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Pax Augusta, Pax Christiana
Psalm 46: 9 (45:10 Vulg.), the Psalm that inspired “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” says: “He maketh wars to cease unto the end…

Anglican Political Theology and the American Republic
Jon Askonas, a professor of politics at Catholic University of America, recently delivered an address on Anglican political theology to Providence Magazine’s Christianity and…

“Subject Yourself to God”
For this week’s “Melanchthon Monday,” we’re back to poetry. Below is an epigram consisting of a single elegiac couplet, which I have rendered (with…

“This Lovely King”: The Kingship of Christ for the First Sunday in Advent
Advent starts tomorrow. In his House Postil sermon on Matthew 21:1-9 for the First Sunday in Advent, Martin Luther contrasts the kingship of Christ,…

Materialism Old and New
Today, non-material reality is conceivable but not believable. How does the Church perform its mission in such a world?