On the back of a rotten dream and a few following unsettled nights, I dragged just about every scriptural reference book I own out, blew off the dust, and began scratching out the following. It’s heavy but it’s worth the toil. I think. The Catholic doctrine of Purgatory has always been a scandal to the … Continue reading The Fires That Cleanse: On Purgatory, Scripture, and the Uneasy Middle
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A Frolic through Fitzgerald’s Kaleidoscope
John Anster Fitzgerald: The Painter's Dream c. 1857 First of all I have conflicting sources that title this painting differently: one is The Artist's Dream and another, The Painter's Dream. I'm not going to cry about it but some of the sources I've looked at were a waste of time - not including the sources … Continue reading A Frolic through Fitzgerald’s Kaleidoscope
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