An Eastern Message to Western Trads
The terrible truth is that sometimes we the Catholics, all Christians, added our own effort to the work of Satan.
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Above: a Russian icon of Ss. Peter and Paul. As different as my culture is from that of my readers, there are still many things in common between Anglicanitas and Pax Russica – those two split-league hairs were once paired branches of the Roman Empire. Grafted by cutting, this ancient sprig has turned into a shrubbery sprawling East and West down from the Hill of Capitolium with myriad branches…