This Series of Trials takes place in a Court of Law where representatives for Protestantism will defend the claim that the “Bible Alone” is the “sole authority” in Christianity. And they will battle it out with representatives of the “Catholic Church” who will demonstrate that ultimate moral and religious authority is found only in the Catholic Church. These trials will cover a wide range of subjects, and each side must prove their case using only Scripture and very limited historical evidence. Some readers will be surprised to find that Secularists, Pagans, and others will join with Protestants to form an alliance against the Church, so what is at stake in this Series of Trials is nothing short of sensational!In fact, these trials will challenge readers whose religious conviction is built upon error and ego, but the humble of heart will be liberated from error if they find they have been wrong. For others, this Series will confirm and deepen the Catholic faith they al (more…)

An Excerpt from the book-THE noon bell was about to ring, the one glorious spring note of thatinexorable “Gym” bell that ruled the school with its iron tongue. For atnoon, on the first liberating stroke, the long winter term died and theEaster vacation became a fact.Inside Memorial Hall the impatient classes stirred nervously, countingoff the minutes, sitting gingerly on the seat-edges for fear ofwrinkling the carefully pressed suits or shifting solicitously thesharpened trousers in peril of a bagging at the knees. Heavens! howinterminable the hour was, sitting there in a planked shirt and afashion-high collar–and what a recitation! Would Easter ever begin,that long-coveted vacation when the growing boy, according to theory,goes home to rest from the fatiguing draining of his brain, but inreality returns exhausted by dinners, dances, and theaters, with perhapsa little touch of the measles to exchange with his neighbors. Even themasters droned through the perfunctory e (more…)

These poems are the very essence of the British spirit. They are, toliterature, what the bloom of the heather is to the Scot, and thesmell of the sea to the Englishman. All that is beautiful in the oldword “patriotism” … a word which, of late, has been twisted to suchignoble purposes … is latent in these gay and full-blooded measures.But it is not only for these reasons that they are so valuable to themodern spirit. It is rather for their tonic qualities that they shouldbe prescribed in 1934. The post-war vintage of poetry is the thinnestand the most watery that England has ever produced. But here, in theseballads, are great draughts of poetry which have lost none of theirsparkle and none of their bouquet.It is worth while asking ourselves why this should be–why these poemsshould “keep”, apparently for ever, when the average modern poem turnssour overnight. And though all generalizations are dangerous I believethere is one which explains our problem, a very simple (more…)

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About the Author

Charles Elme Francatelli (1805-1876) was an Anglo-Italian chef who was chief cook to Queen Victoria.

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