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By Auguste Meyrat, The Catholic Thing, Jan. 19, 2024

Auguste Meyrat is an English teacher in the Dallas area. He holds an MA in Humanities and an MEd in Educational Leadership. He is the senior editor of The Everyman and has written essays for The Federalist, The American Thinker, and The American Conservative as well as the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.

 

There’s a great line by St. John Henry Newman that Catholic apologists like to quote, particularly in debates with Protestants: “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.” Among the strongest reasons to become Catholic is realizing how the Church continued to exist and thrive over the course of over two millennia, making it the oldest continuous institution on the planet. Surely, a divine force is working through the Church’s members, driving them to spread the Gospel and build up God’s Kingdom.

Recognizing and celebrating this miracle, H. W. Crocker III has just published an updated edition of his history Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church. At a time when so many Catholics either ignore their own history or apologize for it, Crocker takes great pride in examining the great personages and achievements of the past. …

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