Survivals and New Arrivals: The Old and New Enemies of the Catholic Church The old England was once

The old England was once Sanctified

and the reverent customs that shape the soul toward a Catholic sense of time

these two works invite the reader to sit at the foot of the Cross

the establishment of Christian piety and divine law in private life must find its complement in the public

Survivals and New Arrivals: The Old and New Enemies of the Catholic Church The old England was onceHilaire Belloc, with his unmatched clarity and Catholic conviction, delivers a prophetic survey of the forces that have assailed the Church in every age. In these pages, he exposes the "survivals" ancient errors and heresies that linger like specters, and identifies the "new arrivals," the modern ideologies that promise freedom yet enslave souls and unravel the common good. From the shallow literalism of anti sacramental sects to the creeping