Waugh’s Helena, Father General, and the Reality of Revelation
by George WeigelEvelyn Waugh’s slim and critically unappreciated novel, Helena, is, at bottom, an act of faith in the reality of revelation. Continue Reading »
God’s Image, Man’s Crimes
by James R. RogersMosaic (and Noahic) teachings regarding the death penalty are revelations of God and teach us of God’s grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love. But how? Continue Reading »
Death Penalties and the Divine
by James R. RogersDoes the Bible provide principled grounds for abolition of the death penalty? Continue Reading »
Supreme Incoherence: Transgender Ideology and the End of Law
by Jeff ShaferDoes the federal law prohibiting “sex discrimination” forbid us to countenance the category of “sex”—and thus of “sex discrimination”? Can the rule of law survive a yes answer to question one? Continue Reading »
Pope Francis’s Achilles Heel
by William Doino Jr.The pope’s deepest problems are the result of self-inflicted wounds. Continue Reading »
The Monologue Beyond the Dialogue
by Peter J. LeithartWhy are Dostoevsky’s novels so compulsively readable? What makes his characters seem so alive? Continue Reading »
Harmony and the Scriptures: Lenten Reflections on Harnoncourt and Bach
by Michael Maria WaldsteinI became aware of the clash between Harnoncourt and Richter, right around the time when my own musical taste became more mature and critical, at age fifteen or sixteen. I was a Richterian; Harnoncourt struck me as harsh and uncouth. Continue Reading »
Pope Francis as Historian
by Bronwen McSheaThe pope’s historical formulations—about Luther and Jesuit missions—makes this historian wince. Continue Reading »
On “Owning” the Church
by George WeigelNo earthly power creates the Church and no earthly power owns the Church. The Church was created by the Lord Jesus, and it is his, not ours. Continue Reading »
Ecclesiology in Space
by David RandallScience fiction’s ambition to evoke the immensely long and strange history of the future gives these three works peculiar power to meditate on the promise that the Church will survive. Continue Reading »
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