Deep Down Things: Essays on Catholic Culture Book

Surprisingly this book took this long to be written. But thank God! How necessary it is this book expecially when the European Union has decided to disregard any of its existence on its Christian heritage. Europe simply is not Europe without Christianity. And by Christianity I do mean the Catholic Church.

It's been common for so long for history textbooks and history studies to more or less disregard anything in European culture that occurred between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. Not sure why exactly this is. As if the "surge" in arts and sciences during in the so-called Renaissance (anyone ever bothered to ask the question of who actually named it the "Renaissance" and why?) happened in a vacuum.

The facts are this: European history is nothing without these medieval writers, theologians, artists, artisans, matallurgists, and lawyers. Everything from astronomy, medicine, law had origins during the "Middle Ages" and was developed by the Catholic Church. The Universities? Developed and perfected by The Church. The origins of the modern hospital (nearly unheard of before this time)? Thanks again to the Church.

Oh and the so called Inquisition courts and all their bad press? They were actually preferred to the secular government courts, because and accused could be assured that they were being represented fairly in court by an actual learned attorney and not some government appointed representative who was probably corrupt. And the Inquisition coursts actually had punishments that fit the crime. (the comparison examples of the number capital crimes and exucutions committed by Inquisition courts versus government courts was especially eye-opening)

Of course it might be politically incorrect to praise the Catholic Church these days. People have the misconception that some antiquated institution with some old leaders wearing weird costumes could not have actually built up Western Civilization. Not sure what the answer is to correct these along with all other falsehoods and slander being published these days as history. But this book could go a long way. But it is only as good as long as it is read.