The 'Dog & Torch' emblem was the symbol of the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic, an early 20th c. #Distributist community in Ditchling, Sussex. It has become the symbol of the Distributist movement in general. (Image by artist Eric Gill)
#Distributism
“If a reformed Parliament cannot find the means of protecting the dead bodies of the working poor; then the bishops did right in opposing the Reform Bill; for a greater delusion, a greater fraud never was attempted, to be practised on any part of mankind.”
William Cobbett, 1832.
"And knew why Shepherds knelt and why
Angels were singing in the sky"
Card by print-maker, artist, and #distributist writer Hilary Pepler 1929
#printmaking#Christmas
"Therefore receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace; whereby let us serve, pleasing God, with fear and reverence. For our God is a consuming fire" Hebrews 12: 28-29
We're told nostalgia is a growing force in politics and is "dangerous". Here it's suggested nostalgia (a sense of continuity) enhances social connectedness and this continuity drives meaning in life and value. Trad conservatism gives, liberalism removes.
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The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.