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December 6, 345 (traditional date): Nicholas, bishop of Myra, one of the most popular saints in the Greek and Latin churches—and Santa Claus’s namesake—dies.
December 6, 1273: Following a tremendous mystical experience while conducting Mass, Thomas Aquinas suspends work on his Summa Theologica. “I can do no more,” he told his servant. “Such things have been revealed to me that all that I have written seems to me as so much straw. Now I await the end of my life (see issue 73: Thomas Aquinas).
The Bulletin
Controversial Republican texts, Anglican Communion splits, and George Santos’s sentence is commuted.
Review
A Lutheran pastor identifies five false teachings that threaten to corrupt the church’s public witness.
In its first full year of publication, CT looked at Civil Rights, Cold War satellites, artificial insemination, and carefully planned evangelism.
News
Conservatives suggest country and Christian artist alternatives for game day.
News
Gen Z–led protests on the African island nation led to a military takeover.
News
Locals see the price of flour rise and fall as truce is strained and some borders remain closed.
News
Meanwhile, the GOP candidate draws from Trump’s playbook to focus on transgender issues in schools.
Scrupulosity latches onto the thing we hold most dear—our relationship with God.