Callista Sheed & Ward divine reality which towers above

divine reality which towers above them all

Bound for England aboard the ocean liner Atlantic

he receives that fortune as an annuity for the remainder of his days

(Book of Isaiah)

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

Callista Sheed & Ward divine reality which towers aboveBy 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