Great post Mike - I have only a few comments to offer:
1. Re St George, fortunately the East saved his reputation and kept accounts of his heroic life that were not extant in Rome (indeed I have been told the account of St George’s obscure but miraculous life as it existed in Rome was placed on the forbidden book list in the late 6th century). As someone with English heritage, I give thanks to our eastern brothers and sisters in keeping the flame - however, it is fair to say George’s association with the Crusades compromises his contemporary appeal.
2. Re WPI’s ‘leftist’ bent - this is a tough one as we are clearly living in a political landscape where the supporters of both the Left and the Right (in both secular politics and ecclesial politics) is increasingly illiberal. I would posit WPI is seeking to hold a centre position of, for want of a better term, ‘liberalism’, as classically defined. As you know, I’m a long time traditional mass going Catholic who’s friends (sadly) are all Taylor Marshall / Vigano fans. I see the only path forward for me and WPI is to adopt your correspondent’s advice wherein he ‘want(s) to encourage us all to be as charitable as we can to each other, try to see each other's points of view, acknowledge the plausibility of each other's thoughts and ideas (even if disagreeing on some points), and not let our disagreements turn into more conflict or animosity than they need to.’ Amen
Great post Mike - I have only a few comments to offer:
1. Re St George, fortunately the East saved his reputation and kept accounts of his heroic life that were not extant in Rome (indeed I have been told the account of St George’s obscure but miraculous life as it existed in Rome was placed on the forbidden book list in the late 6th century). As someone with English heritage, I give thanks to our eastern brothers and sisters in keeping the flame - however, it is fair to say George’s association with the Crusades compromises his contemporary appeal.
2. Re WPI’s ‘leftist’ bent - this is a tough one as we are clearly living in a political landscape where the supporters of both the Left and the Right (in both secular politics and ecclesial politics) is increasingly illiberal. I would posit WPI is seeking to hold a centre position of, for want of a better term, ‘liberalism’, as classically defined. As you know, I’m a long time traditional mass going Catholic who’s friends (sadly) are all Taylor Marshall / Vigano fans. I see the only path forward for me and WPI is to adopt your correspondent’s advice wherein he ‘want(s) to encourage us all to be as charitable as we can to each other, try to see each other's points of view, acknowledge the plausibility of each other's thoughts and ideas (even if disagreeing on some points), and not let our disagreements turn into more conflict or animosity than they need to.’ Amen