A Living Catholic Archive
Illuminating
The Tradition.
Scripture, saints, sacred sites, and the Summa — verified against primary sources, structured for developers, and built by the faithful.
Scripture, saints, sacred sites, and the Summa — verified against primary sources, structured for developers, and built by the faithful.
"For even as it is better to enlighten than merely to shine, so is it better to give to others the fruits of one's contemplation than merely to contemplate."
Thomas Aquinas · Summa Theologiae II-II, Q.188, A.6
GET /v1/veritas/summa — Veritas
Five Core Domains
Scripture & Theology. The immutable codex — Douay-Rheims, Clementine Vulgate, and the structured Summa Theologiae with full article-level access.
Saints & Hagiography. AI-refined and verified against primary sources. The cloud of witnesses, enumerated and made queryable.
The Keeper of Holy Time. Algorithmic computation of liturgical seasons, solemnities, and the full sanctoral cycle for any given date.
The Atlas. Every church, cathedral, and chapel mapped worldwide — synced from OpenStreetMap with PostGIS spatial query services.
The Intercession Network. The Votive Rail protocol — anonymous, global exchange of prayer intentions across the faithful.
API-First Architecture
Every endpoint is structured for both human developers and AI agents. Clean JSON, semantic naming, and deep documentation — so you can ship with confidence.
{
"question": "Whether sacred doctrine
is a science",
"article": "Article 1",
"sed_contra": "It is written...",
"respondeo": "Sacred doctrine is a
science. We must bear
in mind that...",
"objections": [ ... ],
"replies": [ ... ]
}Model Context Protocol
Every engine is natively accessible to LLM agents via the Model Context Protocol. Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent can query saints, Scripture, liturgical dates, and sacred sites — no integration code required.
One config block. The entire Tradition, in context.
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"mcpServers":
"torch-and-lily":
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.torchandlily.com/mcp",
"headers":
"x-api-key": "tl_your_key_here"
Claude Desktop · Cursor · Any MCP Client
The Scriptorium
Torch & Lily is not a closed product — it is a communal work. Scholars, developers, and the faithful contribute saints, transcribe patristic texts, correct data, and expand the archive together.
Contribute
Submit hagiographic records for saints not yet in the archive. Each entry is reviewed and verified against primary sources before publication.
Transcribe
Upload and transcribe public-domain works from the Church Fathers, commentaries, and classic Catholic texts into the structured archive.
Correct
Found an error? Submit corrections to existing records — feast days, patronages, biographical details. Every amendment strengthens the whole.
The Epistulae
New engines, new data, significant updates. Dispatched rarely, and only when it matters.
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Incipe Opus
Verba volant, scripta manent.
Words fly away — what is written remains.
Whether you build software, transcribe texts, or contribute what you know — join the faithful building a verified, enduring archive of the Tradition.