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PIA FIDELIS is a historical-fiction trilogy which tells a tale of war, adventure, and romance amidst a crumbling empire and the rising Shadow of the Antichrist.Book I of the PIA FIDELIS series, The Two Kingdoms, begins in 351 AD as civil war looms between the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, and the Arian crisis rages within the Church....in Rome, Septimus must lead his legion as it marches to war, leaving behind the woman he is to marry...but both his hope to one day return to her, and his very life are threatened by betrayal......In Constantinople, a young woman named Melissa attracts the interest of dangerous and powerful men as she encounters adventures of her own, even as her parents seek to marry her off to a man she does not love......And all the while, as the Eastern emperor plots to impose Arianism upon the Church, his cousin Julian is instructed in the Dark Arts by a sorcerer who, it seems, can summon the ancient gods of the Greeks and Romans. In time, these 'gods' will reveal to Julian their plan for his future...a future in which the fate of the empire, the Church, and the lives of many may one day hang in the balance...

PIA FIDELIS is a historical-fiction trilogy which tells a tale of war, adventure, and romance amidst a crumbling empire and the rising Shadow of the Antichrist.Book I of the PIA FIDELIS series, The Two Kingdoms, begins in 351 AD as civil war looms between the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, and the Arian crisis rages within the Church....in Rome, Septimus must lead his legion as it marches to war, leaving behind the woman he is to marry...but both his hope to one day return to her, and his very life are threatened by betrayal......In Constantinople, a young woman named Melissa attracts the interest of dangerous and powerful men as she encounters adventures of her own, even as her parents seek to marry her off to a man she does not love......And all the while, as the Eastern emperor plots to impose Arianism upon the Church, his cousin Julian is instructed in the Dark Arts by a sorcerer who, it seems, can summon the ancient gods of the Greeks and Romans. In time, these 'gods' will reveal to Julian their plan for his future...a future in which the fate of the empire, the Church, and the lives of many may one day hang in the balance...

Was the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI valid? Or, did Benedict remain the true pope of the Catholic Church despite his seeming resignation?Incredible as it may seem, some Catholics today argue Benedict's resignation was invalid, either due to a "substantial error" in his act of resignation, or due to his own intentional attempt to 'sabotage' it.These "Benepapists" reject the validity of Benedict's resignation, believing he has remained pope, and will continue to be pope until either his death or until he validly resigns. They have spread their views internationally via internet articles, blogs, podcasts, social media, and by now, several or more books.Valid? The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (The Case against the Benepapists) critically examines all of the key objections leveled by the Benepapists against the validity of Benedict's resignation, and provides decisive refutations of each in turn - thereby demonstrating the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI was valid.Valid? The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI (The Case against the Benepapists) includes a Foreword by His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider.