A Latin Polemic for Rome's Claims About Primacy

“Everyone knows that the keys of the kingdom were given to Peter. Upon his faith and teaching the whole fabric of the Church will continue to be built until we all reach full maturity in Christ and attain to unity in faith and knowledge of the Son of God.” -St. Thomas Becket

— Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, OP (@FrAquinasOP) December 30, 2022

Deserving of a Popular Cult

And the modern Roman saint-making machine wasn't involved in his canonization so there's that for the credibility of the cult.

But this is a take that will be unpopular among the Latin integralists: St. Thomas Becket was a victim of a theology of ecclesial authority that hadn't been fully worked out and yet was nonetheless asserted and practiced as dogma. Was a conflict between a Christian secular authority (especially in the form of a over-grasping monarchy) and ecclesial authority inevitable? Probably. Could it have been resolved by other means? What if the Church had not assisted in the development of Christian monarchy in the first place, and had chosen a different path?

I found this post from The Josias which perfectly reflects how St. Thomas Becket wouuld be portrayed by Latin integralists:

St. Thomas Becket, Integralisthttps://t.co/rNWrwLkX3y

— The Josias (@josias_rex) December 30, 2020

Latin Icons Done by Byzantine-trained Iconographers?

St Thomas Becket (to the right of St Silvester)
Apse Mosaic
Monreale Cathedral, Sicily
c. 1184
Becket was martyred in 1170, canonized in 1173 pic.twitter.com/KIIEz1vW2T

— Amigo de Frodo (@bpdflores) December 29, 2020

Reverence, Not a Lack of Originality?

Medieval prayer recycling. ♻ https://t.co/Sow0tFSZbg

— Gregory Schnakenberg (@GSchnakenberg) December 29, 2020

Thomas Becket's Little Book?

Absolutely fascinating - https://t.co/z3EmMDNEvF

— Fr. Matthew Cashmore (@matthewcashmore) December 27, 2020