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A Prayer from Melanchthon
A prayer found in Philip Melanchthon’s oration on Basil of Caesarea.
The Transfiguration and the Church Fathers
Whereas we neglect thinking theologically about the Transfiguration, the Church Fathers had much to say.
Dylan’s “False Prophet” and Wilder’s Alcestiad: A Supposal
Does Bob Dylan read Thornton Wilder?
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From the Editor’s Desk: Ad Fontes Winter 2024
Senior Editor Rhys Laverty introduces the Winter 2024 print edition of Ad Fontes.
Wells and Buckets: A Defense of Christian Romanticism in Wordsworth and Coleridge
A provocative defense of one of the bogeymen of Christian intellectual histories: the Romantic poets.
The Pastoral Value of the Reformed Doctrine of Concupiscence
The Reformed doctrine of concupiscence gives liberation to both the pastor and his flock.
“Is Philosophy a Hindrance to Piety?” by Philip Melanchthon
The first English translation of Philip Melanchthon's "Is Philosophy a Hindrance to Piety?"
Making Missing Biblical Art with Midjourney
Will AI step up to fill a gap that Christian artists have too long neglected?
The Soul of Education: W.E.B. DuBois’ Theory of the University
Du Bois saw intellecutal elites as emissaries of culture and providers of visions of what might be.
Besom
An original poem by Dan Rattelle.
A Man Near Magnificence
An original poem by Colin Chan Redemer.
Votaries: The Blue Flower in Novalis, MacDonald, Lewis, and Robinson
Discover a forgotten influence on George Macdonald, C.S. Lewis, and Marilynne Robinson.
“And pain will be the thing that saves us”
An original poem by Tom C. Hunley