Matthew Schmitz is a former senior editor of First Things.
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Matthew Schmitz
Knight of Cups is a masterpiece, Malick’s greatest and most moving film. Continue Reading »
As someone raised in the scripture-centered precincts of Evangelical Protestantism who later found his way to Rome, I am particularly susceptible to frustration and shame at the state of the Catholic bible. It's not just the use of terrible translations like the NAB that grates, but also the low . . . . Continue Reading »
O n a Saturday afternoon, I survey the offerings of the Bedford Cheese Shop. This gourmet store at the center of hip Brooklyn bills itself as being “based on old-world ideals with a loyalty to our family . . . dedicated to the time honored traditions of the culinary and agricultural world.” . . . . Continue Reading »
What Was Before by martin mosebach translated by kári driscoll seagull, 248 pages, $27.50A woman asks a man what his life had been like before they met, and he tells her of a glittering world now gone: A group of well-to-do Germans gathers for poolside parties in the countryside near Frankfurt, . . . . Continue Reading »
The strange case of Gloria Thurn and Taxis. Continue Reading »
Conflating respectability with righteousness. Continue Reading »
What mercy really means. Continue Reading »
From cape to cowl. Continue Reading »
How to honor them both. Continue Reading »
1 Paul begat Augustine;2 Augustine begat Thomas, 3 Bonaventure, Bernard, Anselm, Boethius,4 And Scotus, who prospered before his brothers.5 Forsooth the son of Scotus was Ockham.6 And the sons of Ockham were Luther and Calvin.7 And their sons were Division and . . . . Continue Reading »
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