History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Rulers of Evil: Useful Knowledge About Governing Bodies

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History is too deep for some folks...
a must read! ... one negative reviewer did not read
Rulers of Evil: UseLESS "Knowledge"
Saussy has made a fine contribution
Founding...Fathers?

Rulers of Evil: Useful Knowledge About Governing Bodies
F. Tupper Saussy
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Release Date: 2001-06-26

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Rather than pass through the Atlanta Federal Prison Camp gate to serve a sentence for a tax misdemeanor back in 1987, author F. Tupper Saussy chose to become a fugitive in order to freely investigate his adversary -- the United States of America. What he discovered was valuable new proof of a vast Roman Catholic sub-stratum of American history -- more specifically, that Jesuits played eminent and underappreciated roles in persuading New Englanders to rebel against their mother country in 1776. Indeed, according to Saussy's groundbreaking discoveries, the American Revolution and its resulting constitutional republic may have been single-handedly designed and supervised by a Jesuit named Lorenzo Ricci -- this country's true founding father. Provocative and utterly compelling, Rulers of Evil analyzes the hundreds of historical clues left by the true leaders of the world. It should be read by anyone desiring to know, definitively, why America works the way it does.

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History is too deep for some folks..........2005-02-01

This book is outside the box. It is off the hook; you need to read this perspective on world government if for nothing else to jerk you out of the hypnotic matrix the Federally controlled schools and universities have put us in.
If you don't have any religious beliefs, fine, the book is still packed with history which has been hidden by the fascists who continue to try and run our lives and take over our governments.
Tupper tho a preterist, has done his homework. How many people do you know who beat the IRS on a tax evasion case because they knew their constitutional law? Power to the people, kudo's to Tupper Saussy.
This was my first real eye opener to the New World Order in relation to our US history. I was a minister for 25 years and can attest to the religious part. (tho not a preterist)
My only disagreement (and I argue everyone for the pure enjoyment) is we should not just accept evil rulers as part of God's predestined plan, we should fight them tooth and nail every inch of the way! Tupper has so much information here it may get dry, but you have to dig to find gold. Buy it and read it, then pass it on to someone who is asleep in the matrix.
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a must read! ... one negative reviewer did not read.......2004-10-18

This is one of the best books i've read. comprehensive and full of useful knowledge, fun to read and with much substance especially fulfilling for someone already having a bearing in the topic, though, thorough enough for one who is not. Jonathon M. Brunk has unintentionally lent great credence to Saussy's book in that, yes, Freemasonry is without a doubt and provable as having an extremely major role in America, as Saussy goes about to reveal and give many areas of proof in this very book, and is one of Saussy's main subjects he deals with. He gives very fulfilling history to freemasonry, vatican politics and intrigue both in the present day as well as going into great detail on the vatican during the birthing of America and throughout it's life. and the evolution of the relationship between these two heirarchies. It covers ancient history also, which is a must for understanding today. It is a very good book, even for those who haven't put much time into the subject. I would recommend this book to anyone who believes the Bible, and even if you're prejudiced about it, there are so many things to learn from this book. It is not the Bible. It is written by a man, and having read much of the Bible taking it for what it says it is, rulers of evil is such a great read for someone having some degree of a biblical worldview. However, even if you have much doubt about the bible or "religion", this book is not really a religious book at all. Wonderfully written regarding how the author deals with the reader, the circumspect view of history and today and how Saussy delivers is certainly worth reading. It isn't dry, nor a bunch of imagination or theory, though the theories in the book are plainly identified as theory by the author. Articulate, honest, and interesting. An absolute must for the thinking person, of whatever branch of knowledge you grow.

