsKevigen of Alexandria2024-04-22 | Works Cited:
Poole, Stafford C.M. (1999) "Pierre Coste and Catherine Laboure: The Conflict of Historical Criticism and Popular Devotion," Vincentian Heritage Journal: Vol. 20: Iss. 2, Article 3. https://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1222&context=vhj
Heralds of the Gospel: HIDDEN SECRETS of the MIRACULOUS MEDAL youtube.com/watch?v=YSFlvCgaRYo&t=851s&ab_channel=HeraldsoftheGospel 2:06 “Due to Protestant influence, people treat the miraculous medal like a talisman, but it isn’t” 35:55 Mothers trick their children into wearing it
A Catholic Mom’s Life: Miraculous Medal NEVER TAKE IT OFF! youtube.com/shorts/OYKCYap7iz0?si=YhVwDMpY8fFSqu44 “If you have a son or daughter who’s anxious, who’s nervous, who’s away from God the Father, put a blessed miraculous medal on them…”
Chapters: 0:00 An Introduction to the Miraculous Medal 7:16 Discrepancies in the Story 19:52 False and Post-dated Prophecies 22:56 Two Globes or One? 25:34 The Miraculous Medal as a Magic Amulet 31:40 The Tragic Life of Fr Jean-Marie AladelMathematical Realism as Evidence of Theism - Conversations with Catholics, with DaviKevigen of Alexandria2024-04-18 | ...Can teleology PROVE homosexuality is wrong? - Conversations with Ex-Catholics, with @GayTradSpeaksKevigen of Alexandria2024-04-17 | youtube.com/@UC_Kd4YUpF_xBStmCpPwGQ8Q
"'CHAIRS prove being gay is a SIN' - crazy pastor's terrible arguments (Father Mike Schmitz)": youtube.com/watch?v=CIxFiVhjrPY&t=5s&ab_channel=Gay%28ex%29TradSpeaksCan Catholics be Transsexual? - Conversations with Catholics, with NicoleKevigen of Alexandria2024-04-11 | #Catholic #traditionalcatholic #transgender #genderideology #genderidentityTraditional Catholics wear Rose Tinted Glasses: An empirical rebuttal to @MichaelKnowlesKevigen of Alexandria2024-04-05 | My favorite fun fact about Michael Knowles is that he tells everyone to get married young and have lot of babies, even though Michael Knowles is 34 years old, has been married for about 6 years and has 2 kids.
“Some key differences between a happy life and a meaningful life” by R. F. Baumeistera et all, published in 2013 in the Journal of Positive Psychology https://carlsonschool.umn.edu/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/2019-04/baumeister_vohs_et_al_jopp_meaning_hps_online2013_0.pdf
Pinker, S. (2018). Enlightenment Now: the case for reason, science, humanism and progress. Penguin.
Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:52 Bigger than just Trads 5:32 Enlightenment Now Data 7:49 “But we’re not happier” 8:52 More Enlightenment Now Data 16:35 We’re NOT not happier :) 27:27 What’s so much better about the past? 31:12 Create the problem, sell the solutionI asked Joe Schmid why he isnt Catholic anymore @MajestyofReasonKevigen of Alexandria2024-04-01 | Joe's AMA: youtube.com/watch?v=foXCrhSJjk4&t=18307s&ab_channel=MajestyofReason
Chapters: 0:00 Intro to Joe Schmid from Majesty of Reason 1:06 Joe reads and responds to my question 3:42 The Certainty of Religious Claims 8:19 Is it religious experiences?Reviewing my Shroud Video with Dale of Real Seekers - Conversations with ChristiansKevigen of Alexandria2024-03-28 | youtube.com/@RealSeekers realseekerministries.wordpress.com
Augustine, “Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament” https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/0354-0430,_Augustinus,_Sermons_On_Selected_Lessons_Of_The_New_Testament_[Schaff],_EN.pdf
Augustine “On Marriage and Concupiscence” Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I/Volume V/On Marriage and Concupiscence/Book I/Chapter 19 - Wikisource, the free online library
St John Chrysostom “On Marriage and Family Life” https://dokumen.pub/on-marriage-and-family-life-st-john-chrysostom-popular-patristics-series-number-7-reprintnbsped-0913836869-9780913836866.html
Aquinas de Raptu - St. Thomas Aquinas's most revolting opinion (by my, subjective, lights), Kevin Nontradicath youtu.be/IqjDdoiaf4Q
The Fewness and the Pitilessness of the Saved in Traditional Catholicism, Kevin Nontradicath youtu.be/FxfkTKfm9Os
Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:57 Summary of Augustine's Positions 2:09 Why talk about this? 5:52 Brief St Augustine Introduction 6:50 Suspension of all mental activity 10:15 Procreation without Intercourse is ideal 14:15 Holy Men of Former Times 18:46 Adam and Eve lacked carnal concupiscence 20:30 The shame which attends all intercourse 24:58 St John Chrysostom 27:06 Implications for ScriptureRemaining Catholic while wrestling with sexual ethics - CwC with the Uncharted Catholic MenKevigen of Alexandria2024-03-19 | Uncharted Catholic Man Podcast: youtube.com/channel/UCMlWYnF76TrKGNh3pZ9xBcw
0:00 Introduction 1:24 Different Priests, Different Answers 5:11 The constant, unbroken tradition 14:49 The unbroken tradition is broken 20:08 Implications for other traditions?Catholicism with a side of ‘buddhist atheism’ - Conversations with CatholicsKevigen of Alexandria2024-03-12 | ...Meaning and Patterns without God? - Conversations with Catholic w/ Essence-tial CatholicKevigen of Alexandria2024-03-07 | ...Reviewing my Trad Catholic School Books: Christ and the Americas, Ch 1 (Middle School History)Kevigen of Alexandria2024-02-26 | Sources:
Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:03 Pre-Columbus Americas 4:43 St Brendan the Navigator 6:11 Christopher Columbus 8:42 Reflections on IndoctrinationConversation with a Catholic GeocentristKevigen of Alexandria2024-02-23 | Statement from Daniel:
I do a very bad job articulating any of my opinions but my only ask is that, if something sounds strange or interesting, please look up the sources in which I mentioned for geocentrism:
And I recommend the work of Dr. Robert J. Bennett for explanations of geostationary satellites and retrograde motion behavior, questions that didn't come up much.
