Author: Tradition Magazine
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Majesty in Silence: the Requiem and the Organ’s Traditional Absence
About the author: Tate Pumfrey grew up in Thamesville, Ontario and holds a Master’s Degree in Music (Composition) from York University. As a composer, he has focused on writing for the organ and sacred music. He has written articles for Catholic Insight and One Peter Five, enjoys writing poetry, and organizes traditional square and ceilidh…
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The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Martyn, Farmer
About the Author: In 1473 a farmer named Thomas Martyn had his will recorded in Kent, and by an accident of history it was preserved. It is almost entirely from this document that we know anything about Thomas Martyn. We can guess that he was a farmer because so many of his bequests were of…
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Walther von der Vogelweide grows old
About the Author: Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 – c. 1230 AD) was the greatest of the Minnesänger, the wandering poets of the Middle Ages who sang of love and duty at the courts of the nobles of the Holy Roman Empire. It is unclear whether Walther began life as a noble knight, though…
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Caring For Nothing
About the Author: Graeme Hunter is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa, and a Research Professor at the Dominican University College in Ottawa. His recent books include Pascal the Philosopher: An Introduction (2014) and What Came to Mind: Essays against Fear (Justin Press, 2023). His philosophical interests are wide and range over Early modern Philosophy, Ancient…
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How Death came into the World
About the Story: In the first pages of Genesis (3:1-19) we encounter the story of original sin, precipitated by Eve’s encounter with the strange figure of the serpent in the garden. This can be no ordinary serpent. Snakes don’t talk, and they also don’t tempt people, and we are not original in viewing the serpent as a…
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Introduction to Tradition Magazine, Issue Two: Death
Here we are again slipping into winter, and for most of the natural world, winter is a time of dying. Many animals will not survive the winter: the ones who are too old, the ones who are too young, the foolish, the unlucky, the squirrel who has forgotten where he hid the nuts. It’s no…
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Introduction to Tradition Magazine, Issue One: Marriage
When you tell people that you want to start a quarterly online written and audio magazine, they hit you with questions. Why a magazine focused on tradition? There’s already so much writing out there, why add to the pile? What’s the point anyway, and where are you going to go with this? These are good…
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What to Expect in your 8th Century Marriage
About the Author Emperor Leo III, the Isaurian (c. 675 – 741). When Leo was a young man, his parents had brought him from his native Syria to Constantinople, the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire. The emperor had given young Leo a job, but grown worried about his ambition. He had sent Leo…
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Pope Innocent III on a complex domestic situation
About the Author Lothar of Segni, Pope Innocent III (1160/1 – 1216), was busy with many things, including jockeying for control with the lords of Europe, and launching the expedition that turned into the disastrous Fourth Crusade. But in between all these duties, he had to reply to letters from his clergy asking for advice…
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Patrick O’Hearn on Catholic Courtship
About the Author The following is an Excerpt from The Courtship of the Saints (2023) by Patrick O’Hearn. Reprinted by kind permission of TAN Books. Find more of Patrick O’Hearn’s work at www.patrickrohearn.com. Courtship Defined “Since marriage is beautifully sacred, so should be the courtship that precedes it. Your courtship must be pure if it is to be…