Update and Apology

I know there's really no excuse for taking 3 months to update this site with a few posts, for those maybe half-dozen readers who actually waste enough time to peruse this page, though I am quite vexed, in that I have simply not had the time to devote to it, being preoccupied with off-line issues which urgently called for my attention, though I do apologize. But recently I've tried to make an effort to return and update some of my sites periodically. I've recently updated Europe and the Faith's bibliography and interface and links lists to ease navigation of those and sort for relevancy, and have done some of that here as readers will probably notice as they peruse the side-bar with a few new sections of links to online resources and sites. But VITW, being the popular, has called the most attention, and as I have added one or two works there over this time span and also updated its side-bar somewhat.

I've been promising people posts on this or that issue, and basically got a start to most of them, and then was called away for other matters, and so now I'm in the middle of trying to draft those and update these sites as time permits. Indeed, this one's articles have been bawling for revision for some time, including the most recent posts which are formatted in an argumentative style, but which are going to require a more expository format, basically needing an overhaul, and several of them need updates and edits. But ever since I've launched these it seems I've bitten off more than I can chew as the amount of research for what these sites cover occupies more time than I actually have, trying to keep so many hot potatoes jugglying in the air: debating Protestants, starting periodicals, writing articles, launching businesses [authorship is basically just a hobby], hosting blogs, writing histories, studying for the above, etc. In addition to which is my on-going education.
I hope visitors to this website will forgive me for how long the previous post stayed up, with nothing replacing it until now (although changes and updates were made to other sections of the site and to others). I’ll try to update "The Tome" much more frequently from here on in.

About

My old homepage has simply become too troublesome and inconvenient, and thus the need for an easier and better homepage, which this is intended to be. The history of this blog domain is a bit busy but it's about to be busier. It was once a blog concerning the history of Europe and of the Catholic Church. Then it was a redirect blog to redirect it's old readers to the new domain which it recieved a few months before. Now it's my new homepage.

You may find my perspectives a little removed from mainstream belief and that is because I am not typical; and that because if one wants the same old same old, they could just go anywhere else to find it. This is different, and it is designed that way, I don't write for popularity, but for the truth, and ergo, I may seem a lot different from, and critical of, the mainstream liberal media. I'll get down to the point, this was formed for the expression of the traditional Catholic audience and therefore addresses Traditional Catholic issues not only in our own time, but to recall to our minds the fullness of our inherited faith. Many are those who take for granted the Catholic faith that we have, but it was not always so easy; there were times when the Church was persecuted and its members killed because they would not surrender just a small sentence, and in some cases just a word, of the faith. They did this because they knew what the Church is, the body of Christ, and to compromise would be a great offense to the Almighty. God revealed the truths of His Holy religion, and it is not up to us to decide which things we will and which ones we will not believe, as God commanded us to hold the whole faith and observe all things that He hath commanded. Like St. Jude says in his epistle "Dearly beloved… I was under a necessity to write to you, to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints". We as Catholics are under obligation to defend Christ in the form of the Church as Pope Leo XIII said “You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to be held.”(Satis Cognitum # 13) and Canon Law also mandates “The faithful are bound to profess their faith openly whenever under the circumstances silence, evasion, or their manner of acting would otherwise implicitly amount to a denial of the faith, or would involve contempt of religion, an offense to God, or scandal to the neighbor.” (Canon 1325.1, 1917 Code of Canon Law). So that we are accountable for the defense of Holy Mother Church, as is one reason why the Church on earth is sometimes called the Church militant.

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

The Catholic Church is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ upon St. Peter (Mt. 16:18-20;Jn. 21:15-17). Since Vatican II changed many of the practices and articles of the Traditional Catholic faith and introduced new teachings, new practices and a New Mass, many of the traditional practices and beliefs have simply been forgotten or ignored. A Voice Crying in the Wilderness is dedicated to the preservation of this forgotten and ignored traditional faith, morals, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church, and to the promotion and defense this faith that was the faith of our Fathers, providing news, biography, reviews, and commentary on issues concerning the Traditional Catholic movement.


About

Voice in the Wilderness was created in April of 2007 as a result of a vision of several Catholic traditionalists who desired that a site of some kind should exist to explore the history and origin of the Catholic Traditionalist movement. Since this site is primarily focussed on traditional faith and morality primarily that of the Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council, there may be some criticism of the new "morality" post Vatican II, in view of the unchanging tradition and holiness of the Roman Catholic Church, in order to preserve this morality and faith; I note this in order to alert website readers that the articles which are posted are not be written to seek popularity or approval. We are interested [as far as faith and morality are concerned] only in presenting the truths of the Faith and how they apply in our own contemporary circumstances as best as we are able.

VITW is a community forum which includes the writings of several authors who also have a desire for the preservation and promotion of the Traditional Catholic Faith, and welcomes the comments, therefore, of those who wish to add to or help improve on this ever growing endeavor in an effort to contribute to the success of this endeavor.