Europe and the Faith: "Sine auctoritate nulla vita"

Belloc, Hilaire · 1953

INTRODUCTION. THE CATHOLIC CONSCIENCE OF HISTORY I. WHAT WAS THE ROMAN EMPIRE? II. WHAT WAS THE CHURCH IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE? III. WHAT WAS THE “FALL” OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE? IV. THE BEGINNING OF THE NATIONS V. WHAT HAPPENED IN BRITAIN? VI. THE DARK AGES VII. THE MIDDLE AGES VIII. WHAT WAS THE REFORMATION? IX. THE DEFECTION OF BRITAIN X. CONCLUSION I say the Catholic “conscience” of history—I say “conscience”—that is, an intimate knowledge through identity: the intuition of a thing which is one with the knower—I do not say “The Catholic Aspect of History.” This talk of “aspects” is modern and therefore part of a decline: it is false, and therefore ephemeral: I will not stoop to it. I w…

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