Rulers of Evil: UseLESS "Knowledge".......2004-09-20

The Jesuits run this country?!? And, according to one reviewer (with the poor spelling and the "PhD"), THAT'S why we have a priest/pedophilia problem?!? [Sigh]. Listen, instead of this pamphlet, read "The Secret Architecture of Our Nations Capital: The Freemasons and the Building of Washington, DC", a dense, information-packed piece of research that reflects all of the ten years the author poured into the meticulously documented work. Incontrovertibly, it offers PROOF VISIBLE TODAY for who founded this country (and not just it's capital), and not a trace of visible evidence exists that the founders were even mildly interested in the intellectual property of the likes of the Jesuits or ANY Catholic intellectuals. [In fact, whenever the Vatican tried to offer a piece of cut stone for the construction of the Washington Monument, along side a great many other countries, the denizens of DC hurled it into the Potomac.] This country was OPENLY antagonistic towards the Catholic Church, as every pre-schooler knows, and understandably so: the left-leaning doctrinaires on the back of our two-dollar bills thought the essential problem with the Old Country (which ever one that was) was the Catholic undercurrent that "kept" man in the Dark Ages and suspicious of Reason and Science and Intellectualism, the trinitarian gods of the Enlightenment. But who doesn't know this? The other reviewers of this book, apparently.
The author claims his family came into this country via Savannah--then he should know, as does every Georgian with at least an eighth-grade education [that's when you take Georgia History], that Oglethorpe, GA's founding pater, barred Catholics from settling in "his" colony, and, even if in the succeeding years the number of Catholics coming into GA (Savannah especially) made the law a dead letter, the colony--and eventual state--retained traces of it's anti-Catholic past.
But perhaps I'm wasting my time: The author of RULERS and its fawning reviewers have their "conspiracy", and in print, too, which means that it's "true".

Saussy has made a fine contribution.......2004-05-03

Reviewers Aberlard and Beckett (obviously false names) of this book on this review site have obviously neither a grasp of history nor familiarity with the Jesuits, the so-called Socoety of Jesus.

I was taught by Jesuits for 13 years-- from Prep School till the PhD in graduate school. The enmity they expressed towards one another (so obvious to anyone who spoke to them about their fellow Jesuits) makes Saussy's analysis quite credible. For Saussy is telling us, in general, this Society is not Christ-based, its not Chrostocentric. but instead is a conniving, self-aggrandizing, paranoid, almost at times patholgical replica of the power the Vatican has sought through many of its channle over the centuries.

The role of Louis Ricci, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, which Saussy adumbrates pales in comparison to the role some Jesuits executed in the Croat crimes against the Jews in WW II.

I can recall one Jesuit asking me quite directly how many times a week I performend onanism. I was young at the time, horrified, and disgusted to the core that any Priest would ask such a question. Why did the Jesuit want to know? DId he return to his room and engage in the practice himself to relieve his tensions, his sicknesses, his filth?

How naive I was. Seeing what Roman Catholic priests have done in the perdophilia scandal of this country in the past 20 years, some of the Jesuit subterfuges for power which Saussy details seem easier to believe than the court cases today of Priests fondling "the little children, of whom such is made the Kingdom of God."

Saussy merits my praise for his research and analysis. It's time everyone woke up and saw exactly what a vicious body Roman Catholicism's hierarchy-- from the Inquisition to the murder of the Jews-- actually is. Anyone thinking otherwise I have a bridge in Brooklyn I can sell them-- dirt cheap. Maybe a "Jebbie" can buy it from me.

The sooner the Jesuits pass out of history, the better off we will all be.

Founding...Fathers?.......2002-11-08

Much more than a theory of conspiracy -- A fascinating account of this country's "behind the scene" history and one that will never be told in school text books. Mr. Saussy's research of the religious powers that formed this country's true political agenda may leave the reader in a state of mild shock, disbelief, or denial; but the facts as they are presented here can not otherwise easily be denied.

Does the Jesuit Order of the Roman Catholic Church lurk within the very fibers of The Land of The Free? Within every historical account written for the public dissemination, there usually lies another commentary entitled; and now for..."The Rest of the Story".

This is one that you'll definitely want to have on your personal library book shelves. But a note of caution, if you'd rather be lulled into the blissful ignorance of that which you learned in school or believe the lies of the Roman Catholic persuasion -- this book may be out of your league. Are Roman Catholics Christians? -- Of course they are, isn't everybody?

And while the historical significance of this book is invaluable, I otherwise can not agree with the biblical interpretation of that which is presented as "The Mark of Cain". All in all, I gave the book five stars for a bold and accurate historical account not presented in any other format that I know of.

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Not for the faint of heart.

Diagnosing Modernity

A physician diagnoses post-modern ills

Nihilism, the cancer of modernity

Nihilism as the Cause of Modern Error.

Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age
Seraphim Rose , and Eugene Rose
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In 1962, the young Eugene Rose undertook to write a monumental chronicle of the abandonment of Truth in the modern age. Of the hundreds of pages of material he compiled for this work, only the present essay has come down to us in completed form. Here Eugene reveals the core of all modern thought and life--the belief that all truth is relative--and shows how this belief has been translated into action in our century. Today, three decades after he wrote it, this essay is surely timelier than ever. It clearly explains why contemporary ideas, values, and attitudes--the "spirit of the age"--are shifting so rapidly in the direction of moral anarchy, as the philosophy of Nihilism enters more deeply into the fiber of society. Nietszche was right when he predicted that the 20th century would usher in "the triumph of Nihilism."

