St. Edmund Campion - Campion's Brag

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The expense is reckoned, the enterprise is begun; it is of God; it cannot be withstood. So the faith was planted: So it must be restored.”</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Edmund Campion was born on January 25, 1540, into an England awash with religious turmoil.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Once expected to become an apologist for the Church of England, Campion would instead flee to France, where he was reconciled with the Church and accepted into the Society of Jesus.</span></p> <p>After he was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1578, Campion was chosen by his superiors to lead a mission back to England. In 1580, shortly after arriving clandestinely in London, Campion quickly set about composing the statement that would later become known as "Campion's Brag". <span style="font-weight: 400;">According to some scholars, it is the earliest defense of the faith to appear in English during the Reformation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Campion was finally captured in 1581 and brought to the Tower of London, where he was imprisoned and tortured for four months. A</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">fter a farce trial of bribed witnesses and false evidence, Campion was convicted of treason and sentenced to death. On December 1, 1581, Campion was hanged, drawn, and quartered.</span></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><em>Campion's Brag</em> Full text: <a href= "https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/campions-brag-5297" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/campions-brag-5297</a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Catholic Culture Podcast Ep. 69—Poetry of the English Martyrs | Benedict Whalen</span> <a href= "https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/ep-69-poetry-english-martyrs-benedict-whalen/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/ep-69-poetry-english-martyrs-benedict-whalen/</a></p> <p>Follow this link to join the Online Great Books VIP waiting list and get 2