Qui fideliter cuncta faciebant.
He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old. Matthew 13:52 The Catholic Church is the guardian of the Sacred Tradition passed on to the disciples by Jesus Christ. In this … Continue reading A Manifesto of the New Traditionalism
The following was published on 16 February 2017 by “Fergus Sandyford”. It has been republished on Tradistae not as a full endorsement of its ideas but to provide an archive of the Tradinista project. Alasdair MacIntyre, Ethics in the Conflict of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning and Narrative (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016). In a touching passage cited by Augustine, Cicero … Continue reading What Thomism Has to Do With Marx
The following was published on 24 January 2017 by “M.W. Lucik”. It has been republished on Tradistae not as a full endorsement of its ideas but to provide an archive of the Tradinista project. To commemorate the March for Life, we are pleased to present a series of essays on the abortion issue, presented from a left Catholic perspective. This is … Continue reading A Radical Politics of Solidarity in the Age of Abortion
The following was published on 3 January 2017 by “Juan Martinez”. It has been republished on Tradistae not as a full endorsement of its ideas but to provide an archive of the Tradinista project. We are pleased to publish this dialogue on the subject of reconciling Marx with the Aristotelian-Thomist tradition. STEPHANUS: Why do you guys care so much about Marx? Marx … Continue reading Aristotle, Thomas, Marx: A Dialogue
The following was published on 9 November 2016 by "Coëmgenus". It has been republished on Tradistae not as a full endorsement of its ideas but to provide an archive of the Tradinista project. Those who love the common good and long for a juster politics cannot celebrate the election of Donald Trump; one need not … Continue reading The President-Elect
The following was published on 7 October 2016 by "Andrew Kuiper". It has been republished on Tradistae not as a full endorsement of its ideas but to provide an archive of the Tradinista project. 1. The Name of the Beast Without warning or fanfare, in the midst of his analysis of commodities and exchange in … Continue reading St. Marx and the Dragon
The following was published on 30 September 2016 by "C.W. Strand" as the third essay in a three-part series on the possibility and nature of Catholic socialism. Part 1 can be found here and Part 2 here. It has been republished on Tradistae not as a full endorsement of its ideas but to provide an … Continue reading A Catholic Socialism? Part 3
The following was published on 29 September 2016 by "C.W. Strand" as the second essay in a three-part series on the possibility and nature of Catholic socialism. Part I can be found here and Part III here. It has been republished on Tradistae not as a full endorsement of its ideas but to provide an … Continue reading A Catholic Socialism? Part 2
The following was published on 28 September 2016 by "C.W. Strand" as the first essay in a three-part series on the possibility and nature of Catholic socialism. Part II can be found here and Part III here. It has been republished on Tradistae not as a full endorsement of its ideas but to provide an … Continue reading A Catholic Socialism? Part I
A Brief History of Recent Catholic Political Discourse In the United States, 2016 A.D. was a dramatic year in political history, with a surge of socialist organizing around the Democratic Primary bid of Senator Bernie Sanders and the unexpected election of President Donald Trump. It was also the year when a group of Catholics made … Continue reading The Tradinista Project: A Brief History