A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation

Saint Thomas More’s A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation is universally acknowledged as a masterwork both of Christian wisdom and of literature. Composed in the course of Saint Thomas More’s imprisonment in the Tower of London, the Dialogue is held between an uncle, Anthony, who knows Death is soon to claim him, and his nephew, Vincent, anxious in the face of looming invasion. Vincent poses a series of questions to his uncle regarding the source of comfort in the face of suffering, temptation, and persecution.