Grantian Florilegium

The great Scottish pastor, social reformer, educator, author, and scientist Thomas Chalmers was born on March 17, 1780 at Anstruther on th...

Patrick of Ireland was a younger contemporary of Augustine of Hippo and Martin of Tours—the fifth century heroes of the faith who laid the...

The historical origins of Mardi Gras are much debated, but many of its traditions seem to have their roots in early Celtic Christian ritua...

According to Facebook, that iridescent, omnipresent gay rainbow none of us seem to be able to escape these days (even on sports radio, th...

"Heart-work is hard work indeed. To shuffle over religious duties with a loose and careless spirit, will cost no g...

"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whethe...

“On Park Avenue and 56th Street, Harry Macklowe is putting up one of the tallest buildings in New York City, as outra...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a man of extraordinary wit, intellect, and insight. He was a prolific writer who engaged the leading intellec...

  The pitch of the stall was glorious Though the straw was dusty and old Though it blew bitter and cold The wind sang wi...

There has fallen on earth for a token A god too great for the sky. He has burst out of all things and broken The bounds of eternit...