Taylor Marshall

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Taylor Marshall
Born
Taylor Reed Marshall

(1978-03-29) March 29, 1978 (age 46)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Apologist
  • Author
  • Podcaster
  • Influencer
  • Chancellor
  • Professor
  • Clergy
Movement Traditionalist Catholicism
Spouse
Joy McPherson
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(m. 2001)​
Children8
Website taylormarshall.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by Jack Iker
DateOctober 28, 2005
Place Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas

Taylor Reed Marshall (born March 29, 1978) is an American Catholic writer and YouTube commentator. [1] A former Episcopal Church priest, Marshall converted to Catholicism and became an advocate of traditionalist Catholicism. He is the author of multiple books, including Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within and his bestselling historical fiction series Sword and Serpent. Marshall currently teaches at the New Saint Thomas Institute, an online Catholic education institute that he founded in 2013 with students from over 70 nations.

Contents

In 2023, Marshall announced he was running as a candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election. [2]

Education and priesthood

Marshall graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. [3] After studying at Westminster Theological Seminary and Nashotah House, Marshall was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church in 2005 by Jack Iker, the Bishop of Fort Worth. [4] [5] Marshall had previously served as a youth minister at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church while an Episcopal deacon. [6]

Shortly thereafter, in 2006, he and his wife converted to Catholicism. [7] They received confirmation from Bishop Kevin Vann in May 2006. [8] [9]

Post-conversion

In 2009, Marshall earned his Master of Arts degree in philosophy, and in 2011 earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in philosophy, at the University of Dallas with his 600 page doctoral dissertation "Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law and the Twofold Beatitude of Humanity." [3] [10] From January 2012 until June 2013, Marshall served as the chancellor of the former College of Saints John Fisher & Thomas More. [11] [12] Prior to his administrative work at the college, he was a professor of philosophy. Marshall also formerly served as the assistant director of the Archdiocese of Washington's Catholic Information Center. [3] He is a founder of the New Saint Thomas Institute, an online Catholic theology educational program, and the Troops of Saint George, a Catholic scouting organization. [13] [14]

Marshall has published books in the fields of theology, philosophy, and historical fiction. [15] All but one have been self-published by Saint John Press and Media, a company held and managed by Marshall. [16] [17] His 2019 book, Infiltration, claims to demonstrate that, over the last two centuries, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church has been actively subverted to promote Freemasonic power. [18] The foreword of the book was written by Bishop Athanasius Schneider. The book has been controversial in Catholic circles, drawing both positive and negative reviews from various media outlets. [19] [20] Marshall, on his YouTube channel, regularly comments on statements from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former Nuncio to the United States. [21]

In October 2019, Marshall received media attention for publicizing an incident at the Catholic Church's Amazon Synod in which Alexander Tschugguel and an accomplice filmed themselves removing indigenous statues, reportedly of Pachamama, from the Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina in Rome and throwing them into the Tiber river. [22] [23] In March 2020, it was revealed that Marshall himself had personally funded Tschugguel's trip to Rome and uploaded the video of the theft. [24]

Marshall briefly received attention from Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign for popularizing Archbishop Viganò's letter warning of a deep state working to undermine the United States of America. [18] Marshall was noticed by the campaign in return, and retweeted on the president's Twitter account. [25] Traditionalist Catholic writer Matthew Walther criticized both Marshall's advocacy for then-President Trump and his claims against Pope Francis. Walther accused Marshall of "distorting or simply lying" about the pope in order to anger Catholics. [26]

Personal life

Marshall met his wife, Joy McPherson, in 1999. They were married on June 9, 2001, at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Fort Worth, Texas. They have eight children. [27]

Books

With the exception of Infiltration, Marshall's books are self-published under the imprint of Saint John Press and Media, a company held and managed by Marshall.

