Ancient Truths in New Light

Picture of Father Matthew Solomon

Fr Matthew Solomon is a priest incardinated in the diocese of Rome and currently resides in Sydney Australia, where he is collaborating with the Oriens Institute. APer completing his studies on Rome, Fr Solomon was ordained in 2001 by Pope St. Paul II at St. Peter’s Basilica.

He has worked on Rome as a curate in several parishes and was university chaplain to the Sacred Heart University in Rome for a number of years. He is the author of the Solomon Doctrine, which is his exposition of the ills of Western Civilisation and how the Catholic Church can begin to remedy these issues by plumbing the depths of Her Tradition.

St. Peter's Basilica
Sacred (Apostolic) Tradition is one of the pillars of Catholic Doctrine. But from where did the idea for tradition come? Does sacred tradition have an origin? Can it be argued that Sacred Tradition has a tradition? In this series we begin to examine the origins of the Apostolic Tradition that lie deep in the Church’s history in order to shed light on the direction we need to go today.