John Fisher and Thomas More, Robert J. Conrad Jr.
John Fisher and Thomas More, Robert J. Conrad Jr.
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John Fisher and Thomas More
Keeping Their Souls While Losing Their Heads

Author: Robert J. Conrad Jr.

Narrator: Robert J. Conrad Jr., Kevin Gallagher

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: TAN Books

Published: 05/28/2022


Synopsis

In 1929, nearly four hundred years after the deaths of Saints Thomas More and John Fisher, G.K. Chesterton observed in words equally attributable to Fisher, “Blessed Thomas More is more important at this moment than at any moment since his death, even perhaps the great moment of his dying; but he is not quite so important as he will be in a hundred years.” Judge Robert J Conrad, Jr. anticipates Chesterton’s one-hundred-year mark in a collection of stories from the lives of More and Fisher, demonstrating how their sanctity and integrity carried them and those who loved them through tumultuous and heart-wrenching times which, perhaps surprisingly, bear a striking resemblance to the present epoch. At first blush, nothing could appear more different than the pre-industrial sixteenth century and the tech-centered modern era. But a closer examination presents a similar tale of political maneuvering and hostile hearings, legal corruption, viral pandemics, riots, suppression of speech, loss of religious liberty, and a profound indifference for truth. Judge Conrad effortlessly weaves together tales of both men and what made them who they were—family, faith, friendship, oaths, vocation, detachment, conscience—inviting those who strive for holiness down the same narrow path these two martyrs walked with a clarity founded upon the truth of Christ’s Church, and a wit that charmed even their persecutors.  Both these men refused to consent to the theological farce that would permit the king’s divorce and remarriage and drive a wedge into the unity of the Christian world, and both paid for their convictions with their lives. More died the king’s good servant and God’s first. Fisher approached his execution with joy befit for a wedding. And yet, both stand today, long after they are gone, as models of courage in a time when it is desperately needed. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chip on April 26, 2023

Conrad brilliantly exposes Chesterton’s prophecy. These men’s lives and deaths are far more relevant today than they were in the 16th century. Whether you’re Catholic, Protestant, religious, agnostic or atheist, Conrad reveals just how much these two men will inspire all of us to be better people. I......more

Goodreads review by MARIA on February 18, 2024

Amazing Book! The book is a great overview of the lives of two of the Church’s greatest saints. It’s an easy read and more enjoyable because the author is a former federal prosecutor and judge. I went on a spending spree buying a lot of the books in the footnotes and bibliography!......more

Goodreads review by George O'Neil, Jr, MD on December 31, 2021

Great Read This is an illumenating book. Two good and brilliant holy men are sacrificed for lust, power and the evil genisis of the church of England.......more

Goodreads review by Joe on December 31, 2021

Resounding profiles in moral courage from a world long past aimed at our contemporary world, which too often seems to have lost the courage of conviction.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on December 06, 2022

A bit repetitive but I enjoyed learning more about these two men. Very inspirational!......more