{"id":296186,"date":"2025-05-24T20:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T20:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-ep-79-three-marks-of-manhood-pt-2-scepter-crosier-cross-g-c-dilsaver\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T20:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T20:54:42","slug":"the-catholic-culture-podcast-ep-79-three-marks-of-manhood-pt-2-scepter-crosier-cross-g-c-dilsaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-ep-79-three-marks-of-manhood-pt-2-scepter-crosier-cross-g-c-dilsaver\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Culture Podcast: Ep. 79\u2014Three Marks of Manhood, Pt. 2: Scepter, Crosier, Cross\u2014G.C. Dilsaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Jun 26, 2020<\/p>\n<p>This is the second half of an interview with G.C. Dilsaver on<br \/>\nhis book\u00a0<em>The Three Marks of Manhood: How to be Priest,<br \/>\nProphet and King of Your Family<\/em>. Dr. Dilsaver discusses how<br \/>\nthe Christian husband and father must wield three staves: the<br \/>\nscepter of authority, the crosier of co-episcopacy, and the cross<br \/>\nof redemption.<\/p>\n<p>This last is most important, as the Christian patriarch&#8217;s<br \/>\nmandate is to lead in self-abnegation so that he may decrease and<br \/>\nChrist may increase. The measure of his success is not in providing<br \/>\nmaterially for his family but in teaching them by example to love<br \/>\nGod above all else and to suffer well for His sake.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Scepter of Authority<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[3:30] Exercising one\u2019s authority delegated by God is a duty in<br \/>\nobedience and humility\u2014but that means authority is not based on<br \/>\nsuperiority in intelligence, goodness, etc.<\/p>\n<p>[7:06] Humiliation in the exercise of authority<\/p>\n<p>[10:06] Why modern men run away from their authority<\/p>\n<p>[14:10] Christian patriarchy as the greatest bastion against the<br \/>\noverreaching State<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Crosier of Co-Episcopacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[18:10] A father is his family\u2019s spiritual leader and<br \/>\nrepresentative\/intercessor before God<\/p>\n<p>[21:08] The need for an intense prayer life to be a truly<br \/>\nengaged and militant Catholic man<\/p>\n<p>[23:49] The cloistered home\u2014not to escape the world, but to<br \/>\nenter the depth of reality<\/p>\n<p>[26:45] The father too must be devoted to the home<\/p>\n<p>[28:15] The prophetic role; practical ways of being the priest<br \/>\nof the domestic church<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cross of Redemption<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[36:07] Rebirth in Christ through the experience of weakness and<br \/>\nfailure<\/p>\n<p>[37:58] Danger of father seeing himself mainly as material<br \/>\nprovider, not teaching family to suffer well<\/p>\n<p>[45:15] Critique of \u201csuburban secular Christianity\u201d, the problem<br \/>\nwith \u201ccoping\u201d with reality<\/p>\n<p>[49:12] Familial asceticism: poverty, chastity and obedience in<br \/>\nthe home<\/p>\n<p>[57:51] Setting an example in obedience to the Church and, at<br \/>\ntimes, defiance of the State<\/p>\n<p>[1:02:38] How the Cross transforms and fulfills romantic<br \/>\nlove<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Three Marks of Manhood<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tanbooks.com\/three-marks-of-manhood-how-to-be-priest-prophet-and-king-of-your-family-2.html\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.tanbooks.com\/three-marks-of-manhood-how-to-be-priest-prophet-and-king-of-your-family-2.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Psychomoralitics website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.souldeepscience.com\/\">http:\/\/www.souldeepscience.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Psychomoralitics<\/em> book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Psychomoralitics-Soul-Deep-Alternative-Failed-Professions\/dp\/099936071X\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Psychomoralitics-Soul-Deep-Alternative-Failed-Professions\/dp\/099936071X<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Celebrating God-Given Gender<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Celebrating-God-Given-Gender-Masculinity-Femininity\/dp\/0999360701\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Celebrating-God-Given-Gender-Masculinity-Femininity\/dp\/0999360701<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. 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