  • The Origins of Catholicism trilogy
    • The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity (Saint John Press, 2009)
    • The Catholic Perspective on Paul: Paul and the Origins of Catholic Christianity (Saint John Press, 2010)
    • The Eternal City: Rome & the Origins of Catholic Christianity (Saint John Press, 2012)
  • Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages: A Layman's Quick Guide to Thomism (Saint John Press, 2014)
  • The Sword and Serpent trilogy
    • Sword and Serpent (Saint John Press, 2014)
    • The Tenth Region of the Night (Saint John Press, 2016)
    • Storm of Fire and Blood (Saint John Press, 2017)
  • Saint Augustine in 50 Pages: The Layman's Quick Guide to Augustinianism (Saint John Press, 2015)
  • Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within (Sophia Institute Press, 2019)
  • The Rosary in 50 Pages: The Layman's Quick Guide to Mary's Psalter (Saint John Press, 2020)
  • Antichrist and Apocalypse: The 21 Prophecies of Revelation Unveiled and Described (Saint John Press, 2022)

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  2. ↑ Winters, Michael Sean (May 17, 2023). "Taylor Marshall for Prez in 2024! The Catholic candidate whose time has come". National Catholic Reporter . Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Taylor Marshall's Curriculum Vitae". December 1, 2009.
  4. ↑ Hansen, Collin (October 29, 2009). "Not All Evangelicals and Catholics Together". Christianity Today . Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2019. Now a Ph.D. philosophy student at the University of Dallas, he started reading Wright while attending Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.
  5. ↑ Phillips, Francis (May 8, 2013). "Why it's harder to become a Catholic than a Protestant". Catholic Herald. Taylor Marshall [is] a convert and a former Episcopalian priest
  6. ↑ "New priests ordained, church buildings blessed" (PDF). Forward in Mission. Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  7. ↑ Hansen, Collin (October 29, 2009). "Not All Evangelicals and Catholics Together". Christianity Today . Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2019. Marshall briefly served as an Anglican priest before converting to Catholicism in 2006
  8. ↑ Marshall, Taylor (June 13, 2014). "13 Years and 7 Children Later…Thoughts on My Marriage".
  9. ↑ Marshall, Dr Taylor (April 6, 2015). "Joy and Taylor are having 8th Baby!!!". Taylor Marshall. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  10. ↑ Marshall, Taylor (2011). Thomas Aquinas on natural law and the twofold beatitude of humanity (Thesis). OCLC   793634862.
  11. ↑ Millegan, Brantly (March 5, 2014). "Something's "Fishy" in Texas". Aleteia . Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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  14. ↑ Magnificat, Steel (March 3, 2017). "Why Won't The New Saint Thomas Institute Respond To Their Customers?".
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  18. 1 2 Durkin, Tish (October 21, 2020). "The Catholics Who Hate Joe Biden—And Pope Francis". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  19. ↑ Shaw, Joseph (June 13, 2019). "Infiltration: an unconvincing tale of the Church's enemies". Catholic Herald .
  20. ↑ "The Devil Is To Blame: Dr. Taylor Marshall Researches the Spiritual Roots of the Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis and More". Fox News . June 20, 2019.
  21. ↑ "Archbishop Viganò Archive". Catholicity.com.
  22. ↑ Winfield, Nicole (October 21, 2019). "Thieves steal Amazon fertility statues as synod nears end". Associated Press . Retrieved October 26, 2019. There was no official claim of responsibility for the thefts, but a conservative U.S. author, Taylor Marshall, issued a statement and tweeted the video of it. 'I announce to you with great joy: the Pachamama idols that polluted the Church of St Maria Traspontina have been cast away into the Tiber River as an act of obedience to Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ & in reparation to His Sacred Heart wounded by sin,' Marshall tweeted.
  23. ↑ Wooden, Cindy (October 22, 2019). "Thieves steal statues used at synod prayer, throw them in the river". Catholic News Service . Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019. The video of the theft and news about it spread quickly on Twitter. Marshall was critiqued as having aided in theft and vandalism and being morally culpable as a result. Taylor Marshall, author of the book 'Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within' and a frequent critic of the use of the statue, told Twitter followers 'with great joy' that the images had been tossed into the river 'as an act of obedience to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ & in reparation to his Sacred Heart wounded by sin.'
  24. ↑ Marshall, Taylor (March 27, 2020). "He Had Corona Virus and Recovered: Alexander Tschugguel talks to Dr. Taylor Marshall". YouTube. Retrieved April 3, 2020. So you worked out your plan with your friend, and I wired you some money for airfare, and you guys flew from Vienna over to Rome, and you got it done.
  25. ↑ "The Top 3 Reasons Catholics Will Vote for Donald Trump". America Magazine. October 29, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  26. ↑ Walther, Matthew (August 17, 2022). "Catholic voters' impossible choice". The Week. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  27. ↑ "Dr. Taylor Reed Marshall". Sophia Institute Press. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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