King of Kings

29 January AD 2021
Donald R. McClarey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcudKSvH058

Alexander, Cæsar, Charlemagne and myself founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon sheer force. Jesus Christ alone founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.

Napoleon

Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.

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Michael Dowd

Friday, January 29, AD 2021 5:03am

Jesus is admired by millions but followed by few. Thus few will be saved and obtain eternal life with God.

Steve Phoenix

Saturday, January 30, AD 2021 4:55am

No defender of Napoleon here, but I often wonder if his sheer intellectual analytical brilliance, as seen in this flash of insight regarding Jesus Christ and history, if Napoleon’s genius of organization and imposing order had been turned to a good purpose instead of imperial conquest and mass death and destruction, what a different trajectory of history might have been forged for Europe and the world.

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Saturday, January 30, AD 2021 5:27am

Napoleon did a fair amount of good as is. He restored the Faith in France, albeit with an extremely rocky relationship with the Pope. He ended the terrors of the Revolution and gave France the best government it probably ever has. My view of Napoleon:

(Captain James T. Kirk) "Name: Khan Noonien Singh."
(Mr. Spock) "From 1992 through 1996, absolute ruler of more than a quarter of your world, from Asia through the Middle East."
(Dr. McCoy) "The last of the tyrants to be overthrown."
(Scott) "I must confess, gentlemen. I've always held a sneaking admiration for this one."
(Captain James T. Kirk) "He was the best of the tyrants and the most dangerous. They were supermen in a sense. Stronger, braver, certainly more ambitious, more daring."
(Mr. Spock) "Gentlemen, this romanticism about a ruthless dictator is --"
(Captain James T. Kirk) "Mr. Spock, we humans have a streak of barbarism in us. Appalling, but there, nevertheless."
(Scott) "There were no massacres under is rule."
(Mr. Spock) "And as little freedom."
(Dr. McCoy) "No wars until he was attacked."
(Mr. Spock) "Gentlemen --"
(Captain James T. Kirk) "Mr. Spock, you misunderstand us. We can be against him and admire him all at the same time."
(Mr. Spock) "Illogical."
(Captain James T. Kirk) "Totally."

King of Kings

Donald R. McClarey

The American Catholic is a Little Vatican Apostolate