Thomas More: a lonely voice against the power of the state (142484)

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Thomas More comes alive once again in this newly-translated work by Peter Berglar, author of one of the first major biographies of the founder of Opus Dei, St. Josemaria Escriva. In a detailed portrayal of one of history’s most admired figures, Berglar shows More as a family man, as the country’s most powerful political leader, and as an author of apologetic and spiritual works in addition to his work, Utopia, which remains in print nearly 500 years after it first appeared.

Named Patron of Statesmen by Pope John Paul II, More continues to exert a powerful influence on modernity, precisely because the talents and abilities that marked him out for such success were without hesitation laid aside because of the demands of faith and loyalty to the Church. More remains an enigmatic figure because of his own detachment to his exercise of power, and his willingness, even joy, at submitting to its treachery in the case of his own life.