History is not merely a collection of myths, but a record of God’s unfolding work in the world. In today’s readings, we see how the internal struggle for virtue and the external record of history both point toward the same divine order. Theophilus of Antioch strips away the claim that Christianity is a "new" invention by aligning the biblical timeline with the great epochs of Rome and Babylon, proving that the prophets predate the very poets the Greeks adored. This historical grounding finds its personal counterpart in Augustine’s visceral struggle with the flesh, where the "chaste dignity of Continence" mocks his self-reliance to lead him toward a strength found only in God. Finally, Thomas Aquinas provides the intellectual framework for these emotions, showing that even a passion as volatile as anger can be rightly ordered under reason to serve ...