Dr. Regis Martin, professor of Theology at Franciscan University and author for Crisis Magazine, provides insight on the actions of Christ and the reactions of the people.
In the Poetics of Aristotle, that wonder of brevity and wit on the art of making (poiesis), there is a clever little thing called peripety, which is a device deployed by the artist to alert his audience to any sudden or unexpected turn of events in the unfolding of a story.
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About the Author
Dr. Regis Martin
Dr. Regis Martin has been a professor of theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio since 1988. Students eagerly enroll in his undergraduate and graduate courses, including Foundations of Catholicism, Grace and Virtues, and The Trinity.
