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 The lion-eblazoned standand of the society The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) is a conservative Catholic organization founded in 1973. It is one of many "Tradition, Family, Property" groups (TFPs) worldwide, all of which are inspired by the work of the Brazilian Catholic intellectual, Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. Former members witnessed that the organization holds a strict adherence to a traditional interpretation of Christian values, as taught to them by the now deceased Corrêa de Oliveira, founder of their Brazilian parent organization Tradicao, Familia e Propriedade. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ...
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1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
Catholic thinker, writer, university professor, journalist and lecturer – all of these describe the life of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. ...
Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, and on his life and teachings as presented in the New Testament. ...
TFP's worldview is based on Corrêa de Oliveira's 1959 study Revolution and Counter-Revolution. According to the aims laid out in this book, TFP strives to reverse what it sees as the immoral processes that have undermined Christian civilization since the 14th century, the "Revolution" of the study's title. TFP promotes the values of Christianity, and opposes liberal and egalitarian ideas, policies, and trends in both society as a whole and in the Catholic Church. Thus, in addition to supporting official Catholic teaching on matters like abortion, same-sex marriage, and the like, the group distinguishes itself by also being monarchist and feudalist in its political tendencies and advocating a return to rule by "aristocracies" and "elites," such as the titled, landed nobility of the Middle Ages, as witnessed by one of Corrêa de Oliveira's most available works, Nobility & Analogous Traditional Elites in the Allocutions of Pius XII (in this book, Corrêa de Oliveira rejects the "preferential option for the poor" idea that has become the core of modern Catholic social teaching, and argues for a "preferential option for the nobility"). Ardently anti-Communist, the group's Catholic identity did not prevent it from excoriating the Pope over his perceived softness on Communism (Corrêa de Oliveira, The Church and the Communist State: The Impossible Coexistence). 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ...
Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of...
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Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy. ...
Feudalism comes from the Late Latin word feudum, itself borrowed from a Germanic root *fehu, a commonly used term in the Middle Ages which means fief, or land held under certain obligations by feodati. ...
According to Oliveira's teaching there were three "revolutions" which he saw as progressively undemining the church and the correct organiztion of society on earth: they start with the Protestant reformation; then the Enlightenment/French Revolution which ushered in modern political liberalism; and thirdly the Communist revolution which would be the last until a "counter-revolution" should occur.
 Professor Oliveira featured on the cover of the society's magazine, Crusade. TFP is staffed by approximately 135 members and employees. It claims to have, with its affiliated campaign, America Needs Fatima, over 120,000 supporting members nationwide who donate or promote TFP ideas. Image File history File links Crusade_Magazine_Covers. ...
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It is an action group, promoting its views through newspaper advertisements, direct mail, leafletting, public meetings, and 'caravans', groups of volunteers that spread TFP's message to the public at large.
TFP's campaigns cover a wide range of issues, including the sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, Islam and 9/11, just war, abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, homosexuality and same-sex marriage.The group disagrees with many of the modern church's teaching such as care for the poor, evolution the Iraq War, Islam, and Jews. In the late 20th century, and especially at the turn of the 21st, the Catholic Church in several countries was confronted with a series of allegations concerning sexual abuse of children under the legal age of consent ¹ by Catholic clergy and religious. ...
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The date that commonly refers to the attacks on United States citizens on September 11, 2001 (see the September 11, 2001 Attacks). ...
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Euthanasia (from Greek: ευθανασία -ευ good, θανατος death) is the practice of ending the life of an individual or an animal who is suffering from a terminal disease or a chronically painful condition in a painless or minimally painful way either by lethal injection, drug overdose, or by the withdrawal of medical support. ...
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The word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings over time. ...
Same-sex marriage is the union of two people who are of the same biological sex, or gender. ...
The group also protests against films and plays that it views as blasphemous, including Goddard's 1985 film Hail Mary, Scorsese's 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ, McNally's 1998 play Corpus Christi, the 1999 movie Dogma, and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. It claims that in October 1999, TFP local coordinators carried out 300 protests at movie theaters against Dogma, and have mobilized 17,000 volunteers to hand out over 5 million protest flyers. The group's public actions and participations in protests have won it some publicity, and they are immediately identifiable in even the largest crowds by the huge medieval banners they carry and the red scarves members wear draped almost toga-style over their shoulders at group appearances. The group's activities, notably its pro-life marches, have won it the admiration of many conservative Catholics.On the other hand, most other Catholics, including conservative ones, consider the group an embarrassment, and allege that it advocates a return to Medieval society by advocating values that are, paradoxically, incompatible with Christianity. Recent pronouncements on their website that the Indian Ocean Tsunami was sent by God the day after Christmas as a punishment for the sinfulness of vacationers and the rest of the world, have added to this controversy. Look up blasphemy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Martin Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an acclaimed Italian-American film director. ...
The Last Temptation of Christ, also published as The Last Temptation, is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1951. ...
Corpus Christi is a passion play by Terrence McNally dramatizing the story of Christ and the Apostles. ...
Dogma is a 1999 comedy film, written and directed by Kevin Smith, who stars in the film along with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, George Carlin, and Alanis Morissette. ...
Dan Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for writing the controversial 2003 bestselling fiction novel, The Da Vinci Code. ...
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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
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Animation of the tsunami caused by the earthquake (see also the full-length version) From NOAA/PMEL. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December...
TFP provides the staff to run St. Louis de Montfort Academy, a boys' boarding school in rural Herndon, Pennsylvania, that provides students with a traditional Catholic education. It also operates Call to Chivalry summer camps for Catholic youth. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, French priest and Catholic saint, born in 31 January 1673 at Montfort and died at Saint Laurent sur Sevre on 28 April 1716. ...
A boarding school is a school where some or all students not only study but also live, amongst their peers but away from their home and family. ...
Herndon is a borough located in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. ...
Catholic Education is an important component of education in the United States. ...
The organization's headquarters are in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Spring Grove is a borough located in York County, Pennsylvania. ...
Tradition In Action
Tradition in Action is an organization and website operated by a former member of the T.F.P, namely Mr. Atila Sinke Guimaraes, and his associate Dr. Marian Horvat. Tradition in Action is not in any way linked with the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property.
Dr. Guimaraes was formerly a member of the association, but left shortly after the death of the organization's founder. The rift was regarding the TFP attitude toward Vatican II, whether or not to protest, and to the extent that the Vatican should be criticized. TFP decided not to make an issue of Vatican II, and does not discuss it. TIA felt these critcisms were an necessity given the situation in the Church, and began making critical analysis of modern culture and the post-Vatican II Church/.
Dr. Marian Horvat was not a member of American TFP, (only men may join, women are only "supporters" in that sense) although her brother is vice-president and she helped Dr. Plinio write his book Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites..
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