Indeed, the Christian is--in an ultimate sense--a "Nihilist"; to him, in the end, the world is nothing, and God is all. On the one hand, the true Nihilist places his faith in things that pass away and end in nothing. On the other hand, the Christian, renouncing such vanity, places his faith in the one thing that will not pass away, the Kingdom of God.

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Not for the faint of heart........2007-01-09

This book is brilliantly done and provocative. It makes you think about what is going on around you and helps search for a deeper meaning of truth in your life. Could be years before I fully understand it.

Diagnosing Modernity.......2006-07-18

When he was still a catechumen of the Russian Church Abroad, long before he became Fr. Seraphim, Eugene Rose had a grand conception, which was a work to be entitled "The Kingdom of Man and the Kingdom of God"; it was to be a spiritual history of Mankind, and a comprehensive contrast between two disparate world-views, that which places its hope on the ability of Humanity to master itself and its environment, and that which places its hope soley on God, and looks to the advent of the heavenly kingdom at the end of this age as the only solution to the world's problems. Like most incredibly ambitious projects, it failed to be completed; all that came of it was a large pile of notes and one finished chapter. After his early death at the age of forty-eight, that chapter was published as "Nihilism".

After becoming a monk, Fr. Seraphim lost all interest in philosophical discourse as an end in itself, and his writing became much more down-to-earth, and focused entirely on "pastoral" concerns, though he continued to utilise his incisive intellect and profound scholarship in adressing these concerns. He refused to have this book published during his life, though urged to do so by a brother monk. Perhaps it was an ego thing with him, and he didn't want the temptation to intellectual pride that might result from its publication, but the work also seems very dark and heavy to many readers, so perhaps he didn't want to risk darkening any spirits in our already dark and oppresive times. I think it must remain an open question whether the author of this work would have been pleased by its publication.

For myself, I am glad the decision to publish was made; more than any other work, this book helped coalesce my view of intellectual history, bringing meaning to things before unclear to me. Fr. Seraphim is as good as Chesterton in that way; much less witty, of course, but also much more deeply spiritual. Not even his worst enemy could justly accuse Fr. Seraphim of frivolity.

The best parts of the book are the chapter where he diagnoses the different stages of nihilism, demonstrating that movements which seem wholly divergent and even contradictory are in fact involved in the same nihilist dialectic; the parts where he demonstrates that all characteristic modern movements are involved in this dialectic, especially his analysis of successive periods of modern art, in which he clearly sees the face of the "last Man" emerging, and the final chapter, in which he addresses the question "after Nihilism, what"? The last few paragraphs of the book have a power rarely to be found in any form of literature, let alone works on philosophical topics, which tend to be rather dry and listless.

The only problems with the book have to do with the editing, which is inferior to that of most of the other publications of St. Herman's. The editor's introduction presents a rather whimsical portrait of Eugene Rose, which wouldn't do much toward making me want to read the book if I weren't already inclined to do so. Likewise, the photo chosen to demonstrate Fr. Seraphim's "sobriety" of demeanour to me makes him look like one of the people who habitually wander through bus terminals, for whom sobriety is not the most notable feature. The essay appended to the end of the book reads like a first draft of the book itself, in that it covers much of the same material, but is much less precise in expression, and is wandering and disjointed; coming immediately after the most powerful paragraphs in the book, it in effect diminishes the impact the book would have if it were allowed to end on a high note. For those not accustomed to reading philosophical material, a glossary would be of great assistance.

Despite these detractions, this is a great book. If you are at all sympathetic with the author's perspective, it will resonate in the core of your being. Though it is a very short book, I can think of no other work which has so profoundly affected me.

A physician diagnoses post-modern ills.......2006-07-04

I "met" Fr. Seraphim Rose, of blessed memory, through several books and short articles he wrote during my 4-year soujourn in Eastern Orthodoxy. This one on Nihilism is his best.

Now, Fr. Seraphim Rose spent his hieromonastic life in a very conservative (some may say traditionalist, others may say truly orthodox) body called the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. After a life of intellectual pursuits and even dabbling into Buddhism, Eugene Rose converted to Orthodoxy and joined this ecclesial body and then co-founded a monastic community in California. Fr. Rose was deeply infuenced by traditional Russian Orthodox spirituality and mysticism, particularly that of the elders or "staretsi" of the Optina Monastery.

