How do we pursue wisdom without losing Christ, unity without fear, and truth without distortion? Ignatius exhorts the Philadelphians to cling to one Eucharist and one bishop, warning that schism and distorted teaching fracture the Church because they detach believers from Christ’s passion and the concrete unity He established (Ephesians 4:4–6). Augustine deepens this tension by confessing how philosophy ignited his love for wisdom while simultaneously restraining him, since even the most refined truth could not fully claim his heart without the name of Christ—wisdom incarnate, not merely contemplated (Colossians 2:8–9). Aquinas then provides the conceptual clarity that holds these concerns together by rejecting Plato’s detached Forms in favor of Aristotle’s realism, affirming that form and meaning exist in created things, not apart from  ...