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Category Archives: Patristiblogging
Fellow patristicists UNITE: Opinion Journal (WSJ) on ICEL
Opinion Journal arrives in my inbox everyday and I look forward to it. Imagine my delight that a fellow patristicist wrote a piece on the recent vote of the USCCB to approve the English translation! Here it is. (Emphasis and … Read More
Augustine: Centurion’s heart was already Christ’s throne
We have been looking extensively at "dew". Another of the controverted proposed translations for the texts of Mass concerns the words before reception of Holy Communion: "I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof… Non sum dignus … Read More
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Paulinus on dew: “The drops of our darkness”
Today is the feast of St. Paulinus of Nola (+431). Could you go through this day without knowing what this great poet and letter writer (the ancient verison of a patristiblogger) said about "dew". Of course not!! In ep. 23,33 … Read More
Paul VI: Nourished by the dewing
Frequent WDTPRS contributor Andrew posted a gem, on dew, as a comment to another thread in this blog: Here it is (emphasis mine): Interesting how Latin uses the concept of dew in various forms. In addition to “Ros, Roris” (dew) … Read More
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Dew and the Holy Ghost
"Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this … Read More
“A pledge of eternal life”: Augustine on “dew”
I am sure you are really scratching your head about what “dew” could possibly mean in the Second Eucharistic Prayer: “Hæc ergo dona, quæsumus, Spiritus tui rore sanctifica, ut nobis Corpus et Sanguis fiant Domini nostri Iesu Christi… literally… Therefore, … Read More
Newman, hard words, and dew
I have been reading a wide circle and a narrow about the issue of "dew" and "precious chalice" and all these words which some people think are too hard for us dopes to grasp. My peregrinations brought me today to … Read More
Who sings well prays twice… NOT!
We had a look at the phrase "In necessitatibus unitas…", etc. often but falsely attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo. Someone asked about another famous phrase attributed to the Bishop of Hippo, "He who sings, prays twice". Augustine didn’t write … Read More
The Thunderer: Jerome
Good comments came from the entry about St. Jerome’s dim view of St. Ambrose, whom he likened to a croaking black raven and an upstart. Among them was a reminder from fellow patristiblogger and charter member of NAPALM Mike Aquilina … Read More
“In necessary things unity…”
Over at Pontifications o{]:¬) there was a useful post clarifying something patristibloggers are familiar with, namely, that Augustine of Hippo did not write or say a famous phrase often attributed to him: In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus … Read More
Not on I am not making this up. Could it explain about clerics from a certain country?: “I see Bishops, Archbishops and maybe Cardinals embracing the Minion headgear.”
