Is Maronite Art European? It is noteworthy that, so far as I can see, and Fr Badwi’s icons excepted, Maronite depictions of Our Lord present Him as a European, with […]
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Month: November 2021
Credibility and Behaviour: Mass Exodus
For Part One: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/11/03/stephen-bullivant-mass-exodus/ For Part Two: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/11/12/bullivant-mass-exodus-part-two/ I now come to a more theoretical side of Bullivant’s work. I am not in favour of the tendency to invent theories and then […]
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Biblicist Assumptions: Brown on the “Community of the Beloved Disciple”
Having discussed some basis Biblicist assumptions, http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/10/08/modern-biblicist-logic-raymond-brown-and-the-beloved-disciple/ let us consider Raymond E. Brown’s use of the theory of “The Community of the Beloved Disciple.” This came to the fore in […]
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Why Do Catholic Children Leave the Faith? (Mass Exodus)
For Part One: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/11/03/stephen-bullivant-mass-exodus/ Part Two: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/11/12/bullivant-mass-exodus-part-two/ Why do children raised in good Catholic families today, leave or otherwise stop being part of the Church? This questions has a special poignancy when […]
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Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (2021)
The 25th Sunday after Pentecost as in 2021 Introit: (Jeremiah 29:11, 12, and 14) Thus says the Lord: “I think thoughts of peace, and not of affliction: you shall call upon […]
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Bullivant, “Mass Exodus” Part Two
For Part One: http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/11/03/stephen-bullivant-mass-exodus/ Having given an overall picture of Bullivant’s book, I now wish to provide a more detailed idea of its contents. First, he is well aware that there […]
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The First Three Hermits in Lebanon (Erasmus, John, Theodosius)
According to Fr Sfeir, the first hermit known to have lived in Lebanon was a saint known as Erasmus of Elmo. Sfeir states that Erasmus came from Formia, in Italy. […]
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The Life of St John Chrysostom
St John Chrysostom, Feast 13 November St John Chrysostom is one of the most important of all the many famous bishops from Antioch. He is celebrated in the Maronite Liturgy […]
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Holiness in the Family Home
Holiness in the Family Home The best way of life is a prayerful one, remembering God. When we rise in the morning, we pray, we prepare ourselves, and dedicate our day […]
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Texts for Maronite History
The Study of Texts for Maronite History Several times in my researches, I have come across a very interesting fact: the resources available to the student of Maronite history are […]
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