p/c WM Review. Although the phrase “history is written by the victors” was attributed to Winston Churchill, it was spoken in several different languages before that. In fact, the most infamous use of that phrase in World War II did not come from Churchill, but rather from the German named Göring who reportedly said at Nuremberg, “The victor will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused.” This was at least the phrase spoken by the actor playing Göring in the movie titled The Reportand it’s believed to be historically accurate. In no other case of history is this phrase more true than the alleged Irish Potato Famine of [...]

Why did Christ send two of His greatest Apostles to Rome?  The classic answer is still the best answer: Christ chose to conquer the powerful Roman empire with the weakness of the cross of his many Roman martyrs, including Saint Peter and Saint Paul. In addition, the Greek language and the Roman roads united the Mediterranean world for a singular salvific Gospel to be preached to all peoples. While that old and standard answer is still simply the best in my opinion, I'm going to propose a secondary reason as to why the most prolific Church was placed in Rome: The Roman Empire conquered physically the way the Roman Church [...]

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when His disciples came to point out to Him the buildings of the Temple. But He answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”—Mt 24:1-2 The above is Jesus Christ's own prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, just days before His Passion.  Of course, God gave them 40 years to repent for killing Christ.  When they did not, Jerusalem was razed by the Romans in 70AD.  Not only early Christian sources, but even other Jewish and Roman [...]