This course explores the Acts of the Magisterium in order to understand the mind of the Church as found in her Tradition: the “sentire cum Ecclesia,” (thinking with the Church). Students will see how the Church worships, focusing on the traditional Latin Mass and other liturgical forms. They will examine the Church’s view on reality: human nature, the relationship between grace and nature, the Catholic supernatural vision (and consequent rejection of Protestantism, Liberalism, Freemasonry and Communism). Additionally, students will see the Church’s perspective on non-Catholic religions (and therefore on Ecumenism), and its social ideal, contrasting the Reign of Christ the King with Liberalism. Key texts will be drawn from Scripture, the Fathers of the Church, the great theologians, and the pivotal encyclicals of the 19th and 20th centuries. Through lectures, discussions, and written assignments, students will develop a fuller understanding of the Church’s doctrinal and moral teachings as articulated by the Magisterium and the Catholic Tradition.