"Circumstances required ingenuity." This is by far the most important line in this story. We must use the gifts of the Holy Spirit to bring others into the fold.
Thanks for the vivid retelling of the trials he faced. I read his book Catholic Controversy many years ago, but I didn't at the time realize he faced such hardships. I was always impressed, however, with what seemed to me to be the main and novel argument of the book, that is, addressed to the Protestants "Who sent you?" That a church or clergy not somewhere in the past "sent" by Christ could not be authentic or duly authorized. Where was the evidence of their ever being "sent?" :)
"Circumstances required ingenuity." This is by far the most important line in this story. We must use the gifts of the Holy Spirit to bring others into the fold.
This must be how he became patron saint of writers. I have never heard his real story before. It infuriates me hearing this Calvinist history.
I wonder if he would have been an eager participant in the services currently held to mark the Week of Christian Disunity
True unity can only take one form.
The Knights of Columbus had this idea too.
Thanks for the vivid retelling of the trials he faced. I read his book Catholic Controversy many years ago, but I didn't at the time realize he faced such hardships. I was always impressed, however, with what seemed to me to be the main and novel argument of the book, that is, addressed to the Protestants "Who sent you?" That a church or clergy not somewhere in the past "sent" by Christ could not be authentic or duly authorized. Where was the evidence of their ever being "sent?" :)