By David Warren, The Catholic Thing - To some arguable extent, there was a change, or were some changes, at the time of the Reformation. We entered into the age of Modernity. It started about 500 years ago, but its effects were gradual. They continue… “Post-modernity” is just an extension of that same-old, same-old rebellion, that goes back through Eve, to Adam – who were, practically speaking, not an innovation.