The Pastoral Rule Is Powerful

Timothy Stanley: If I had to make a list of figures in Christian history that I wish were better known, Alfred the Great would be on there. Stanley: He knows that it's not enough just to sort of save his kingdom politically. It's important to plant cultural seeds, spiritual seeds and so he has all these great Latin texts translated into Anglo-Saxon. Stanley: The pastoral rule is one of them. We need to get it for all of our bishops today. And even if you're not a priest or bishop, I know for me, I read it as my spiritual reading for a while.