"Does any Faith Suffice?" by Leonardus Lessius, S.J., NOW AVAILABLE.

A SHINING LIGHT of the Society of Jesus returns to print. Recusant Press's latest publication, Does any Faith Suffice?, written by Leonardus Lessius, Servant of God, Doctor of Philosophy and Sacred Theology, and esteemed member of the Society of Jesus, is now available via Amazon in paperback and digital formats. This affordable new edition, carefully typeset and decorated with period-accurate drop-capitals and print decorations by Mr. Daniel Crooks, translated by the Rev. Dr. William Wright (also of the Society of Jesus), and edited by Boone Larson (editor of our previous publication, The Folly of Heresy), contains an editor's introduction, explanatory footnotes, textual-critical endnotes, and three indices, including a very useful topical index. The original edition's theological approbation has also been included.

     We at Recusant Press hope that the volume will be a useful tool for study and even teaching in this, our confused and unfortunate age.

Boone Larson.

Feast of St. Sylvester I, Pope, 31 December 2025.

Soon-to-be-Released Title from Recusant Press.

A SHORT WORK by the notable Jesuit scholar and Servant of God Leonardus Lessius is in the works and will be released by Recusant Press soon. Father Lessius's subject, the indefensibility of religious indifferentism (and, by consequence, its total inappropriateness for Roman Catholics), is dealt with in about thirty-five pages, with the volume totaling around sixty pages.

    The volume—which will be titled Does Any Faith Suffice?—will also include a frontispiece, bearing an engraved portrait of the author.

    We hope the essay will revive an awareness of the dangers of indifferentism and a renewed appreciation for Pope Blessed Pius IX's condemnation thereof:

CONDEMNED: "Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true."

CONDEMNED: "Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation, and arrive at eternal salvation."

CONDEMNED: "Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ."

CONDEMNED: "Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion, in which form it is given to please God equally as in the Catholic Church."

(Syllabus errorum, 8 December 1864, § 3, nos. 15–18.)

Boone Larson.

Ember Wednesday in Advent, 3 December 2025.

Work Continues on the "Fortress" Anthology.

WORK CONTINUES on our upcoming anthology, A Fortress of the Faith. Apart from the editorial preface, foreword, and parts of the longest Appendix, the volume's content is present and being reviewed. A huge amount of time has gone into background research, footnotes, double-checking citations, etc. It is exhausting work. An estimated 300,000 words will, we hope, fit into one fat volume. We shall see whether this will be possible.

Boone Larson.

Feast of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, 13 November 2025.

"The Folly of Heresy" Reviewed by Historian Stephanie A. Mann.

HISTORIAN Stephanie A. Mann has kindly reviewed Recusant Press's first publication, The Folly of Heresy by Blessed Germain Gardiner. See her review at her website, Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation.* Mann has stated the following of the edition: 

…[T]he introduction and footnotes (often providing extended quotations from the Fathers, etc.) certainly make the work accessible. Blessed Germain Gardiner's concern for John Frith and his great efforts to reconcile him with the Eucharistic teaching of the Catholic Church certainly shine through. It's an important document and the editor is to be commended for his diligence and excellent work.

I as the volume's editor extend my thanks to Miss Mann for taking the time to read and comment on the book.

Boone Larson.

Feast of Saint Martin of Tours, 11 November 2025.

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* The full Internet link: supremacyandsurvival.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-blessed-germain-gardiner-on.html.

"The Folly of Heresy" by Blessed Germain Gardiner NOW AVAILABLE.

RECUSANT PRESS is pleased to announce the publication of its first title, The Folly of Heresy, written in the 1530s by Blessed Germain Gardiner, Martyr.

The Folly of Heresy—a first-hand account of a sixteenth-century religious debate now back in print after five centuries.

The Folly of Heresy was first published in 1534. It was written in response to the trial and supposed martyrdom of John Frith, who famously denied the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The author, Blessed Germain Gardiner—himself martyred in 1544 for denying King Henry's religious supremacy—saw in Frith's case a dangerous occasion for confusion and scandal among England's Catholics. How could they, he asked, honor a man who denied so important a doctrine of the faith? The work (which first bore a verbose title beginning with A letter of a yonge gentylman...) is not only a Scriptural-Patristic defense of the Real Presence but also a brief chronicle of Blessed Germain's personal interviews of Frith before the latter's sentencing. His account, beyond being valuable to Christians interested in Sacramental and Eucharistic theology, is in fact of extraordinary value to scholars of Henrician religious history. Despite its value, it has remained out of print since it was first issued almost five hundred years ago.

The present edition has been thoroughly revised: archaic and unintelligible spellings and grammar have been adjusted, many explanatory notes have been added, and the originally very lengthy paragraphs have been divided up for easier digestion. An introduction, textual-critical endnotes, an appendix, and indices have also been created for this edition by the editor. These editorial supplements will serve to make an otherwise inaccessible piece of English history not only approachable but enjoyable for the modern reader, whether his interest be casual or scholarly. 

(No artificial intelligence was used in the creation or editing of any part of this book.)

Buy a physical or digital copy of Blessed Germain's Folly of Heresy now via Amazon ($10 for paperback, $5 for digital format).

Boone W. Larson.

Feast of Saint Bernard, 20 August 2025.