A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
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Oct 20, 2026
Stephen SmithGUEST
A beautiful book, recommended as highly as anything.
Stephen SmithGUEST
And then one last thing I'll just say, he also wrote a 300-page dialogue on human suffering called The Dialogue of Comfort, which could very well be his greatest work.
Stephen SmithGUEST
C.S. Lewis said it's a book that should be on every man's shelf.
Stephen SmithGUEST
And in it, we really see that spirit of mentorship, of fatherhood, of friendship in action.
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Todd WarnerHOST
Thomas more means to you personally?
Stephen SmithGUEST
Yeah, I was very fortunate to be supported during my sabbatical year by Hillsdale and by the Center for Thomas More Studies to study Thomas More and the Tower of London.
Stephen SmithGUEST
And so for that year, I wrote out my thoughts on the letters, on the prayers, on the sadness of Christ, on the dialogue of comfort.
Stephen SmithGUEST
So that's all wading into wings, I suppose.
Laura AsheGUEST
And this then becomes reflected profoundly and movingly, I think, in the final dialogue he wrote in the Tower of London when he was imprisoned, knowing that by refusing to sign this agreement, this, to sign the oath, he was going to be executed.
Laura AsheGUEST
And he wrote what he called the Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, which is an attempt for once, rather than to have a humanist dialogue where you consider both sides and then go into dinner, it's a dialogue which has to end with the conclusion, "Yes, I can die for my faith."
Misha GlennyHOST
Cathy, come in on that, and then I want to ask you something else.
Joanne PaulGUEST
That's another dialogue which isn't actually that dialogic that the-
Laura AsheGUEST
And what? This then becomes reflected profoundly and movingly, I think, in the final dialogue he wrote in the Tower of London when he was imprisoned, knowing that by refusing to sign this agreement, to sign the oath, he was going to be executed.
Laura AsheGUEST
And he wrote what he called the Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, which is an attempt for... for once, rather than to have a humanist dialogue where you consider both sides and then go into dinner, it's a dialogue which has to end with the conclusion, yes, I can die for my faith.
Misha GlennyHOST
Cathy, come in on that and then I want to ask you something else.
Cathy ShrankGUEST
That's another dialogue which isn't actually that dialogic.
LindsayHOST
Yes.
ToddHOST
So we go back to 1534, and Thomas More wrote A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation.
ToddHOST
Sounds like an upbeat book.
LindsayHOST
Uh-huh.