Pointy Pagan Hats

“I am reminded of the time I was reading Augustine’s wonderful work The City of God, and I came to the part where he was making fun of the pagan priests for wearing their silly mitres for hats. I thought to myself, huh, I thought, and flipped the book over for another look at the cover. There was the bishop of Hippo, helpfully and artistically rendered by some pious soul who thought Augustine would look good in a mitre” (A Serrated Edge, p. 79).