The quality of Fr. Seraphim Rose's work is uneven, at times truly erudite, at times approaching the tendency for shrill overstatement that characterizes so much of the Christian-Orthodox-Catholic ultra-traditionalist camps. Thankfully, Nihilism is mostly free from this tendency.

Fr. Seraphim followed a physician's approach in his Nihilism: first, he studied and described the symptoms, then he identified the underlying causes, then he prescribed a cure. The Introduction set the scope of Fr. Seraphim's critique of the modern age:

"What is the Nihilism in which we have seen the root of the Revolution of the modern age? The answer, at first thought, does not seem difficult; several obvious examples of it spring immediately to mind. There is Hitler's fantastic program of destruction, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Dadaist attack on art; there is the background from which these movements sprang, most notably represented by several "possessed" individuals of the late nineteenth century--poets like Rimbaud and Baudelaire, revolutionaries like Bakunin and Nechayev, "prophets" like Nietzsche; there is, on a humbler level among our contemporaries, the vague unrest that leads some to flock to magicians like Hitler, and others to find escape in drugs or false religions, or to perpetrate those "senseless" crimes that become ever more characteristic of these times. But these represent no more than the spectacular surface of the problem of Nihilism. To account even for these, once one probes beneath the surface, is by no means an easy task; but the task we have set for ourselves in this chapter is broader: to understand the nature of the whole movement of which these phenomena are but extreme examples."

Fr. Seraphim did not restrict himself to theology as one would expect from a monk, but also examined philosophy, art, music, politics, got to the critical core and then laid it bare. The result is a devastating critique of every assumption, every idea, underlying Western Civilization from the Enlightenment onwards.

Nihilism, the cancer of modernity.......2004-01-05

Friedrich Nietzsche, the mad prophet of Nihilism once boldly declared that God is dead and we killed him. In modern times, de facto adherence to nihilism by the masses has been the catalyst for tumultuous social upheavals and an utter spiritual void which plagues modernity. Nihilism declares Rose is the root of the revolution of the modern age. It is in essence the philosophy of nothingness, relativism and despair. It eschews truth and rejects objective morality. Often the reactions to those who embrace a nihilistic outlook are different: some seek to obtain heaven on earth through some totalist millenarian religion; others lament life as pointless and seek death for themselves and the rest of humanity; and still countless others opt for some materialist, hedonist or epicurean lifestyle of sinful gratification since they live for the here and now believing that is all there is.

Also, a chapter is devoted to what Rose characterizes as the nihilist program. In essence, this represents a concerted effort by nihilists to bring about the destruction of the old order-Christianity and tradition being the chief targets-and the creation of a new man and a new order. Rose sheds light on the 19th century Russian nihilist writers like Bakunin who were a precursor to the turbulent Bolshevism. Moreover, the depravations of atheistic Bolshevism and the spiritual void it created for much of humanity is scrutinized. Likewise, Rose denounces national socialism and fascism. These totalitarian millenarian religions are essentially nihilist creeds that seek to supplant and run roughshod over the old order while creating a new man and a new morality. Now, with regards to politics, in a rather politically incorrect and witty manner, Rose denounces egalitarian and democratic philosophies that deify the masses while he laments the dissolution of hierarchical social structures whose authority proceeds from God. In précis, nihilism wherever its expression is felt-art, culture, politics or spirituality-represents rebellion against God and brings death.

Perhaps, my chief point of contention with Rose simply stints from his blanket condemnation of Protestantism and no dichotomy between liberal and conservative Protestants. Liberal Protestant theology, of course, like liberal Catholic theology simply represents unbelief dressed in Christian clothing.

Poignant and at other times parched, the late Eugene Rose manages to nonetheless give a captivating and succinct rundown on a worldview of nothingness-nihilism which is the great plague of modernity. Eugene Rose ironically is an Orthodox Christian iconoclast, but an iconoclast of a different sort. For the icons Rose is smashing aren't sacrosanct depictions of Christ, but rather the icons of nihilism and its nebulous offspring: modern permissive liberalism, naturalism, positivism, rationalism and realism. Ideas have consequences, and Eugene Rose chronicles and critiques the philosophies arising from nihilism with a trenchant pen.

Nihilism as the Cause of Modern Error........2003-06-03

NIHILISH: ROOT OF THE REVOLOUTION OF THE MODERN AGE was written by Russian Orthodox monk, Eugene Rose, (a convert to Orthodox Christianity) in a San Fransisco basement during the 1960's. It is a small part of a much larger work that was never brought to fruitition--a text on the theme of man's war against God and His revealed Truth. The form of Truth discussed here concerns what is eternal, not worldly, what will bring life beyond death.

