𝔗𝔯𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔖𝔬𝔲𝔩

“Thus from the first they spared not even Liberius, Bishop of Rome, but extended their fury even to those parts; they respected not his bishopric, because it was an Apostolical throne; they felt no reverence for Rome… When they perceived that he was an orthodox man and hated the Arian heresy, and earnestly endeavoured to persuade all persons to renounce and withdraw from it, these impious men reasoned thus with themselves: 'If we can persuade Liberius, we shall soon prevail over all'” St Athanasius on Pope Liberius and the Arians

Homily 1 "Do you not see that this is their old disease? From the beginning they have been rebels. They killed the prophets, they stoned those sent to them, they rejected the rulers whom God set over them. Therefore, do not wonder that they have now crucified Christ. This is the fruit of their ancient root; it is the natural consequence of their ancestral madness." Homily 6 "If you look back to their wilderness journey, you will find nothing but a history of provocation. God divided the sea for them, and they made an idol. God rained down manna, and they murmured for onions. They rose up against Moses; they rejected the priesthood. From the very cradle of their nation, they have been fighters against God (theomachoi). This is why their temple is destroyed and their house is left desolate." -St. John Chrysostom

Jews have been genuine Korahites; there have been very few true Israelites. For just as Korah persecuted Moses, they have never subsequently left a prophet alive or unpersecuted, much less have they obeyed him.

Numbers 16:3

"They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, 'You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly”

Korah’s rebellion, as described in Numbers 16, was ultimately fueled by pride, ambition, and a refusal to submit to God. These three factors encapsulate the essence of the history of the Jews. Chrysostom argued that the rejection of Jesus was not an isolated incident, but part of a historical, generational pattern. He continuously cited Israel’s rebellions in the wilderness and specifically mentioning the Golden Calf, the constant murmuring, and Korah’s rebellion “You have always been rebellious, both against God and against His servants!” — John Chrysostom, Homily 48 on the Gospel of John

highlighted excerpt from Sen. Jacob Howard's 1866 remarks on the 14th Amendment, asserting it excludes "persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens"

“The disappearance of the heroic ideal is always accompanied by the growth of commercialism...." -Richard Weaver

St. Thomas Aquinas: "For it is clear that distributive justice has its field in things given as due; for example, if some persons have earned wages, more should be given to those who have done more work. But it has no place in things given spontaneously and out of mercy; for example, if a person meets two beggars and gives one an alms, he is not unjust but merciful. Similarly, if a person has been offended equally by two people and he forgives one but not the other, he is merciful to the one, just to the other, but unjust to neither. For since all men are born subject to damnation on account of the sin of the first parent, those whom God delivers by his grace he delivers by his mercy alone; and so he is merciful to those whom he delivers, just to those whom he does not deliver, but unjust to none." (Rom.C9.L3.n773)

"The man, in the present state, is not of himself more sufficient to have a good will than the devil." — Blessed Gregory of Rimini, II Sent., D. 26-28, Q. 1, A. 1, Add. 47

"Even though it may appear good in exterior action, it is sin on account of the end that is not right. Whatever a man does, ultimately for any other reason than God, he sins; and therefore his act is not without fault." — Saint Gregory of Rimini

“What the reactionary says never interests anybody. Neither at the time he says it, because it seems absurd, nor after a few years, because it seems obvious.” Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Pope Pius II urges Europe to unite against the Muslims: “The Turks are a race of men most hostile to the Christian name… They have already occupied a large part of Europe, they have destroyed churches, they have overturned altars, they have circumcised Christians, they have violated virgins and matrons, they have led the conquered into slavery… They have advanced to the very gates of Constantinople and now threaten to swallow up all of Christendom unless we resist them with all our strength.” — Pope Pius II (from his orations and letters calling for a crusade against the Ottomans after the fall of Constantinople)

"He has true hope who, although he often exercises himself in good works, never places his trust in his own merits... since all our justices are like the rag of a menstruating woman." St. Albert the Great

“The person with true hope will frequently and diligently apply himself to good works. But he will not place his confidence in his own merits and efforts, but rather solely in the superabundant grace of God. For no person may know or presume with certainty that his own works are sufficient to please the Lord, since Scripture tells us that all human justice and goodness is but “filthy rags” compared to the perfect and ineffable goodness of God.” - St. Albert the Great, The Paradise of the Soul, 21.

This is a quote from John Hunyadi, who spent his life fighting Muslims, and it captures how Europeans feel today: "We have had enough of our men enslaved, our women raped, wagons loaded with severed heads of our people, the sale of chained captives, the mockery of our religion... [W]e shall not stop until we succeed in expelling the enemy from Europe."

“For firm the grace of Christ makes you, and immovable against all temptations of the enemy. But there is there too human frailness, there is there still the first captivity, there is there too the law in the members [of the body] fighting against the law of the mind, and willing to lead captive in the law of sin. Still the body which is corrupt presses down the soul. Howsoever firm you be by the grace of God, so long as you still bear an earthly vessel [the body], wherein the treasure of God is [grace], something must be dreaded even from that same vessel of clay.” St. Augustine, “Exposition of Psalm 71” (§5)

My son, keep the flower of thine age sound; and give not thy strength to strangers. 20 When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock. 21 So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent.  (Sirach 26:19–21)

Numbers 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. The scriptures had warned us before

“For it pertains to the statesman to know how large a city should be and whether it should include men of one nation or of several. The size of the city should indeed be such that the region may be sufficiently productive and that it may be possible to repel external enemies. It should also preferably be made up of a single nation in view of the fact that the men of the same nation possess the same way of life and the same customs, which foster friendship among the citizens because of their resemblance. Accordingly, the cities that were constituted out of different nations were ruined on account of the dissensions that arose in them due to the diversity of manners, for one part used to ally itself with [external] enemies out of hatred for the other part.”

St. Thomas Aquinas,  Commentary on Aristotle's Politics book 3 lesson 2 362

In his Summa Theologiae, St Thomas Aquinas laid out one of the most charitable yet practical arguments concerning immigration that effectively shaped the West for almost 1,000 years. 1. Immigration must always be proportionate so that foreigners can properly assimilate into the culture and mode of worship of the state. 2. Citizenship – and associated rights – should only ever be granted after the third generation to preserve the culture, mode of worship, and constitution of the state. 3. The common good of the citizens must remain the highest priority of the state, meaning, the state's obligation to provide aid to its neighbours can never be at the expense of the citizens. However, Aquinas ends with the sobering reminder that some peoples and states are incompatible with one another, and these must be held as "foes in perpetuity". https://www.newadvent.org/summa/2105.htm