Arts & Letters
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Callistus I
Tertullian tore his dalmatic.Hippolytus had a cow.Both became schismaticwhen Callistus stood the prow. He had a heart…
A Caveat on the Great Tom Wolfe
When the great Tom Wolfe died on May 14—he of the white suits, the spats, and the…
Vacationing with Samuel Johnson
It is summer, and vacation is on our minds—either memories of vacations past, or plans for vacations…
Why We Need Loome Theological Booksellers
It’s not typical to stumble into a small-town bookstore and be greeted by the sounds of Gregorian…
Common Prayer, or Predictable Politics?
As Western society continues its relentless purge of the pre-political, the body count keeps mounting. Yesterday’s harmless…
Giving Your Testimony
The national consensus seems to be that more is better. Hamburgers? Make them gargantuan, to the point…
Staircase Over the Void
Thinking Without a Banister sounds like a freethinker’s slogan, a refusal of the supports of authority, tradition,…
“Among the Dangs”
On June 6, Sheila Liming, an assistant professor of literature at the University of North Dakota, tweeted…
The Man Who Stole the World
When it comes to the great questions of existence, the real divide may be not between Christians…
Solzhenitsyn’s Prophecy
Versions of these remarks were delivered this spring at the commencement ceremony for the Mount Academy of…
Thinking Under the Influence
You know you’re getting old when trimming your toenails becomes an ordeal. They don’t look as if…
The Lesser Angels of Our Nature
The lesser angels of our present dangerArraign the better angels of our natureAnd rearrange the stature of…
Return to St. Thomas
Here we are, with four children, at late Mass, The nave a bloated hull of tin, the…
Humanities and Communities
We communicate more today than at any time in history. Social media platforms, online fora, video chats,…
Shadow Show
In the last fifty years, Artemisia Gentileschi has risen to new eminence. She originally gained fame among…
