Callista Sheed & Ward and friend-betrayer

and friend-betrayer

Building on the theology of Thomas Aquinas in particular (and anticipating the teachings of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI)

divine reality which towers above them all

(Book of Isaiah)

There must be empty places left in our hearts

Callista Sheed & Ward and friend-betrayerBy Saint John Henry Newman Callista: The Emperor Decius is brutally persecuting the Christians of Sicca Veneria. Callista, a beautiful Greek sculptress, is not herself a follower of the Christyet she is drawn into their world when Agellius, a Christian, seeks her hand in marriage. After a plague incites further persecution, Callista is mistakenly arrested and imprisoned. The sudden intervention of the mysterious Caecilius offers relief for Callista