Nihilism's basic credos are "all truth is relative," and "there is no absoloute truth." This is in direct opposition to traditional Christian thought, and the two are diametrically opposed. Friedrich Nietzsche is identified as the prophet of nihilism. Nihilism, of course, has developed into different stages according to the degenerate process of modern society. Libralism is a form of nihilism (and I might add, the ascendant political theory in the US right now, either GOP or Democrat) which pretends to be Christian, but only in rhetoric and in its emotional appeals, and which at heart does not care about the truth. The second, Realism, tries to find the truth and sometimes "does," but Realism's truth-seeking automatically rejects Divine Revelation and thus goes off on hopeless philosophical and scientific tangents. Vitalism is the third form of nihilism, and in my opinion by far the most popular among average people, and the form I personally hate the most. Vitalism does not teach anything, just what the individual feels, and there is no search for truth, just "hot-tub" coziness with oneself and the mundane excitements of life. This is omnipresent in our popular culture and mentality right now: fast cars, violent movies, pseudo-worship of sex, "getting high", and complete ignorance of any higher spiritual truth or ideals. The Nihilism of Destruction is the final form, manifested in Nazism, Bolshevism, Marxism, Communism and Anarchism. They believe in open Satan-worship, and the destrution of anything that is standing in order to pave the way for a "new order." Lenin described it well, as "one factory, with one office." I disagree with Rose's assessment of Nazism, as the Third Reich might have brought a genuine reversal of modernity, and a return to traditional Western ideals. These nihilists of destrution are condemned by the less hard core (especially the liberals), but they represent rebellion against God taken to its most extreme form, without any false pretenses about "the dignity of man," and "universal brotherhood."

In the end, it is the Christians who are the true Nihilists. Christians keep their sights one the Etenal, and not the petty concerns of this world which were created by God out of nothing and will return to nothing at the end of time.

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The Birth of the Church: From Jesus to Constantine, AD 30-312 (Baker History of the Church)

The Medieval Church: Christianity in the Age of Princes And Peasants, AD 600-1450 (Baker History of the Church)

Church and Empire: 1789-1914 (Baker History of the Church)

ASIN: 0801012783
Release Date: 2006-11-01

Book Description

The Baker History of the Church series is an accessible and authoritative series that sheds light on the roots of the faith, the foundations of the church, and the sweeping changes occurring during the Reformation. The fifth volume, The Age of Reason, covers the period AD 1570-1789. From the reign of Queen Elizabeth I through the Enlightenment and into the beginning of the French Revolution, the church underwent incredible changes and lost considerable power over the governments of the European continent. The churches of the East were living under Muslim rule and withering slowly. And in the Americas the church took on new forms and marked the beginning of a distinctive experience of Christianity in the New World. Meic Pearse helps pastors, students, and laypeople make sense of it all.

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Five volumes versus three.......2007-04-07

The last two titles in the five-volume The Baker History of the Church series appear this year; Age of Reason by Meic Pearse, and The Medieval Church: Christianity in the Age of Princes And Peasants, AD 600-1450 (Baker History of the Church). This series is intended for college-level courses, and superior (at twice the page count but more than double the retail price [$150 versus $60)] to the two-volume effort by Everett Ferguson Church History Volume One: From Christ to Pre-Reformation: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual, and Political Context and Volume Two: Church History (Zondervan, 2005, 2007). Ferguson tends towards a dependency on older secondary sources, a commonplace caveat for works by professors emeriti. The advantage of the Baker series is the option to focus on a particular historical period (generally 300-350 year intervals). Bassett, however, covers 601-1349 AD; a period known for a paucity of quality references (that's why they called half of it the dark ages, folks).

The Church in an Age of Revolution (Hist of the Church)

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An Anglo-Centric Take on the Church in a Revolutionary Time
A Quick Study of Nineteenth Century Christianity
A Brilliant, Informed Analysis

The Church in an Age of Revolution (Hist of the Church)
Alec R. Vidler
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

19th Century | World | History | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0140137629

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An Anglo-Centric Take on the Church in a Revolutionary Time.......2007-06-26

This is a good review of the church in a time of revolution -- broadly speaking, the 19th century.

