Most Distinguished Brother, the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us always.

He who is now about to write to you is a humble priest of Verona.

The inspiration of writing to you came to me while I was reading your excellent book.

My purpose is to open my mind to you regarding a problem of the greatest

importance. Benet Adventistis and colloquium nomine pints with Jack. Pray clarissima or frata.

Ece past prima, episode septimim, in Siri septima.

Bubi de epistleis latinus, quasius-luis scripted, discermos.

Very nice.

Dear Pints for Jack listeners, thank you for downloading this episode of Pints with Jack,

the podcast where we discuss the work of C.S. Lewis.

This season, we're reading some of Lewis's letters, which have been brought together in several

different collections. So far this season, we've read his correspondence found in letters to an

American lady, as well as in letters to children.

And today we're starting a new series on Lewis's Latin letters to Don Giovanni Calabria,

which is why our episode header was read in Latin.

So if you studied Latin in school, please brace yourself for some flashbacks.

Today's episode is entitled Preclarisma Uttes, which means, as it were, most distinguished brother.

And these are the words used by Don Giovanni to open the correspondence in Latin with C.S. Lewis.

And in today's episode, we're going to be asking the question, who was

Don Giovanni? We're going to be looking at the context of these letters, and we'll also say a few

words about the translator of these letters, Martin Monaghan, and the introduction which he

included at the beginning of the Latin letters of C.S. Lewis. All blessings, Andrew, David, and Matt.

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