Epiphany, which we celebrate today, centres on revelation of Christ to the world, and in particular to the Gentiles (those who are not Jewish). Our key text is in Matthew 2:1-12, where we learn about the magi (wise men or kings) who came from the East (possibly Persia, now Iran)....
Since 2011 he has been a Gregorian Chant Director for the Church Music Association of America’s annual Colloquia. He was recently invited by James MacMillan to speak about Gregorian Chant at Musica Sacra Scotland’s inaugural conference. Last August, as part of the Palestine Choral Festival, he...
until the siege of the Jews, which took place under Adrian, there were fifteen bishops in succession there, all of whom are said to have been of Hebrew descent, and to have received the knowledge of Christ in purity, so that they were approved by those who were able to judge of such ...
(verse 8) . How man y of us have for gotten t h is sim ple yet effective promise'? Christ reinfor ced it in Matt hew 28 :20, " Lo, 1 am with yo u alway , even unto the end of the world." Now t hat is a positive attit ude . One ma n ex p ressed it we ll:" ...
I’ve never encountered the teaching that the Lord has determined 7,000 years from the fall of Adam until the start of the eternal reign of Christ but you put it so succinctly, and clearly, that it makes perfect sense. I am praying more than I ever have before: for my natio...
A new focus of celebration, tocommemoratethe birth of Christ, the world Redeemer, was instituted at ancientwinter solstices(December 25 and January 6 in the Northern Hemisphere) to rival the pagan feasts in honour of the birth of a new age brought by the “Unconquered Sun.” Later the West...
The site is also venerated as the location whereSt. Helena, the mother ofConstantine the Great, located theTrue Crossof Christ’s Crucifixion. TheChapel of St. Helena was built by the Crusaders in her honour, and below it lies the Chapel of the Finding of the True Cross, in which there...
A View of the Middle East Galilee(more) When the Israelites took possession of Palestine, the Canaanites were strongly entrenched in Galilee. TheBook of Judges(1:30–33) suggests that even after Joshua’s conquest, Jews and Canaanites lived together there. During the reigns of David andSolo...
As a consequence, by the 4th century, Christians tended to regard Jews as an alien people who, because of their repudiation of Christ and his church, were condemned to perpetual migration (a belief best illustrated in the legend of the Wandering Jew). When the Christian church became dominant...