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Category Archives: Patristiblogging
5th Joyful Mystery: The Finding in the Temple
We continue our Patristic Rosary Project today with the: 5th Joyful Mystery: The Finding in the Temple Pious Jews would go to Jerusalem for the Passover so that they could bring a lamb to the Temple to be sacrificed at … Read More
4th Joyful Mystery: The Presentation
We continue our Patristic Rosary Project today with the: 4th Joyful Mystery: The Presentation We are made in God’s image and likeness and Christ came into the world to reveal man for fully to him (GS 22). Though the Lord’s Circumcision took … Read More
3rd Joyful Mystery: The Nativity
We continue our Patristic Rosary Project today with the: 3rd Joyful Mystery: The Nativity Christ came into the world in “the fullness of time” (Gal 4:4). His First Coming was foreseen from all eternity and His Nativity was prepared from … Read More
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2nd Joyful Mystery: The Visitation
We continue our Patristic Rosary Project today with: 2nd Joyful Mystery: The Visitation Commenting on Luke 1:39-45, the when Mary journeys to visit her cousin Elizabeth, St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) speaks of the infant John, to be known as … Read More
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
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