Forge Roundup
Sending this week's roundup from Substack, for a very important reason.
Hi subscribers,
This is your weekly roundup of articles and podcasts I’ve published to The Forge this past week. I only send out one major piece of editorial in an email and later send one more email with a roundup so that I don’t flood your inbox. This is that roundup
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LATEST From The Forge
Four Things Catholics Might Learn from the SSPX
(PAID MEMBERS but with a large FREE preview)
“Despite its flaws, the SSPX may have something to teach ordinary Catholics—and it’s probably not what you think.”
Here are four things we can put into practice in our lives, inspired by some positive things we observe in the SSPX.
Hey, I also have a couple of quick updates at the end of this email. Don’t miss them
Gender Ideology and the False Civil-Rights Comparison
A Catholic institution’s refusal to use gender-affirming pronouns...is treated as though it were racial exclusion
Society is being swindled by a con that would be considered illegal in any other circumstance. Here is how the trans lobby and gender ideologues leech off of the virtue of the civil rights movement to manufacture the false virtue of their own agenda.
podcast - 28 minutes
The Lie of False Fidelity
The SSPX says it is faithful to Rome while rejecting Rome’s judgment. In this short podcast, I explain the problem of this position and why it shows that what’s on the surface does not signal what’s beneath.
The audio player at The Forge will play in the background even with your phone in sleep mode.
The SSPX, the Arian Crisis, and the False History of a Faithful Remnant
SSPX defenders use the Arian crisis, Pope Liberius, and Antipope Felix II to make resistance to Rome look like fidelity. But the real history exposes the myth.
You might have seen this already in the first email that went out from The Forge at its new location. It’s a truly great one, and I hope you guys take the time to read it.
There is also an afterthoughts segment for paid members.
This may be the last email I send from The Forge’s outpost here at Substack. It will continue to have a presence here, though. I just don’t want things to become confused between the two sites, so I have to stay disciplined about emailing from just one, from just the main site.
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