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Commonwealth, Web Exclusives

The Church Against the State: A Review

James Wood reviews Andrew Willard Jones’ latest.

Literature, Web Exclusives

The Problem of Neil Gaiman

Are readers complicit in the evils of the writers they enjoy?

Commonwealth, Web Exclusives

The Christian Logic of the Postwar Consensus

Have Christian critics of the postwar consensus done the reading?

Politics, Web Exclusives

Our “Aeterni Patris” Moment? Musings on Aristotle’s Practical Philosophy and Protestant Retrieval

Manfred Svensson

Political retrieval has always been a more nuanced affair for Protestants.

WEB EXCLUSIVES

Eusebius on Mary in Psalm 69

Eusebius on Mary in Psalm 69

by Andrew Koperski | May 6, 2025 | Ecclesiastica Anecdota

I am once again asking the people to please read a primary source.

Eusebius on Mary in Psalm 69

Is Ecumenism for Evangelical Squishes?

by Andrew Koperski | Apr 30, 2025 | Ecclesiastica Anecdota

The answer may surprise you.

Darwinism and Race in Gilded Age Southern Presbyterianism

Darwinism and Race in Gilded Age Southern Presbyterianism

by Miles Smith | Apr 25, 2025 | Miles Smith

The aftermath of the Civil War saw a significant rethinking of racial theory among southern...

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FROM THE PRINT EDITION

From the Editor’s Desk: Ad Fontes Summer 2024

Senior Editor Rhys Laverty introduces the Summer 2024 print edition of Ad Fontes.

Rhys Laverty Oct 22, 2024

Milton’s “Nativity Ode” and the Subversion of Magic

John Milton was well ahead of the curve when it came to "disenchantment" discourse.

Jeremy Larson Oct 22, 2024

When Tradition Becomes Tragedy: Thomas Aquinas and the Immaculate Conception

Thomas Aquinas did not believe that Mary was conceived without sin.

Steven Wedgeworth Oct 22, 2024

Approaching IVF By the Back Door

On PGT-M.

Jemimah Wilson Oct 22, 2024

“When Faith did Change the Scene”: Theological Interpretation of Color in John Cotton and George Herbert

Toward a theology of color.

Nathan Tarr Oct 22, 2024

Homer in Wittenberg: A Review

Uncovering the influence of Homer on Philip Melanchthon.

E.J. Hutchinson Oct 22, 2024

THE ARCHIVES

Besom

An original poem by Dan Rattelle.

Dan Rattelle Feb 23, 2023

A Man Near Magnificence

An original poem by Colin Chan Redemer.

Colin Redemer Feb 23, 2023

Votaries: The Blue Flower in Novalis, MacDonald, Lewis, and Robinson

Discover a forgotten influence on George Macdonald, C.S. Lewis, and Marilynne Robinson.

Hannah Hubin Nov 10, 2022

“And pain will be the thing that saves us”

An original poem by Tom C. Hunley

Tom C. Hunley Nov 10, 2022