Michael Davies (Catholic writer)

Michael Davies (March 13 1936 - September 25 2004) was a British teacher, and traditionalist Catholic writer of many books about the Catholic Church following the Second Vatican Council.

He was brought up in Somerset, although he was said to be proud of his Welsh descent. He served as a regular soldier in the Somerset Light Infantry during the Malayan emergency, the Suez Crisis, and the EOKA campaign in Cyprus.

He taught in Catholic schools for thirty years until retiring in 1992 to take up writing full time. Initially, he supported the French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of St. Pius X, but was critical of the latter's decision to consecrate four bishops in 1988 against the wish of Pope John Paul II. Davies was head of the international Traditional Catholic organisation Una Voce.

Davies was also a critic of the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje, which he believed to be false.

Works published

Books

• The Liturgical Revolution, vol. I: Cranmer's Godly Order — 372pp, Roman Catholic Books
• The Liturgical Revolution, vol. II: Pope John's Council — 352pp, Angelus Press
• The Liturgical Revolution, vol. III: Pope Paul's New Mass — 700pp, Angelus Press
• The Order of Melchisedech — 255pp, Roman Catholic Books (out of print)
• Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre, vol. I — 476pp, Angelus Press
• Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre, vol. II — 393pp, Angelus Press
• Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre, vol. III — 474pp, Angelus Press
• Partisans of Error (on Modernism) — 109pp, Neumann Press
• Newman Against the Liberals — 400pp, Roman Catholic Books (out of print)
• A Fireside Chat with Malcolm Muggeridge — 92pp, Roman Catholic Books
• The Second Vatican Council and Religious Liberty — 326pp, Neumann Press
• I am with you always (on the Indefectibility of the Church) — 101pp. Neumann Press
• For Altar and Throne - The Rising the Vendée — 100pp, The Remnant Press
• Medjugorje after Fifteen years — 80pp, The Remnant Press
• St John Fisher — 140pp, Neumann Press
• The Wisdom of Adrian Fortescue (edited by Michael Davies) — 421pp, Roman Catholic Books
• Liturgical Time Bombs in Vatican II—The Destruction of Catholic Faith Through Changes in Catholic Worship — 99pp, TAN Books

Booklets

• The Tridentine Mass — 68pp, Angelus Press
• The Roman Rite Destroyed (the ecumenical dimension of the New Mass) — 48pp, Angelus Press
• The New Mass — 40pp, Angelus Press
• A Privilege of the Ordained (on Communion the hand) — 38pp, Neumann Press
• Communion under Both Kinds — 48pp, Neumann Press
• The Goldfish Bowl: The Church Since Vatican II — 40pp, Neumann Press
• St. Athanasius — 84pp, Angelus Press
• Legal Status of the Tridentine Mass — 50pp, Angelus Press
• The Barbarians have Taken Over (Vandalism in the sanctuary) — 60pp, Angelus Press
• Mass Facing the People — 42pp, Neumann Press
• The Liturqical Revolution — 42pp, Angelus Press
• An Open Lesson for a Bishop (A lesson on the liturgy for Bishop Lindsay) — 34pp, TAN Books
• The Eternal Sacrifice — 56pp, Neumann Press
• The Reign of Christ the King — 36pp, TAN Books
• Liturgical Shipwreck — 42pp, TAN Books
• The Catholic Sanctuary & Vatican II — 44pp, TAN Books
• A Short History of the Roman Mass — 53pp, TAN Books
• Archbishop Lefebvre, The Truth — Augustine
• Archbishop Lefebvre and Religious Liberty — Angelus Press

External links

• Tribute from Una Voce America.
• Obituary from The Times.
• Obituary by the Latin Mass Society.
• Michael Davies's Medjugorje site
• Tribute from The Remnant newspaper.
• [1] Angelus Press -- publisher of many Michael Davies books
• Michael Davies, the Last Interview.