October is the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. If you subscribe to Chronicles, you can read this classic by Roberto De Mattei on the battle. @chesterbelloc3 @Paleocrat @emeriticus @LepantoInst https://t.co/Ef1sFm2DHs
— John Howting (@howtingmi) October 28, 2021
Showing posts with label Roberto De Mattei. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roberto De Mattei. Show all posts
Thursday, October 28, 2021
The Battle of Lepanto
Monday, August 10, 2020
Cardinal Zen Responds to Roberto De Mattei
THE CARD. JOSEPH ZEN ANSWERS TO PROF. ROBERTO DE MATTEI. https://t.co/JvVY2hOuWt
— Marco Tosatti (@MarcoTosatti) August 9, 2020
Marco Tostatti
Rorate Caeli: De Mattei: An eminent Cardinal, but not very prudent
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Chastisement Talk
There is manifest injustice in the political (dis)order of European and American states, and there will be a reckoning.
Rorate Caeli: De Mattei: Is the Corona Virus a Divine Punishment? A Video Conference
Crisis Magazine: America, the Northern Kingdom by Casey Chalk
Rorate Caeli: De Mattei: Is the Corona Virus a Divine Punishment? A Video Conference
Crisis Magazine: America, the Northern Kingdom by Casey Chalk
Friday, January 10, 2020
Friday, June 07, 2019
Latin Traditionalists Doing Their Thing
Rorate Caeli: Three New Books in English by Roberto de Mattei
Including Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Prophet of the Reign of Mary.
Attachment to the aristocracy; maybe some TFP members have the manners appropriate to an aristocrat but what else do they do? How do they compare to Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira as a person?
A Confucian or an Aristotelian might say that someone who is kalos does not need to hector others to reorganize the system so that he is recognized as such; rather he will attract people to him and reform the system that way.
Including Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: Prophet of the Reign of Mary.
Attachment to the aristocracy; maybe some TFP members have the manners appropriate to an aristocrat but what else do they do? How do they compare to Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira as a person?
A Confucian or an Aristotelian might say that someone who is kalos does not need to hector others to reorganize the system so that he is recognized as such; rather he will attract people to him and reform the system that way.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Populism a Child of the French Revolution?
De Mattei: The Two Souls of the Yellow Gilets by Roberto de Mattei
What sort of political authority, direct or indirect, would De Mattei like to see the Church have? And by what divinely-given competence would bishops have such authority?
Sovereignty is still a bad word, even though it can be defined differently and in a way that is consonant with Natural Law. But for Latin traditionalists it is a product of the Enlightenment. (And not a product of the modern nation-state and statism! Even if the philosophers who talked about it were not official spokesman for the nation-state or the ruling regime, they nonetheless philosophized in such an environment. While they may have rejected the claims of an individual or group to authority, how many of them denied the legitimacy of the modern nation-state? And if they did, would they have lived long?)
Of course, there is a reference to Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, the founder of TFP.
Is it true that primary leadership will never exceed more than the few? Probably. But, these sort of traditionalists forget that Aristotle also claimed that republic, or politeia, rule by the many, was also a legitimate political regime.
This isn't the distinction that Aristotle offers, who instead focuses on the measure of virtue. One could say that because the elites are virtuous, they are disposed to sacrifice their own interests in order to serve the common good, but, again, what if the so-called elites aren't the only ones who possess political virtue?
Secondly, rendering services, is that another way of talking about some form of "servant leadership"? Or making sacrifices? Is the word "sacrifice" loaded with a Romantic or some other false connotation here? Their private goods, perhaps, but the common good includes the good of the elites, or any other virtuous group.
From the historical-political viewpoint, both these concepts originate with the French Revolution, which marked the end of Christian civilization, and the rise of a “profane” political space. In 1789, when the General States assembled together in Versailles, the French Monarchic State was characterized by a social tripartite. At the top were the clergy and the nobility, at the bottom the Third State. After the dissolution of the General States, in the National Assembly, the defenders of the Throne and the Altar were located on the right, and on the left, were the liberals and the republicans. The first defend the upper class, the second the people – in the lower ranks. The two metaphors, those of the vertical and horizontal, are interconnected.
What sort of political authority, direct or indirect, would De Mattei like to see the Church have? And by what divinely-given competence would bishops have such authority?
