The Anti-Modernist Academia #7: High Guardians Of Modernism

You know, I've always been a doubting St. Thomas kind of person - at least when it comes to things material. When someone makes a claim regarding X, I tend to hold it with a grain of salt until I see it for myself. Such was what happened about a year ago, I came across …

The Anti-Modernist Academia #6: Revolution In Robe And Wand

What do Thomas Reese, Emmanuel Milingo and Kyle Haden have in common with Frs. John Courtney Murray, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Annibale Bugnini? All of them are/were members of the Catholic clergy who professed Modernist heresy to a degree. They reject one or more of the Church's dogmatic teachings, have a progressive outlook of its future, …

The Anti-Modernist Academia #5: A Shiny Chariot With Dull Theories

In the last Anti-Modernist Academia post, discussing the place of tradition in Little Witch Academia as akin to that of Tradition in Roman Catholic theology, one of my commenters remarked that for religion, its notion of tradition constantly changes, and therefore can never stay static. While I see the point they are trying to make, …

The Anti-Modernist Academia #4: To Serve And Protect Tradition

The last three Anti-Modernist Academia articles explored the components of Little Witch Academia from the perspective of characters who previously displayed beliefs consistent with Modernist tendencies, as expounded in the 1907 encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis of Pope St. Pius X. In the first, Professor Croix Meridies and her latent scientism were symptoms of rationalism, which …

The Anti-Modernist Academia #3: Denying Supernatural Facts Is The Root Of All Modernism

The world we live in was, morally speaking, far different from that of 70 years ago. The existence of God, as discerned by the study of the material world, His Providence, and the sacredness of His rules were the guiding force which led society's lifestyle, law, and behaviour with little opposition. Places like Quebec, Ireland, …

The Anti-Modernist Academia #2: A Vitally Immanent Heart Is Not Akko’s Magic

In our time, nothing has been assailed against as much as "truth". Once a word used to describe that which is indisputably fact across all places, times, and persons, and which can be verifiably demonstrated, or conjectured upon to provide a solid basis for its claim, nowadays, the word has now been reduced to nothing …

The Anti-Modernist Academia #1: Professor Croix, The Rationalist

I have made it no secret about my admiration for Studio Trigger's 2017 fantasy series, Little Witch Academia. On the storytelling end, it's an endearing, fun show about Akko's journey to becoming a witch accompanied by many fancy moments - be it her time in Sucy's schizophrenic mental world, the rivalry with prodigy classmate Diana …