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Category Archives: Patristiblogging
1st Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation
Because October is dedicated in a special way to the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, during the month I, as a dedicated patristiblogger, will work my way through the Mysteries of the Rosary offering some comments from … Read More
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30 Sept: St. Jerome – where is he buried?
Some time ago, there was a discussion on one of our splendid Catholic blogs making mention of the burial place of St. Jerome perhaps in the Major Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. This is an interesting story and … Read More
Clement Alex on Moses, Christ and thorns
Today is the feast of St. Moses, of the Old Testament. We are looking at some Patristic bits about Moses. Clement of Alexandria writes about the burning bush and the crown of thorns (Christ the Educator 2.8.75): When the Almighty … Read More
Holy Moses: prophet of the Old Testament
Today is the feast of St. Moses, of the Old Testament. The Roman Martyrology has an entry for him, which I am reproducing here with a translation: 1. Commemoratio sancti Moysis, prophetae, quem Deus elegit, ut populum in AEgypto oppressum … Read More
St. Phoebe, the deaconess in Romans 16
There is a lot of chatter in the bloggosphere about (sacramentally) ordaining women. Today in the Roman Martyrology we find an entry for St. Phoebe, spoken of in Romans 16:1. She is often pointed to by the confused as a … Read More
Let them be anathema
A bunch of women think they have been ordained Catholic priests. This is risible on the surface, of course, but it is spiritually dangerous for them and those who have been duped into believing it. As a matter of fact, … Read More
Sts. Joseph of Arimethea & Nicodemus
Today is the feast of Sts. Joseph of Arimethea and Nicodemus: 1. Hierosolymae, commemoratio sanctorum Ioseph de Arimathaea et Nicodemi, qui corpus Iesu a cruce depositum acceperunt, involverunt in sindone et posuerunt in monumento. Ioseph, nobilis decurio et discipulus Domini, … Read More
USCCB: Patristics in the formation of seminarians
The USCCB issued a program for formation for US seminaries. Inter alia the conference has codified that Patristics (study of the theology of the Fathers of the Church) is to be included. Here are the relevant paragraphs: 201. Patristic studies … Read More
John the Baptist: decreased by the sword
Today is the feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist. I consider this (also) my name day, and in a way it is even more appropriate than the Nativity of John in June. Here is the Roman Martyrology entry … Read More
Augustine’s strongest suit
Today I have been thinking about the impact of Augustine. (Actually, I think about that nearly every day.) This morning in a chat with a friend who is a true scholar of Augustine, I gleened something. If you want to … Read More
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