We have almost finished chapter 2, on word-fallacies. Carson’s treatment of what I would call the mystical language of St John’s Gospel is worth reading, when one wants to study […]
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Month: November 2020
The First Sunday of Advent
The Introit (Psalm 24:1-3) To you have I lifted up my soul. In you, O God, I put my trust. Let me not be ashamed; neither let my enemies laugh […]
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The Visitation to Elizabeth (Mary’s Journeying)
Mary’s Journeying, or in Western Christianity, the Visitation of Our Lady to her Cousin Elizabeth is the third week of the Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement. It […]
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Review, Exegetical Fallacies, D. A. Carson
Exegetical Fallacies, 2nd edition, D(onald) A(rthur) Carson, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1996 (142 pp. + indices) “Exegesis” is the interpretation and explanation of something. It is very often used […]
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The Announcement to Mary (The Annunciation)
The Announcement to Mary is the second week of the Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement. When we discussed the Announcement to Zechariah we said something about the […]
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The Last Sunday after Pentecost
The Last Sunday After Pentecost Introit: (Jeremiah 29:11, 12, and 14) Thus says the Lord: “I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction: you shall call upon Me, and […]
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The Announcement to Zechariah
The Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement, meaning the Announcement of the Birth of the Messiah, is a season of the miraculous. It is full of miracles, and […]
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The Resumed Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
The Resumed Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (celebrated on 15 November 2020) Introit: (Jeremiah 29:11, 12, and 14) Thus says the Lord: “I think thoughts of peace, and not of […]
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St J.H. Newman, “The Protestant Idea of Antichrist” (second and final part)
The Protestant Idea of Antichrist, in Essays Critical and Historical (two volumes), St J.H. Newman, vol. II, pp.133-223, written in October 1840. Part II St John Henry Newman opens his review […]
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