An article by Pater Edmund von Waldstein on the great Empress and King Maria Theresia, and the tragedy that paved the way for “Enlightened” Absolutism.
Maria Theresia
10 Wednesday May 2017
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Victory for the Day, is that not enough?
18 Tuesday Apr 2017
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christendom, Civilization, Courage, Death of Civilization, Hero, the Long Defeat, The War for Christendom, Tower of Ivory, Victory
Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.
-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
In this fallen world, there is no such thing as lasting victory. Yes when Our Lord Jesu returns, His ultimate victory over evil will be made manifest. Yet until then we remain in a world not yet remade and sanctified by the Logos, evil can never be wholly destroyed, only held back for a time. It may then be tempting to ask, why do we even fight? Why fight against nationalism and racialism if you are the only one who believes in supranational patriotism? Against reactionism on one hand and leftism on the other? Why continue if you stand but few together, surrounded on all sides?
Reflections on Imperium
08 Saturday Apr 2017
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Authority, Charlemagne, Holy Roman Empire, Imperium, Karl of Austria, Otto Von Hapsburg, Power, Sacred Ages
The Imperial Dignity is not in the spoken name itself, but consists and culminates in glorious piety.
-Emperor Louis II, Letter to Basil King of Greece
What is the nature of the Imperium? The Imperium, the Authority to command and administer justice universally, is not mere power, as is so often assumed by those of a certain political conviction. It is a truly unique among temporal authorities in the sense that only one living man may receive it, yet also in that it is essentially non-territorial. The Imperator is the firstborn (in the temporal order) of the Diákonοί kai Leitourgοί Theoú, the Servants and Ministeriales of God. Continue reading
WIR, Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter
15 Wednesday Mar 2017
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1848 Revolution, Austria-Hungary, Hapsburg, Imperial Army, Imperial History, Jelačić, Kingdom of Hungary, Radetzky, Windisch-Grätz
Left: Alfred I Fürst zu Windisch-Grätz, Right: Josip Jelačić Graf von Bužim, Center: Johann Josef Graf Radetzky von Radetz
Heroes of the Imperial Army of Austria in the 1848 Revolution. Long may their memory be honored.
Tartsa Isten, óvja Isten
Királyunk s a közhazát!
Erőt lelve a szent hitben
Ossza bölcs parancsszavát!
Hadd védnünk ős koronáját
Bárhonnét fenyítse vész!
Magyar honnal Habsburg trónját
Egyesíté égi kéz
Civilization, the Continual Vigilance
12 Sunday Mar 2017
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Age of Faith, Barbarianism, Catholic Civilization, Charlemagne, christendom, Holy Roman Empire, Restoration, Sacred Ages, The Story of Civilization
Out of this intimate co-operation of Church and state came one of the most brilliant ideas in the history of statesmanship: the transformation of Charlemagne’s realm into a Holy Roman Empire that should have behind it all the prestige, sanctity, and stability of both Imperial and Papal Rome… If the bold scheme could be carried through there would again be a Roman emperor in the West, Latin Christianity would stand strong and unified against schismatic Byzantium and threatening Saracens, and by the awe and magic of the imperial name, barbarized Europe might reach back across centuries of darkness, and inherit and Christianize the civilization and culture of the ancient world… the Holy Roman Empire was a noble conception, a dream of security and peace, order and civilization restored in a world heroically won from barbarism, violence, and ignorance.
-Will Durant, The Story of Civilization: The Age of Faith
The Freedom of Authority
05 Sunday Mar 2017
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If we were slaves of our king and Emperor, subjected to him by your jurisdiction, it would not be permissible for us to separate ourselves from you [our duke]. Yet now, since we are free, and hold our king and Emperor the supreme defender of our liberty on earth, as soon as we desert him, we lose our liberty, which no good man, as it is said, loses save with his life. Since this is so, we are willing to obey whatever honorable and just requirement you make of us. If, however, you will something which is contrary to this, we shall return freely into that position whence we came under certain conditions to you.
-Anselm and Frederick, Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, Gesta Chuonradi II Imperatoris
For God, the Emperor, and Fatherland: Andreas Hofer and the Tyrolean Rebellion
20 Monday Feb 2017
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1809, Andreas Hofer, Austria, Austrian Emperor, Holy Roman Empire, Napoleon, Tyrol, Tyrolean Rebellion
Mander ‘s isch Zeit!
On the morning of the ninth of April, 1809, the Church bells tolled fiercely, summoning the men of the Imperial County of Tyrol to gather in defense of their country. The Heir of Revolutionary Nationalism, the tyrant styling himself as Emperor, had suppressed the ancient liberties and Austrian loyalty of the Tyrol for long enough. The next day Imperial forces under the command of Archduke Karl von Teschen crossed the river Inn, beginning the War of the Fifth Coalition. In South Tyrol an army was gathering, under the command of a former militia captain, Andreas Hofer, the Innkeeper of Passeiertal.
The Needy Immigrant, Nationalism, Globalism, and the Universal Destination of Goods
04 Saturday Feb 2017
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A well-written essay by Pater Edmund von Waldstein on Immigration, and more importantly, the (oft forgotten) Universal Destination of Goods, upholding reason and the teaching of the Catholic Church for a world which has forgotten both.
Europe is the Empire: The Social Order of Tomorrow
02 Thursday Feb 2017
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Charlemagne, christendom, Democracy, Europe is the Empire, European Union, Holy Roman Empire, Judicial Primacy, Legitimacy, Monarchy, Otto Von Hapsburg, Sacred Ages, The Social Order of Tomorrow
The West is Europe and Europe is the Empire; Europe is the Empire Revisited; Europe is the Empire: Benedict Edition
The Social Order of Tomorrow by the his late majesty Otto of Austria is book which every true Rightist should read. His vision of the repersonalization of economics brought about by the coming “Atomic Age” has not come to pass, however all of the underlying societal, economic, and especially political principles (with one exception that will be discussed later) remain as true today as they were eight hundred years before the book was written. In examining the political aspect, let us begin where his Majesty began, with this very important principle;
We are not the playthings of blind forces, but free men who, in accordance with the will of God, are able to shape their own lives.
Blessed Carolus, Holy Roman Emperor
28 Saturday Jan 2017
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Carolus Magnus, Charlemagne, christendom, Civilization, Father of Europe, History, Holy Roman Empire, Imperial History, Politics, Sacred Ages, Sacretemporal
On the most Holy Day of the Nativity of the Lord when the King rose from praying at Mass before the tomb of biased Peter the Apostle, Pope Leo placed a crown on his head and all the Roman people cried out, “To Carolus, pious Augustus, crowned by God, great and peace giving Emperor of the Romans, life and victory.” And after the laudation he was honoured by the pope in the manner of the ancient princes and, the title of Patrician being set aside, he was called Emperor and Augustus.
Of all the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire the most renowned, the first to receive the golden Imperial Crown from the hands of the Roman Pontiff, no Emperor has so captured the Catholic imagination as Carolus Magnus, the Emperor Charlemagne. The beginning of the Sacred Ages might truly be dated to his coronation on the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord. Born on the second of April in the year of Our Lord 742 in the realm of Austrasia, Karol (as he was named in old Frankish) was the oldest son of Pippin the Short, King of Francia and Patrician of the Roman Empire. Upon the death of King Pippin in A.D. 768, Karol and his younger brother Karloman jointly ascended to the Frankish throne, in the midst of a rebellion in Aquitania.
The War for Christendom 