While there are points at which the book is well-done, even engaging, it is uneven. Its strengths are the book's dealings with British (especially English) church life. Its chapters on other churches are less helpful, and the basic rule is that Vidler operates from an Anglo-centric view of the church, and the further removed from London, the less useful is the book.

There are points at which these weaknesses are almost embarrassing. For instance, an entire chapter is -- not necessarily inappropriately -- devoted to Soren Kierkegaard, while the entirety of eastern Christianity [!] is likewise given a chapter. Painting with such a broad brush means that some churches (the Russian, for instance) are given an almost cursory review, while minutiae about the English prayer book revision's fate in Parliament is recounted in great detail.

My final comment is that while this is # 5 in the "Pelican History of the Church," this is not so much a history as a series of essays, which can almost give a feeling of being a slideshow. Drawing connections and relationships is part of the historian's, and sometimes this book does a less than optimal job in doing that.

Having said all this, the book is overall useful, and mostly an interesting read. A survey of church history is never easy, and the 19th/early 20th century is certainly a complicated map to cover. Trying to do so in slightly less than 300 pages is even harder!

A Quick Study of Nineteenth Century Christianity.......2003-01-25

I'm currently engrossed in reading Victorian history and literature, and purchased this book to get a quick infusion of church history for that period. The book was a perfect choice for my needs. While the book's coverage extends from the French Revolution to the present day, it is mainly concerned with the events of the nineteenth century in Europe, England and Scotland.

Mr. Vidler starts with a discussion of Catholicism in France during the periods of revolution. He delineates the struggle between those favoring strong papal control and those who wanted a more secular society. He moves on to the Oxford movement in Britain where there was a tendency toward revival of Catholic beliefs and liturgy. The Chartist movement and the Christian Socialists were a development of the Industrial Revolution. Marked attempts were made to address the political and financial poverty of many of England's citizens.

The author also covers the split in the Church in Scotland; the impact of Charles Darwin on Christian thinking; the growth of liberal theology and the Catholic modernists; the influence of Kierkegaard; and the impact of imperialistic missionary programs on European and British colonies.

Although written by an Anglican theologian the book is a very even handed treatment of Protestant and Catholic movements and theology during modern times. He presents the good along with the bad, and in sum presents the reader with a concise, informative church history in slightly less than 300 pages. My only caveat is that if you are primarily interested in twentieth century coverage of this topic, then you had best look elsewhere. Coverage of the current period is relatively brief and extends only to 1971, the date of publication.

A Brilliant, Informed Analysis.......2000-07-12

In a small package, Vidler has written an analysis - - not merely an overview - - of reactions by the Christian Churches to moderrnity and its discontents from the French Revolution to Vatican II. This is a deceptively small book for it is dense, deep, and highly informed. It may even be too concise for the casual reader; I read it with an abundance of other source materials. Figures such as Coleridge, John Henry Newman, and Kierkegaard are portrayed with sympathy. This is essential to any understanding of the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Religion in a Revolutionary Age (Perspectives on the American Revolution)

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Religion in a Revolutionary Age (Perspectives on the American Revolution)

Manufacturer: University of Virginia Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Revolutionary | Historical Study | History | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0813914485

The church in an age of revolution, 1789-1870 (A Doubleday image book)

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The church in an age of revolution, 1789-1870 (A Doubleday image book)
Henri Daniel-Rops
Manufacturer: Image Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Reformation Europe: Age of reform and revolution

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A balanced analysis, divided into easily followed topics

Reformation Europe: Age of reform and revolution
De Lamar Jensen
Manufacturer: D.C. Heath
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Europe | History | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 0669036269

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For full description, see Renaissance Europe: Age of Recovery and Reconciliation, 2/e.

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A balanced analysis, divided into easily followed topics.......1999-02-14

This book discusses the economic, social, and political state of Europe as it enters into a often violent and lifestyle changing period. The significance of the religious movements and the powerful, rising nation-states is clearly discussed. In addition, the leaders who made often bold and obtuse choices are given their due mention. This is a superb place to begin to understand the lives of those who helped shape this age as well as their own. If you desire to understand modern European, United States or Latin American history, this book will set the stage for you.

Virtual America What Every Church Leader Needs to Know About Ministering in an Age of Spiritual and Technological Revolution (Barna Report)

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Virtual America What Every Church Leader Needs to Know About Ministering in an Age of Spiritual and Technological Revolution (Barna Report)
George Barna
Manufacturer: Regal Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0830717153

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The Church In An Age Of Revolution
Alec R Vidler
Manufacturer: Pelican
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B0000CL5O3

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