Sovereignty is still a bad word, even though it can be defined differently and in a way that is consonant with Natural Law. But for Latin traditionalists it is a product of the Enlightenment. (And not a product of the modern nation-state and statism! Even if the philosophers who talked about it were not official spokesman for the nation-state or the ruling regime, they nonetheless philosophized in such an environment. While they may have rejected the claims of an individual or group to authority, how many of them denied the legitimacy of the modern nation-state? And if they did, would they have lived long?)
Of course, there is a reference to Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, the founder of TFP.
Is it true that primary leadership will never exceed more than the few? Probably. But, these sort of traditionalists forget that Aristotle also claimed that republic, or politeia, rule by the many, was also a legitimate political regime.
What distinguishes an elite, as Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira underlines, is being disposed to sacrifice its own interests in order to serve the common good which is the highest interest of society (Nobiltà ed élites tradizionali analoghe nelle allocuzioni di Pio XII al Patriziato e alla Nobiltà, Marzorati, Milano 1993). Pius XII calls being “an elite, is not only through blood or lineage, but most of all through works and sacrifice, creatively carrying out services to all social communities.” (Discourse to the Patriciate and the Roman Nobility, January 11, 1951).
This isn't the distinction that Aristotle offers, who instead focuses on the measure of virtue. One could say that because the elites are virtuous, they are disposed to sacrifice their own interests in order to serve the common good, but, again, what if the so-called elites aren't the only ones who possess political virtue?
Secondly, rendering services, is that another way of talking about some form of "servant leadership"? Or making sacrifices? Is the word "sacrifice" loaded with a Romantic or some other false connotation here? Their private goods, perhaps, but the common good includes the good of the elites, or any other virtuous group.
Saturday, January 28, 2017
The Scandal Continues
Rorate Caeli:
Francis: a Pontificate of Violence and Irrationality - and remembering Pope Benedict
A Note on the Sovereignity of the Order of Malta and the Temporal Power of the Pope
Money Money Money! This explains Malta!
De Mattei - Last Chance: Will the Malta Knights fold or resist? - Cardinal Parolin's Unconstitutional Letter
The new Heraldic Shield, Flag, and logo of the Knights of Malta
Fr. Z: Big Changes Strike the Knights of Malta
Edward Pentin:
Order of Malta Votes in Favor of Accepting Festing’s Resignation
Albrecht von Boeselager reinstated as Grand Chancellor; Order to elect new Grand Master “soon”.
Pope Francis Declares All of Festing’s Recent Acts ‘Null and Void’
Declaration made in a letter from Cardinal Parolin to the Order of Malta as details emerge about what happened during the Pope’s meeting with
Francis: a Pontificate of Violence and Irrationality - and remembering Pope Benedict
A Note on the Sovereignity of the Order of Malta and the Temporal Power of the Pope
Money Money Money! This explains Malta!
De Mattei - Last Chance: Will the Malta Knights fold or resist? - Cardinal Parolin's Unconstitutional Letter
The new Heraldic Shield, Flag, and logo of the Knights of Malta
Fr. Z: Big Changes Strike the Knights of Malta
Edward Pentin:
Order of Malta Votes in Favor of Accepting Festing’s Resignation
Albrecht von Boeselager reinstated as Grand Chancellor; Order to elect new Grand Master “soon”.
Pope Francis Declares All of Festing’s Recent Acts ‘Null and Void’
Declaration made in a letter from Cardinal Parolin to the Order of Malta as details emerge about what happened during the Pope’s meeting with
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
The Medieval Papacy Not Dead Yet
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
What's going on with the Knights of Malta?
As I just reconnected to the Matrix today I don't know what the latest news...
The Telegraph:
Knights of Malta tells Pope Francis to stay out of order's internal affairs in extraordinary rebuke
statement
Roberto De Mattei: De Mattei - The Pope and Malta: A bogus commissioning
The Telegraph:
Knights of Malta tells Pope Francis to stay out of order's internal affairs in extraordinary rebuke
statement
Roberto De Mattei: De Mattei - The Pope and Malta: A bogus commissioning
Saturday, October 08, 2016
Crisis Magazine: The Banners of Lepanto by Fr. George W. Rutler
Related:
De Mattei: From a migratory invasion to civil war
Related:
De Mattei: From a migratory invasion to civil war
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Thursday, April 03, 2014
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