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Commentary
The Uncensored Merton
Timothy Jones
Spiritual Pragmatists
For the desert fathers, theology was not the study of God but the study of how to become like God.
Dennis D. Martin
Great Lessons From Bad History
Hagiography may not be factual biography, but it captures the practices and ideals of pre-modern Christianity perfectly.
Thomas Head
When God Came to England
In Bede's view, the history of the English church—like the history of redemption—begins in Genesis and ends in Revelation.
Frank A. James III
Thomas Aquinas: Christian History Timeline - Storms of the Thirteenth Century
The Christian History timeline.
Good Habits
Benedictines, Franciscans, and Dominicans all sought to live by high ideals, but only one order matched Thomas's love for both spirituality and intellect.
Steven Gertz
The Dazzling 'Dumb Ox'
His family thought he was throwing his life away. His classmates thought he was stupid. They didn't understand.
Ralph McInerny
Thomas Aquinas: Did You Know?
Interesting and unusual fact about Thomas Aquinas
editors
Into the desert: the first monks
Simon Tugwell
Return to simplicity: Francis, Dominic and the friars
Simon Tugwell
Radical communities: the modern community movement
Jeanne Hinton
Scripture Saturation
To achieve holiness, believed the early monks, you must soak in the moral sense of the Word.
Patrick Henry Reardon
Origen's Monastic Legacy
Three Wise Men from the East
The Cappadocian Fathers brought the best gift of all: a powerful scriptural defense of the Trinity and Christ's divinity against the Arian heretics.
Edwin Woodruff Tait and Chris Armstrong
Bishop Before His Time
Samuel Ajayi Crowther's consecration as the first African Anglican bishop looked like a great leap forward for the church. But the talented ex-slave collided with the roadblock of racism
Ted Olsen
Holy Johnson and the Ethiopian Church
Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God, said the Psalm. Yet racism in the mission churches clouded that vision. James Johnson (1836-1917) offered a solution.
Ted Olsen
The Prospect Terrified Me
Apolo Kivebulaya, a convert from Islam, bravely preached to witch doctors, hostile chieftains, and Pygmy tribes.
Steven Gertz
Pakistani Christians Fight Against 'Apartheid' in Election System
"Under rule, citizens cannot vote for candidates outside their own religious affiliation."
Anto Akkara
Illinois Pastor on Fatal Flight
"Jeffrey Mladenik, 43, was involved in workplace ministry, international adoption."
LaTonya Taylor
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