Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life Commentary building to a fiery climax

building to a fiery climax in three different worlds

and may you draw inspiration and encouragement from the characters and stories that you know and love from comicbook pages and big screen movies alike

the ethical demands of the Christian life

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Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life Commentary building to a fiery climaxTraditional Christian virtue and vices like abstinence, gluttony, and sloth make many of us bored or uncomfortable. At their best, these words sound dead or confusing, like incomplete fossils that belong to a distant past awkwardly enshrined in a museum. At worst, they signify a prejudiced past, when these words were wielded like weapons. Yet in medieval writing, the language of the virtues and vices was powerful, lively, and delightfully weird.