For creation I recommend “The Doctrines of Genesis 1-11: A Compendium and Defense of Traditional Catholic Theology on Origins”
And regarding philosophy, sometimes we miss the point, I think. For my real thoughts expressed better then I ever could, read the works of Dostoevsky, Evelyn Waugh, and the church fathers, and watch the films of Kurosawa.
And finally I submit everything I have said to the judgement of the Church.
End of statement from Daniel
Chapters: 0:00 introduction 2:48 Daniel's Background 8:06 Geocentrism and YEC 38:00 Mereological NihilismAquinas de Raptu - St. Thomas Aquinass most revolting opinion (by my, subjective, lights)Kevigen of Alexandria2024-02-19 | QUICK CORRECTION:
At ~11:24, I say that "Aquinas thinks that Raptus of a virgin is worse than that of a non-virgin". This isn't necessarily entailed, though I do still believe that Thomas thinks that they are different, in much the same way that we today might think that raptus of someone under the age of 18 is worse than of someone over the age of 18.
Let's read exactly what Aquinas says:
"Wherefore adultery is more grievous than seduction. And both of these are aggravated by the use of violence. Hence rape of a virgin is graver than seduction, and rape of a wife than adultery."
So, Aquinas says:
A is more grievous than B.
C = some violence plus A D = some violence plus B
C is more grievous than A
D is more grievous than B
That is all Aquinas says. It is not necessary from these premises that C is more grievous than D, that is true. But I still do believe that Aquinas means this, since he is delineating between the two. But, at that 11 minute mark, I do not go into any of the above, and so, here in the description is the quick correction.
Also, I say it the wrong way around. Aquinas seems to think that doing that to a non-virgin is worse than someone who is a virgin.
Adultery is worse than seduction. "Adultery-raptus" (of a non-virgin) then is worse than "seduction-raptus" (of a virgin). So, ignore that entire 5 seconds haha!
END CORRECTION
Works Cited:
The Summa, second part of the second part, question 154, “The Parts of Lust”, articles 11 and 12:
Chapters: 0:00 Stage-setting 1:24 Defining "raptus" and "unnatural vices" 5:57 Aquinas on which is worse 11:32 Why this opinion sounds psychopathic to me 14:04 Aquinas is consistent 17:02 ConclusionThe thumbnail is very sarcastic. This is just another video about nominalism. I know, I know.Kevigen of Alexandria2024-02-06 | As of Tuesday, February 6th, I still have not heard back from Lloyd. I will update this description if that changes, but I don't expect that Lloyd is willing to talk with me. Lloyd, if you ever see this, my offer to talk has no expiration date. My door will always be open to you.
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Chapters: 0:00 Lloyd de Jongh 8:17 Realism and Slavery in Pre-Modernity 14:20 Realism and Slavery in Modernity 19:02 Realism and Gender Studies 21:35 Belief Formation 25:55 Final ThoughtsOn heads, and the sticking of them into sand - CwC, with Essence-tial CatholicKevigen of Alexandria2024-02-01 | Essence-tial Catholic's Twitter / X handle: twitter.com/ServusDeiR21Correcting 3 Errors in my Original Fatima Video (Correction Video 1 of ... ?)Kevigen of Alexandria2024-01-29 | Hi all - this video serves to correct three errors from my video titled "The more you learn about Fatima, the less impressive it seems".
The original video's description now has a link to this video as well, so that anyone who watches the old one is made aware of this video too.
This is not "the only correction video I will ever make", and its not even definitely "the only correction video about 'the more you learn about Fatima, the less impressive it seems'". There very well might be more. Time will tell!
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Chapters: 0:00 More correct over time 1:29 Error 1: Children did not see 12:08 Error 2: Confusing Aug with Oct 22:13 Error 3: "Celestial Apparitions" 28:13 Future Plans and Areas of Interest 34:34 Final ThoughtsFrom Atheist, Left-Leaning Vegan to Catholic and Right-leaning - Conversations with CatholicsKevigen of Alexandria2024-01-25 | Today, I am speaking with Daniel, who grew up in a secular home and become Catholic - the opposite of me! We will cover several topics, at leats one of which will be whether or not it is worthwhile to even focus at all on things like Marian Apparitions or Eucharistic Miracles.Science, Religion, and Conspiracy, with Seth from Deuterocomical - Conversations with CatholicsKevigen of Alexandria2024-01-23 | ...