Darrick Taylor

Jan 9, 2025 | brownpelicanla.com | Darrick Taylor

A few years ago, I did a deep dive on my Church History podcast on the Council of Trent, the great reform council that responded to the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. Trained as an academic historian, I often come to historical questions thinking in terms of processes rather than events, of impersonal influences rather than the actions of individual men.

Oct 3, 2024 | crisismagazine.com | Darrick Taylor

Everyone, at least every serious Christian, is intimately familiar with the story of Christ and the apostles while they were journeying through the region of Caesarea Philippi. It is there Christ asked His disciples if they knew who He really was, and it is there that Peter identified Him as the Messiah and the Son of God. That passage in the Gospel of Matthew has, for centuries, lain at the root of claims to papal authority and the Roman Church.

Jul 20, 2024 | brownpelicanla.com | Darrick Taylor

In the Face of Hatred and Division, We Must Choose Unity and Hope, by Yael Eckstein By Darrick Taylor, Crisis Magazine, July 19, 2024There has been much chatter on the interwebs lately about possible further restrictions being imposed upon the celebration of the classical Roman Rite, or the Traditional Latin Mass, as it is often called.

Jul 19, 2024 | crisismagazine.com | Darrick Taylor

There has been much chatter on the interwebs lately about possible further restrictions being imposed upon the celebration of the classical Roman Rite, or the Traditional Latin Mass, as it is often called. However, it appears that such rumors are not going to materialize for now, even as the Vatican liturgical office devises new ways to express its contempt for those who attend celebrations of the TLM, in addition to the continued banning of such celebrations in cathedrals and parishes.

Jul 12, 2024 | brownpelicanla.com | Darrick Taylor

By Darrick Taylor, Crisis Magazine, July 12, 2024Darrick Taylor earned his PhD in History from the University of Kansas. He lives in Central Florida and teaches at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL. He also produces a podcast, Controversies in Church History, dealing with controversial episodes in the history of the Catholic Church.