The Persistence of Order, Vol. I Popes “And never the twain shall

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

let alone Christ’s

psychologically

Paperback: 338pp

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

The Persistence of Order, Vol. I Popes “And never the twain shallEdited 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