Anyone know or know about them ?
I bought this cheap but definitive mp3 download last December and have listened to a couple of them.
Tumultuous Times
Apparently they have a stockpile of unsold books, so you can get them now discounted. I've heard they're in process writing a new one, but I don't know the title. Might be something to do with the post-conciliar claimants to the papacy.
Tumultuous Times is a convenient reference for highlights of the 20 pre-Vat.II Councils, in many respects. They are listed in context of their place in history, and many of the more notable popes are mentioned with a few key elements of their pontificates.
While there are obviously going to be a lot of gaps since this is a 2-inch thick book and the history of the Church could fill many shelves of the book case, it seems noteworthy to me that there are missing from the list historical facts that would raise doubts about the sedevacantist precept. Therefore, it seems to me, that this book is a bit biased, in favor of that agenda.
That being said, I have not seen any objective errors on the pages, that is, if you don't consider how they've listed John XXIII, Paul VI, JPI and II, all as "anti-Popes," as being objective errors. Likewise, they do not list Vat.II as the 21st Oecuмenical Council of the Church, for the same reason(s). Knowing what sede-ism is all about enables you to recognize that these are not unreasonable outlooks once the sede perspective is a given.
Overall, if you are informed about sedevacantism, you can read this without being confused about Church teachings, however, if you've never heard about the arguments in favor of, and opposed to sedevacantism, you could read this book and not have a clear picture of what the current crisis is all about. For example, the treatment of Modernism is extremely brief, and this seems to me to be a shortcoming, since this super-heresy is most influential in our "tumultuous times," to the point where one could well say that it is the principal cause of the tumultuousness of these times. I have heard parishioners of Fr. Dominic R. ask him, "What is Modernism?" or, "What is
Pascendi?" and his answers have been dismissive for he tells them that you need to have a degree in theology to understand
Pascendi. But that is categorically false, and I can prove it, so it's not "just my opinion."
While I don't fault the authors for trying to keep this discussion simple, and not write in a manner that would tend to be "over the heads" of the likely readership, it seems to me that an opportunity is missed -- an opportunity to encourage those of the readers who would likely be well-disposed to take the time, trouble and effort to dig in to the great
Pascendi, to go ahead and do so, and to perhaps also offer some pointers and hints as to how to go about a serious STUDY of it; as it is not an encyclical that can be "casually read" like a novel or a popular magazine.
Speaking of
Pascendi, this year is the 100th anniversary of the author's death. He was born into eternal beatitude in the year of Our Lord 1914. His right hand man, and perhaps to a large degree, at least a greatly contributing ghost writer, Cardinal Merry del Val, lived on some years longer.
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