[ninenot]

If you want the REALLY long version, Fr. Rutler wrote a book on the various philosophical schools and their effects. Unfortunately, I gave away the book and can't recall the title, but Ignatius Press is the publisher.

Rutler's book, however, is not meant to distinguish 'traditionalists' from 'neo-cons.' It does give an exhaustive analysis of the philosophes, however..

Thanks for the post. Certain people will be delighted to know that Fr. Ripperger teaches at the Lincoln Diocesan Minor Seminary. Others will be aghast.

[Maximilian]

If you want the REALLY long version, Fr. Rutler wrote a book on the various philosophical schools and their effects.

Actually it was Fr. Rutler speaking on EWTN about 10 years ago, who first began the process of my conversion to tradition. He was giving a talk on modern philosophies, and he was comparing the Catholic tradition of realist philosophy with the false and dangerous modern philosophy of phenomenology. I asked myself, "Wait a second, isn't the pope a phenomenologist?" That small pebble started the landslide until finally I realized that everything I had been accepting as part of the Catholic Church was "false and dangerous." I even had participated in Renew -- at a parish that was famous for being ultra-conservative. The pastor of this same ultra-conservative parish told my wife it was okay to use contraception. Then I realized that phenomenology was the underlying philosophy for the Church's new approach to morality as well. The whole thing was built on a lie; every bit of the "post-conciliar Church" was based upon a false and dangerous philosophy.