“This is the thrilling romance of Orthodoxy. People have fallen into a foolish habit of speaking of orthodoxy as something heavy, humdrum, and safe. There never was anything so perilous or so exciting as orthodoxy.”—G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

 
Dear Reader,
 
In the opening chapters of Proverbs, Lady Wisdom finds herself in a city not unlike our own. She rages against perversion, error, and falsehood. But no one pays her heed.
 
So she adopts a different strategy, preparing a sumptuous banquet and sending her most beautiful maidens out to invite the men of the city to feast at her table. It works.
 
As editor of FIRST THINGS, I try to follow Lady Wisdom’s lead . . . and Chesterton’s. Adhering to religious orthodoxy need not be a dull, didactic project.

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To be clear, we must counter the manifold falsehoods of our time. That is part and parcel of bearing the standard for orthodoxy.

But the “yes” of truth is far more powerful than its contradicting “no.” In our pages, we allow truth to speak in all its radiance. As our columnist Liel Leibovitz often says, our aim is to attract and convert.
 
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R. R. Reno
Editor

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