Category: Part 1: The Past
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Introduction
Here we are in the month of June. It is now a year since Tradition Magazine made its debut, peeking its infantile little head out into the wide world. We’ve learned a lot in this first year. We’ve made some mistakes—more than a few—had a rather long hiatus through the fall, and seen some significant…
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The Seven Days of Creation: Genesis 1:1–2:4
About the text: Divine Revelation begins with the dawn of creation, the narrative of which is found at the very beginning of the Bible. Unlike other ancient near eastern creation accounts, the story found in Genesis presents a God who speaks all things into being. There is no deception, no conflict, but only goodness and…
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St. Augustine, On Genesis against the Manichaeans I.23,35–41
About the text: Like many today, Augustine of Hippo (354–430) sought to understand the meaning and significance of the seven days of creation. Were they seven twenty-four-hour periods? Or were they seven periods of thousands or millions of years? In his quest to understand Revelation, Augustine wrote several commentaries on the opening chapters of Genesis,…
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“A Vast Immeasurable Sanctuary”: Saint Augustine on Memory
About the Author: Anastasia graduated with an Honours BSc and an MA in political thought from the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her thesis described the theologico-political justifications given by the French State in the nationalisation of the Catholic Church during the French Revolution. She has also written on the topics…
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Father John Lingard: How a Catholic Priest Developed the Historical Method Still Used Today
About the Author: Wade Loach recently finished his Master’s Degree in History at the University of Ottawa, where he wrote his thesis on the life of Ann Fenwick, an 18th-century English Catholic woman. Wade was converted -as a result of this research and was received into the Church in 2024. He currently works as an…
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The Black Legend: An Unbiased Analysis
About the Author: My name is Angelica Medina. I am currently a student at the Franciscan University of Steubenville studying philosophy. I have always had a deep passion for history and how Catholic philosophical ideas tie into it. I was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, and moved to Canada when I was a little girl. I…
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Preface to the Ecclesiastical History of the English People
About the text: St. Bede (672–735) was an Anglo-Saxon monk of the monastery at Jarrow in what is today northeast England. He was a skilled linguist and translated many Greek and Latin works into Anglo-Saxon, including the Holy Bible; he also produced an extensive commentary on the Scriptures that brought together much of the opinions…