“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” -- Mark 8:36
What indeed? It’s this bit of wisdom that’s at the center of A Man for All Seasons, a biopic released 55 years ago Sunday that tells the much older true story of St. Thomas More, the 16th century English martyr who willingly faced death instead of denouncing his Catholic faith.
Alec Dent is a former culture editor and staff writer for The Dispatch.
