The Persistence of Order, Vol. I Popes for a soul’s worth is

for a soul’s worth is in direct proportion to the intimacy and intensity of its relations with God

let alone Christ’s

Paperback: 338pp

“And never the twain shall meet”: Kipling’s famous line might well describe current conventional wisdom on the relationship between church and state

His works have been adapted into film with great critical success

The Persistence of Order, Vol. I Popes for a soul’s worth isEdited by Christopher Dawson and T. F. Burns The Persistence of Order, Vol. I In 1931, preeminent historian and scholar Christopher Dawson commissioned a new series (titled Essays in Order), whose purpose was, in part, to examine the possibilities of cooperation and of conflict that exist between the Catholic order and the new world. The Persistence of Order comprises fourteen of those commissioned essays, published across three volumes. Volume I