Archive
More than thirty-five years of First Things articles at your fingertips
Articles
The Pillar and Foundation of Truth: A Statement by Evangelicals and Catholics Together
As the People of God, the Church is the temple of the Holy Spirit, Christโs very body (1 Cor. 12:27). Our Lord superintends our prayers, teaching, and leadership. He...
Fear God, Honor the Emperor
Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement urged resistance to laws that enforced racial discrimination. They appealed to natural law and Godโs law, with the aim of reforming our civic...
A Statement on Public Officials and Public Office
Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT) is a bilateral ecumenical initiative dedicated to discussing theological and cultural topics. We are Christian believers who hold diverse views on many issues. At...
The Gift of Children
โBe fruitful and multiply.โ (Gen. 1:28) r โSuffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me.โ (Matt. 19:14) r Children are gifts. In them, we respond to...
Statement on the New York State Abortion Law of 2019
There has been a dramatic expansion of the abortion regime in New York State. A law passed by the state legislature, the so-called Reproductive Health Act, allows for late-term...
The Christian Way
Christians freely obey Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God. โCome,โ he beckons, โfollow me.โ Being a Christian requires more than intellectual or moral agreement with Christian teachings. Christ...
The Two Shall Become One Flesh: Reclaiming Marriage
In the Gospel of St. Mark, the Lord Jesus teaches that โfrom the beginning of creation ‘God made them male and female.โ” He then declares a great and beautiful...
The Two Shall Become One Flesh
In the Gospel of St. Mark, the Lord Jesus teaches that โfrom the beginning of creation โGod made them male and female.โโ He then declares a great and beautiful...
In Defense of Religious Freedom
Eighteen years ago, this fellowship of Evangelical and Catholic pastors, theologians, and educators was formed to deepen the dialogue among our communities on issues of common concern, to explore...
Your Word Is Truth
In the spring of 1994, a group of Roman Catholics and evangelical Protestants issued a much-discussed statement, โEvangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millenniumโ (FT,...