Today’s Readings

Theophilus of Antioch — To Autolycus, Book 2, Chapters 23–26 Augustine — The Confessions, Book 8, Chapter 6 (Section 14) Thomas Aquinas — Summa Theologica, Part 1–2, Question 29 (Articles 1–6 Combined)

What you reject reveals what you love. Theophilus makes it clear that the fall did not come from something evil in creation, but from disobedience—man turning away from what was truly good, even when everything around him testified to God’s truth . Augustine then shows how that same reality plays out in real life: truth can sit right in front of you—open on the table, spoken about, even admired—yet still remain unfamiliar and ungrasped, while others around you are already living in its power. Aquinas brings the final clarity—hatred is not its own starting point; it is born fro ...