Tag Archives: Vatican II

Waugh in History

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh is cited in the context of two quite different works of history: In the current issue of the magazine First Things (journal of the nonsectarian Institute on Religion and Public Life), there is a review of a book by … Continue reading →

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Guardian Reports on “The War Aganst the Pope”

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Guardian has today published what it describes a “Long Read” entitled “The War Against the Pope.” This is by Andrew Brown and describes the opposition to some of the new Pope’s interpretations of Roman Catholic doctrine, especially relating to … Continue reading →

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Hugh Trevor-Roper on Evelyn Waugh

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of Standpoint reprints a 1986 letter of Hugh Trevor-Roper in which he attempts to explain why he and Evelyn Waugh were not, to put it mildly, close chums. HTR (1914-2003) was an academic who first came to … Continue reading →

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