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In this episode originally from Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast, Thomas asks attorney and scholar Louis Karlin whether Robert Bolt's play and film A Man for All Seasons accurately depict St. Thomas More's views on the rights of conscience, and his motives for martyrdom.
More's involvement in the prosecution of heretics is also examined: even if More was a martyr of conscience, is it accurate to call him a champion of religious freedom? One thing is certain: the portrayal by Hilary Mantel and others of More as a torturer of heretics is false.
Links
The Center for Thomas More Studies https://thomasmorestudies.org/
Lecture by Richard Rex critiquing the historical fiction of Hilary Mantel, "More the villain and Cromwell the hero?" https://ionainstitute.ie/thomas-more-thomas-cromwell-and-wolf-hall/
William Marshner, "Dignitatis Humanae and Traditional Teaching on Church and State" https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=8778
Thomas Pink, "Conscience and Coercion" https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/08/conscience-and-coercion
Louis W. Karlin and David R. Oakley, Inside the Mind of Thomas More: The Witness of His Writings https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Mind-Thomas-More-Writings/dp/1594173133
Karlin, Wegemer and Kelly, Thomas More's Trial by Jury: A Procedural Legal Review with a Collection of Documents https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Mores-Trial-Jury-Procedural/dp/1843838737/
Stephen Smith (ed.), For All Seasons: Selected Letters of Thomas More https://www.amazon.com/All-Seasons-Selected-Letters-Thomas/dp/1594171637
Wegemer and Smith (ed.), The Essential Works of Thomas More https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Works-Thomas-More/dp/0300223374/
St. Thomas More, The Sadness of Christ https://www.amazon.com/Sadness-Christ-Thomas-More/dp/1849020558
The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More, Vol. 14, De Tristitia Christi https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Thomas-Tristitia-Christi/dp/0300017936
Other podcasts on St. Thomas More
Criteria film discussion https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/man-for-all-seasons-1966/
Audiobook of More's Dialogue on Conscience https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-thomas-more-dialogue-on-conscience/
This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like the show, please consider supporting us! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio
Music is The Duskwhales, "Take It Back", used with permission.
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In this episode originally from Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast, Thomas asks attorney and scholar Louis Karlin whether Robert Bolt's play and film A Man for All Seasons accurately depict St. Thomas More's views on the rights of conscience, and his motives for martyrdom.
More's involvement in the prosecution of heretics is also examined: even if More was a martyr of conscience, is it accurate to call him a champion of religious freedom? One thing is certain: the portrayal by Hilary Mantel and others of More as a torturer of heretics is false.
Links
The Center for Thomas More Studies https://thomasmorestudies.org/
Lecture by Richard Rex critiquing the historical fiction of Hilary Mantel, "More the villain and Cromwell the hero?" https://ionainstitute.ie/thomas-more-thomas-cromwell-and-wolf-hall/
William Marshner, "Dignitatis Humanae and Traditional Teaching on Church and State" https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=8778
Thomas Pink, "Conscience and Coercion" https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/08/conscience-and-coercion
Louis W. Karlin and David R. Oakley, Inside the Mind of Thomas More: The Witness of His Writings https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Mind-Thomas-More-Writings/dp/1594173133
Karlin, Wegemer and Kelly, Thomas More's Trial by Jury: A Procedural Legal Review with a Collection of Documents https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Mores-Trial-Jury-Procedural/dp/1843838737/
Stephen Smith (ed.), For All Seasons: Selected Letters of Thomas More https://www.amazon.com/All-Seasons-Selected-Letters-Thomas/dp/1594171637
Wegemer and Smith (ed.), The Essential Works of Thomas More https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Works-Thomas-More/dp/0300223374/
St. Thomas More, The Sadness of Christ https://www.amazon.com/Sadness-Christ-Thomas-More/dp/1849020558
The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More, Vol. 14, De Tristitia Christi https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Thomas-Tristitia-Christi/dp/0300017936
Other podcasts on St. Thomas More
Criteria film discussion https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/man-for-all-seasons-1966/
Audiobook of More's Dialogue on Conscience https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-thomas-more-dialogue-on-conscience/
This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like the show, please consider supporting us! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio
Music is The Duskwhales, "Take It Back", used with permission.

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