The Strange Spirit of Solange Hertz – Expanded

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similar theses as Timothy Gordon's Catholic Republic

very insightful essay, against the 🇺🇸 being (as neo-Cathar/Albigensian Simone Weil-like Solange Hertz said, or even +Williamson might say) a "Satanically inspired empire."

ch. 3 shows that very few (~10) of the signers of the Constitution were Masons (though most had a Masonic spirit; "~10" is simply a lower bound on the estimate, as Masons are secretive about most everything, centainly including who's on their rolls).

ch. 9 is on Alfred O'Rahilly, who dispelled the myth that Protestantism gave us democracy, when really Protestantism was in favor of divine right of kings (that they are, as Henry VIII pridefully thought, above natural or human law), unlike the Catholic view that kings are subject to divine and natural law and where political authority comes from God (yes), but people can designate (elect) who receives said authority.

ch. 12: sermon praising 🇺🇸's constitution by "John Thayer, a Catholic missioner"; he called Washington ‘that guardian genius, that savior of his country, that ornament of the human race...’ toward whom the good Father wanted his congregation to have ‘the warmest feelings of esteem, gratitude and love.’” (PDF p. 89).

ch. 13 is on the First Amendment's establishment clause, which did not intend to separate Church and State; rather, it forbade the federal government from establishing a federal religion (states' constitutions had their own recognized religions early on). The religious aspects were in the Declaration of Independence: "It would seem fitting that references to Almighty God be reserved for a special document rather than sticking Him in between paragraphs on the workings of government." (PDF p. 97); cf. "Proposed amendment to make U.S. Constitution mention God?"

ch. 14 shows that the 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers were against democracy and pro republic (thus pro-aristocracy).
It also mentions James J. Walsh's Education of the Founding Fathers of the Republic: A Neglected Chapter in the History of Education (cf. A Powerful Mind: The Self-Education of George Washington), which shows their intellectual formation was Scholastic.
p. 93 (PDF p. 102): John Quincy Adams contra Freemasonry; cf. his Letters on Freemasonry.
p. 95 (PDF p. 104) compares the American "Revolution" with the French Revolution, showing the American one had a realist (contra Rousseau) anthropology (necessitating checks and balances).

cites John C. Rager, The Political Philosophy of St. Robert Bellarmine

cf. his other, shorter pamphlets:

Are We Children of Darkness?

05/31/25Are We Children of Darkness? : 3

Supreme indifference to things politicalis, in fact, one of the most distinguishing characteristics of traditional Catholics in America,

05/31/25Are We Children of Darkness? : 4

the fact of God's loving providence" as the definition of fatalism states. They may not in general, but here they do by placing responsibilities upon God that are ours, not His! In fact, this attitude of traditional Catholics comes dangerously close to the sin of tempting God.

05/31/25Are We Children of Darkness? : 4

An analogy might be a man, who, dascovenng he has car problems, gets on his knees and prays to God fo fix them instead of fixing them himself, or finding a mechanic to do so. Men manufacture cars, God doesn‘t Therefom men must fix them.

05/31/25Are We Children of Darkness? : 5

Church embraces all human activity and interests

05/31/25Are We Children of Darkness? : 5

"Those who wxll not read have no advantaaeover those who cannot read”

Is Orthodox Medicine a Criminal Practice?

05/31/25Is Orthodox Medicine a Criminal Practice? : 17

When doctors went on strike in Brazil in 1973 there was a thirty percent drop in the death rate.

05/31/25Is Orthodox Medicine a Criminal Practice? : 17

When surgeons went on strike in Israel the same year, the mortality rate dropped a staggering fifty percent!

05/31/25Is Orthodox Medicine a Criminal Practice? : 18

The profession with the highest suicide rate is the medical profession.

Has St. Robert Bellarmine been condemned by the Church?

07/20/25Has St. Robert Bellarmine been condemned by the Church? : 42

it should be obvious why Masons say that the U.S. is their “model republic.” The French Revolution, which was a Masonic movement, was such a bloody affair that no one in their right mind could claim it was ideal. So they claim instead a government, which in fact, their beliefs had little to do with.

07/20/25Has St. Robert Bellarmine been condemned by the Church? : 43

It was important for him to stress this latter point as the Protestant kings were claiming they received their authority directly from God, which if true, would allow them to challenge the Pope on an equal footing.

for Bellarmine