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Some years ago, flipping through an NR bound volume from the Fifties, I lighted on an editorial concerning recent events in Algeria.

“It was a traditional medieval belief that there was one unforgivable sin— the sin, as it was darkly spoken of, against the Holy Ghost. Although the theologians never declared its exact nature, it was generally thought to consist in the hardening of the intellect against the truth . . .

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Richard Brookhiser

Historian Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute.

Some years ago, flipping through an NR bound volume from the Fifties, I lighted on an editorial concerning recent events in Algeria.

“It was a traditional medieval belief that there was one unforgivable sin— the sin, as it was darkly spoken of, against the Holy Ghost. Although the theologians never declared its exact nature, it was generally thought to consist in the hardening of the intellect against the truth . . .