Bishop Williamson hands over the bulk of the conference to a seminarian who discusses the problems of American Catholicism before Vatican II, Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America,” the contraception mentality, Allan Bloom’s “The Closing of the American Mind.” and American jurisprudence.
Bishop Williamson discusses how Americans are unconscious Protestants, saccharine Catholicism, principles of the Founding Fathers, and how men must prepare their minds for action.
Bishop Williamson introduces these conference by stating the reasons for studying Papal encyclicals. He mentions the idea of Fiftiesism, and the importance of studying history.
Bishop Williamson explores Quanta Cura by Pius IX, Judeo-Masonry, discusses the nature of Liberal Catholicism and states that Vatican II contradicts Pius IX.
Bishop Williamson goes into a digression on the Oklahoma City bombing, mentions that society need religion, sports becoming a substitute religion, and that the man is the head of the family.
Bishop Williamson’s famous discussion of the Seven Ages of the Church taken from Venerable Bartholomew Holzhauser. The bishop also goes on to explore other important episodes in European and American history.
